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A great primer on energy and fuels
I don't know what the other previous 2 star reviews were complaining about.I received this book yesterday and thought it was a great book for people wanting to learn more about not only oil but other forms of fuels and alternative fuels.This book does talk about bio-fuels as well (under "bio-mass fuels"), contrary to what one reviewer said.The diagrams were great and they even had a section in color with some great computer generated graphics/diagrams.Since it's edited by the people at Scientific American, it is not too simple, yet not too technical either.Actually, I kind of wished they "dumbed it down" for readers who are not as technically familiar with how fuels are processed.
Overall, I thought it was a great primer on fuels and will allow the reader to better understand this topic.

Yuk.
Well, as tempting as the use of the video review option is I am not quite that cruel. This collection of articles from Scientific America was about the dullest piece of work I have ever had the misfortune to be required to read. In addition to the monotonous repetitive bilge that spills from its paper back binding the editors of SA seem to have left out a crucial component to any good scientific publication...references. Yes, it seems that each article is very well written yet void of a reference as to where it came from. Blah Blah Blah...have a nice day.

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Distant solutions to very current problems -peak oil and climate change
This book is an anthology. Its first major article is one by Colin Campbell and Jean LaHerrere that predicts that a decline in world oil production will begin before 2010. The other major article is one on global warming by James Hansen. The remainder of the book is a collection of articles on topics that offer solutions to these issues, such as hydrogen fuel cells, nuclear energy, or energy efficiency. Even though the title is "Oil (in very large letters) and the Future of Energy", the vast majority of the articles deal with replacements for fossil fuel energy in general, rather than replacements for liquid fuel.

Peak oil is a topic that is not very familiar to most readers, but the topic is not covered very extensively. Besides Campbell and LaHerrere's article, the only other peak oil item is a book review (Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth Deffeyes). It is left to the reader's imagination what impact a decline in oil production, starting about now, might have. The book is not entirely up to date -- it fails to mention that there is already some evidence that world oil production may have started to decline - hence all the concern we keep seeing about oil prices, oil shortages, biofuels, etc.

Clearly, if there is a decline in oil production, starting about now, there is a need to find some sort of liquid fuel replacement. The book says virtually nothing about biofuels (except for a few paragraphs in Daniel Kammen's article). Most of the energy solutions presented would require many years to implement. Since this is an anthology, there is no need to explain this "detail". On a topic of this importance, I would have preferred more narrative, explaining exactly what is happening with respect to peak oil, what the consequences are likely to be, and what solutions that might be expected in particular time frames.





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Comprehensive
This book provides a comprehensive view of the uses for and the production of Hydrogen gas as a fuel.There are hard facts and figures, particularly when making comparisons with other fuels and the way they are used.The author has a clear understanding of the energy field and does not appear to have any bias. This is not an instruction manual on how to run your home or car on hydrogen, but is a good textbook for anyone thinking of using hydrogen as a fuel.Plenty of hard facts and figures, very little waffle.

Interesting Book
The internet sites out there that talk about water to gas a either in very simple or extremely hard to understand the benefits and the fuel savings. In this book he puts it in laymen's terms so almost anyone could get it. I think he did an excellent job, and with everything going green he really nailed it with this.

It is crammed with difficult to find information on making hydrogen and using it. It would have taken months to find this information on the internet. This book is a awesome deal for how much you will save on fuel. This book will hold it value for sometime.

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What a Misleading Title...
I received the twelve edition of this book, and was disappointed even after I read reviews that gave me an idea of what to expect. The main flaw of this book is that the title does not accurately reflect the information presented in the book.
-There is only a short, but detailed section on separating hydrogen and oxygen from water.
-Fails to bridge the technical gap between "water powered engines", those that seperate water just prior to combustion, and "hydrogen engines" those that store and use pure hydrogen for combustion.
-The majority of the book gives detailed schematics and diagrams of pure hydrogen engines, storage methods, uses, history.
-Overall for its cost this book is a good technical reference for people interested in hydrogen as an alternate fuel.

fuel from water ;w. peavey
Excellent reference source for detailed factual record of progress in the utilization of hydrogen fuel. Collates a wide range of industrial and academic research that has not had high u.s. media visibility.
Especially useful index for further individual research.

