Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
This essay was in large parts presented at the
“Renewables 2004” in Bonn (June 3 2004) and at
“Lucerne Fuel Cell Forum” (June 29 2004).
The roles of hydrogen, oil, gas, coal and nuclear are reconsidered as well as the perspective of a energy system mainly based on renewable energy.
Toshiba announced on Friday that it has built what it claims is the smallest-ever direct methanol fuel cell.
Research presented on May 26th and 27th at the French Institute for Petroleum (IFP) by a wide variety of experts from varying and often competitive perspectives disclosed that, in the year since the first conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) supply, constraints have worsened and the realities of energy depletion are becoming more apparent.
Hydrogen, the most overhyped alternative fuel since methyl tertiary-butyl ether, is not a primary fuel, like oil, that we can drill for. It is bound up tightly in molecules of water, or hydrocarbons like natural gas. A great deal of energy must be used to unbind it.
The producer of fuel cells that can recharge mobile phones and portable music players told industrialists and policymakers last week not to count on the power packs to solve the energy crisis.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to speed California drivers to a future in which the most common element in the universe — hydrogen — will power their cars instead of petroleum.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA – State Development Minister Clive Brown has a bold new energy vision for Western Australia, yesterday outlining the potential for a green hydrogen economy.
Seeing One Car Run on a Fuel Cell or Hydrogen Gas Does Not Make It a Solution for Anything, Especially If You Invest More Energy in the Hydrogen Than You Get from Burning It or If You Make More Greenhouse Gas at the Hydrogen Factory or If You Can’t Afford to Ship or Store It
