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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.
The biomass power generation market could close its doors to wood recyclers if something is not done to address their misperceptions, an expert has said.
Says products could pay for forest thinning
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.
Up to 92% savings of the silicon wafers are achieved with Sliver cell technology. Extremely light cell with power to weight ratio greater than 1500 W/kg have also demonstrated.
Energy crisis threatens ‘world’s factory’
Tesuque engineer Mark Sardella envisions Santa Fe’s businesses and homes heated not by gas, not by coal, but by a source that went out of fashion, oh, about one and a half centuries ago — wood.
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
Fuel ethanol distilled from crops such as corn and rapeseed could be the solution for countries seeking an outlet for huge agricultural surpluses.