Give this guy a break
I too am surprised to see so much negative feedback on this book.
On the positive side it is filled with hard to find information on making hydrogen and using it. It would have taken me dozens of weeks to find this information on the web - if I even knew where to look. So at less than $20 this is a real bargain. It reminded me of many forgotten methods of creating hydrogen. This book has real value.
On the negative side...Mr. Peavey what were you thinking? You need to hire a good technical editor to remove all the typos. You also need to hire a graphic designer to make this book look good. The information is great for tinkerers and R&D people like myself, but when you package it in such an amateur way it gives the impression that the content also lacks value. If you fix the errors, redesign the book and put it in a hardcover (that cheap laminated cover curls like crazy) you could charge 3 times the price.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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This fourth volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Alternative Engergy Production describes and compares the environmental and economic impacts of renewable and conventional power generation technologies. Major topic areas include: Economic comparisons of power generation technologies, Efficiency comparisons of power generation technologies, Methods of improving the environmental impact of conventional technologies, Solar thermal systems, Photovoltaics, Fuel cell technologies, Geothermal power generation, Hydroelectric power generation, Wind power generation, Cogeneration, The hydrogen economy, Energy efficient building design, Industrial energy conservation, and Codes, standards and legislation, and others. ... Read more

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Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCVs) could alleviate the nation's dependence on oil and reduce U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas. Industry-and government-sponsored research programs have made very impressive technical progress over the past several years, and several companies are currently introducing pre-commercial vehicles and hydrogen fueling stations in limited markets. However, to achieve wide hydrogen vehicle penetration, further technological advances are required for commercial viability, and vehicle manufacturer and hydrogen supplier activities must be coordinated. In particular, costs must be reduced, new automotive manufacturing technologies commercialized, and adequate supplies of hydrogen produced and made available to motorists. These efforts will require considerable resources, especially federal and private sector funding.This book estimates the resources that will be needed to bring HFCVs to the point of competitive self-sustainability in the marketplace. It also estimates the impact on oil consumption and carbon dioxide emissions as HFCVs become a large fraction of the light-duty vehicle fleet. ... Read more

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There are few industry sectors in the world today with more potential than renewable and hydrogen energy. Clean, green and renewable energy technologies are receiving immense emphasis from investors, environmentalists, governments and major corporations. Today's high prices for crude oil, coal and natural gas will increase the demand for renewables of all types. A wide variety of technologies are being researched, developed and implemented on a global basis, from Stirling engines to wind power, from advanced nuclear plants to geothermal and fuel cells. Our analysis also includes tar sands (oil sands), oil shale, fuel cells, clean coal, distributed power, energy storage, biofuels and much more. You ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 250 leading companies in all facets of the alternative, renewable and hydrogen energy business. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled. ... Read more

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Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology The Third Edition of the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is built on the solid foundation of the previous editions. All of the articles have been rewritten and updated and many new subjects have been added to reflect changes in chemical technology through the 1970s. The new edition however will be familiar to users of the earlier editions: comprehensive, authoritative, accessible, lucid. The Encyclopedia remains an indispensable information source for all producers and users of chemical products and materials. In the Third Edition emphasis is given to major present-day topics of concern to all chemists, scientists, and engineers—energy, health, safety, toxicology, and new materials. New subjects have been added especially to polymer and plastics technology, fuels and energy, inorganic and solid-state chemistry, composite materials, coating, fermentation and enzymes, pharmaceuticals, surfactant technology, fibers, and textiles. Excerpts from reviews of the Third Edition "…invaluable…should find a place in all libraries used by chemists." —Microchemical Journal "…‘bible’ of chemical technologists…normally a part of any library," —Electrochemical Progress "…initial volume…an excellent start in bringing forth new knowledge in composite form." —Journal of the American Chemical Society "…a whole new encyclopedia…well illustrated…really impressed with the quality." —Chemical Engineering "…an invaluable source of authoritative information…" —Chemical Processing "Kirk-Othmer is universally regarded as a reference work of par excellence. It stands supreme in the field of chemical technology…" —The Chemical Engineer "Libraries that can afford the investment…would be well advised to make room for this valuable source." —Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ... Read more

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Hydrogen offers a promising alternative for supplying clean and sustainable energy to meet increasing demands worldwide. However, materials are key to transforming the technology into a viable industry. Materials for the Hydrogen Economy describes the technical challenges and the current efforts in developing materials possessing the properties required for handling each stage of the hydrogen fuel chain. Thorough coverage offers newcomers as well as experienced engineers and researchers a reliable and fully scalable foundation in this field.

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Energy policy as if it mattered
No one can accuse Jeremy Rifkin of thinking small. The Big Picture has been his purview whether contemplating labor, diet, genetic engineering, voting or electronic communication. In THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY he looks at three global factors that are colliding today, and offers a way out of both the immediate crisis and the business model that has dominated human activity for two centuries. The three forces that Rifkin sees shaping our imminent future are the absolute peak in oil production which will occur in three to 30 years; global warming; and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. On the first matter the author offers extensive research findings, supported by all of the major players in the oil industry, that we are nearing a peak in oil production. After that peak is reached we will enter a period of permanently declining supplies and permanently increasing prices. The sort of temporary crisis that occurred in the 1970s will become the norm. No authorities, worldwide, disagree about that fact. There is narrow disagreement about timing. By some accounts oil production peaked in 2003 (a peak is never immediately visible). No credible expert believes the peak is more than 30 years away. The petroleum economy will end. Global warming is underway. How fast, how hot, the human impact, how it might play out -- all are hotly debated: that it is happening is beyond question. Depending on human production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases the extent of the effects will be more or less catastrophic, bu "t the process is already underway. Islands will disappear together with parts of Florida and other coastal regions. (All of Florida, by some accounts.) To the degree that we cut our emissions, the worst effects will be mitigated. Islamic fundamentalism is booming. A religion which promotes heaven on earth as an attainable goal is pitted against Christianity's promise of heaven after death, and the former is finding adherents worldwide -- particularly in the Mideast. At the same time, Mideast countries are hurting. The massive wealth that flowed to the oil sheiks two decades ago has dwindled. Arab societies accustomed to zero taxes, cradle to grave social welfare programs, free education, and more are facing 25 percent unemployment and shrinking national budgets. Huge numbers of disaffected youth are joining Islamic groups. Osama bin Laden is a hero on the Arab street. As global oil supplies dwindle the percentage of proven reserves in Islamic hands is rising dramatically, an incalculable pot of gold waiting at the fast approaching end of the petroleum rainbow. Many Arabs believe that this is their destiny, the fulfillment of Mohammed's promise of earthly paradise. If we don't have a plan in place soon: 1. The oil crash will shred the modern industrial world. 2. Global warming will wreak havoc as drought, super storms, rising sea levels, and migration of tropical diseases and pests (to name the most obvious calamities), escalate. 3. A transfer of wealth far beyond anything seen heretofore will occur: from every industrial society to the folks with the keys to the oil rigs. Rifkin sees a solution that could completely rewrite the plot. Hydrogen. Hydrogen is everywhere, it is a completely democratic resource. You can generate it at home with a solar panel and a jar of water. Hydrogen fuel cells are a proven technology, in use for decades, and the only waste product is pure hot water. The prospect Rifkin holds out is for a World Wide Energy Web, modeled on the Internet. Every node on such a Web can be a producer as well as a consumer. He makes a convincing case that hydrogen is the only energy source that can work into the future, and that it will occur one way or another (unless we contrive mass suicide via nukes or biotech). How painful the transition might be is the only serious question, and the author offers scenarios for a timely shift by choice versus a calamitous shift by default. In some respects this new regime is already moving ahead: major automakers are introducing hydrogen fuel cell cars, the Chicago Transit System (among several others) is buying hydrogen buses, industries are investing in hydrogen fueled backup generators, and production of hydrogen cells is ramping up. On the other hand, our national policy is weighted heavily toward oil, with billions being poured into warfare and armaments in the Mideast and negligible federal investment in alternatives. It appears that most politicians are hell-bent on riding the fossil fuel horse until it dies instead of looking for another mount. A book full of promise and doom, Jeremy Rifkin has once again delivered a visionary text. One can only hope it serves as a rich catalyst in the transition we now face.

Absoute Stinker
THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY(2002) makes a number of bold projections and predictions - NONE OF WHICH HAVE COME TRUE, nor are likely to come true anytime in the near future.Indeed, if one were to simply do THE EXACT OPPOSITE of whatever Mr. Rifkin recommends, then they will be sure to do A-OK in life... because this guy has a true knack for getting things wrong.Indeed, on the VERY FIRST PAGE OF THE BOOK(!), the author states that Isaac Newton did NOT believe that Earth was God's creation!Look, I'm pretty much of an agnostic, but my University Physics professors were sure to pound it into my head that Newton was a RELIGIOUS ZEALOT, and believed strongly in a God, and all his work was done to prove that only a supreme God could have created such order in the Universe.

On page 9, he states that the car companies expect to mass produce hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered cars before the end of the decade(!) ERROR!

Another goof is his reference to the Saddam Hussein as a "threat" on Page 122... HAH!look, all the leftists like Mr. Rifkin are now telling us that Saddam WASN'T A THREAT at the time (obviously trying to re-write history for political gain), and here is just more proof that even the leftists believed he was a big threat at the time.

He goes on and on and on about "Global Warming" (?!), and that somehow "Hydrogen Power" is the answer to this so-called "problem to end all problems" (although he never comes close to providing a reasonable technical explanation about how this would come to pass).In fact (and this is where it actually gets humorous), we are supposed to believe that it somehow makes sense to produce hydrogen from Natural Gas (releasing massive amounts of CO2 in the process!).

Now, having said all that, I'm going to give the author credit for writing a few interesting and useful pages in regards to the subjects of "Entropy", and the "Rise and Fall of Civilizations"... but what these subjects have to do with "The Hydrogen Economy" is never resolved.

The fact is, after having read the book, the only thing I'm now convinced of is that energy (re)generated from Hydrogen Fuel Cells will never produce more than 1% of overall human energy consumption - either nationwide or world-wide.

Luckily, this book cost me $0, as I was loaned the book by a co-worker, who picked it up at BIG LOTS! for $3... which was still pretty much of a rip-off.

Extremely Informative
This Book brings our past,present and future energy issues into focus very clearly. I like the way author brought factual and statistical infomation and history of civilizations on earth together,the problems that we will face in the future and possible solutions.

Where does all this Hydogen come from...for starters..
If you want nuts and bolts and some interesting discussion of a modern Manhattan Project.. this book covers about 30 years of progress in Hydrogen related energy research.
Fuel from Water: Energy Independence with Hydrogen, 11th Edition (Paperback). My highlighter just about ran out of ink! ;-)

Another good one was "HYDROGEN - Hot Stuff Cool Science 2nd edition: Discover the Future of Energy".. It is very entertaining (imagine that), and suitable as a robust primer to much of the existing knowledge base.

Elsewhere, these reviews of Hydrogen Economy seem to touch upon the same meme.. The book is a 1- History lesson on global energy 2- Skips discussion of nuclear 3- Polly anna ideas about hydrogen without presenting any real advice about where all the Hydrogen will be derived.

What many have failed to highlight is this author is a well-connected individual, apparently teaching at Whartons EMBA program and chairing a major public policy energy think tank in Washington. The idea that someone who can ignore, in a book about the Hydrogen economy, the importance of Nuclear power and how Hydrogen is produced from a primary power source, and THEN be allowed to TEACH budding young executives at Wharton AND pontificate energy policy.. all for meager 100's of thousands per year in salaries and perks..

When you watch CNBC tonight.. just imagine this character as just one of a legion of slack dilberts ensconced with too much power and too little intelligence.. being rewarded for their vaunted efforts.

With incompetent leadership like this, no wonder we are embroiled in a global recession.

Brave new energy world?
Or a new shell game?

The title of this book is a little misleading since most of the book is about the effect that energy has had on the rise and fall of human societies from hunter-gatherers through agriculturists and the Roman Empire to the ascendency of the United States in the 19th century and into the current world economy.Rifkin sees cheap energy and the high per capita use of it as a prime indicator of a flourishing society.He notes that Rome rose when it was able to commandeer energy sources from conquered lands in the form of tribute and slaves; but when the booty from military conquests began to fall to diminishing returns, Rome itself began to fall.

He sees the same thing possibly happening to the United States in another but similar manner.He notes that US domestic oil production peaked in 1970. (p. 4)Whereas up until then, domestic production supplied most of the oil the United States used; since then we have become more and more dependent on foreign sources.He foresees a peak in world crude production sometime in the next decade or so, and after that a slide toward more and more expensive oil and more and more of our wealth flowing into the last bastion of crude reserves in primarily the Middle Eastern states.

What to do about this?Hocus-pocus, usher in the hydrogen economy in which hydrogen fuel cells will replace not only gas from the pump but will generate electricity for home, farm and office.There is just one little catch: at current prices the cost of converting either gasoline, natural gas or water (all requiring energy, usually electrical power) is prohibitive. Rifkin de-emphasizes this little problem as he enthuses about how decentralized and how clean-burning will be the "decarbonized" hydrogen economy.At about the time Rifkin's book was written, according to Michael A. Peavey in his book, Fuel from Water: Energy Independence with Hydrogen, it cost $7.40 to create enough hydrogen fuel to equal the energy provided by one gallon of gasoline (at electricity costing $0.10 per Kwh).Rifkin does not go into this non-cost effectiveness to any great degree, partly because he believes both that the cost of conversion will go down and the price of oil will go up.

A quick read might give the impression that one can use electricity to produce hydrogen from say water and use the hydrogen to create electricity or run engines with a net gain.Not so.The efficiency of the process of electrolysis (getting hydrogen from water) is about 50%.This is a big net loss.So why are automobile manufactures, oil companies and Jeremy Rifkin so excited about hydrogen technology?

First and foremost of course hydrogen is clean burning.It does not produce any greenhouse gases that are leading to global warming.And second, when used in fuel cell technology there is the prospect that energy use and production will be decentralized allowing individuals and small organizations freedom from the vast infrastructure and top down organization that characterizes the oil industry today.

Both of these advantages of hydrogen however depend on the use of renewable resources, wind, sun, downward running water, evaporation, the burning of biomass, etc. to isolate the hydrogen which is always tied up in molecules with other elements as in water, natural gas, oil, etc.So what the advantages accruing from the proposed brave new world of the hydrogen economy actually depend on is the same thing we cannot do today, that is, get the bulk of our energy from renewable resources.

As others have pointed out, essentially hydrogen is an energy storage device.The initial energy must come from somewhere else.Although we definitely need storage devices that can be placed where we want them to be utilized even when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow, storage devices themselves are not an independent source of energy and cannot by themselves be the solution to our energy problems.

Having said this, the book is still a very good read and an eye-opener about the coming end of the fossil fuel era, arriving at our doorsteps in just a few decades.Also Rifkin's speculations about the nature of the hydrogen economy are interesting and probably pertinent since the major car manufacturers and the major oil companies are already gearing up for the transformation.These mega-players in the energy game will dictate the rules in the years to come.They will use their existing infrastructures and their capital to ease the transformation for them and to maintain their power and profit margins.This is one of the salient points Rifkin makes in this book.The curious thing is, I'm not sure whether, amid all of his enthusiastic expression, he realizes what his message really is, namely that we are going to be burning fossil fuels and building nuclear plants well into the latter half of the 21st century.

Note well this quote on page 189 from John Browne, the CEO of British Petroleum, making the "bullish" forecast that "50 percent" of world-wide energy demand "will be met by solar and other renewable resources by 2050."That, folks, is the bottom line: fifty percent by 2050, fuel cells or no fuel cells.

The bottom line for this book is that it is readable, informative--even at times, fascinating--but not exactly what it purports to be.Read it and judge for yourself. ... Read more

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The development of a direct, inexpensive, and efficient method for converting solar energy into a portable, clean fuel would allow elimination of thegrowing problems associated with the ever increasing use of fossil fuels and the reality of their rapid depletion.As the title suggests, Light, Water, Hydrogen: The Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photoelectrolysis, considers the combination of water and light with a suitable semiconductor to achieve a safe, renewable and therefore inexhaustable means for hydrogen generation via the splitting of the water molecule, or photoelectrolysis.

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Useful information but book needs editing
This book presents itself as a comprehensive account of water photoelectrolysis but only partially succeeds.

There is a tremendous amount of substance in Light, Water, Hydrogen.It not only covers water photoelectrolysis, but devotes significant portions to other methods of water splitting (thermolysis, electrolysis, etc.).It thus serves as an excellent introduction to less well known methods of hydrogen production.The scientific presentation seems accurate.

One limitation of Light, Water, Hydrogen is that it seems more like a beefed-up doctoral dissertation than a book.This can be seen readily from the fact that 100 pages of the book are devoted to Grimes' work on nanotube arrays (chapter 5), while just 50 pages are devoted to metal oxides as photoanodes and 40 pages to non-oxides.This choice of emphasis provides a scattered coverage of many important materials that are important both historically and presently.That said, the book is over 500 pages long, and the authors do make an attempt to at least touch on most subjects.

The reason I give the book 3 out of 5 stars is because of the terrible editing.The book seems to have not been edited.There are a huge number of grammatical errors.The tables are very difficult to read -- the text has been shrunk down to such a small print that it borders on illegible.Yet these problems will not stop this book from being a useful reference to those new to the field.

Extremely useful book for students, engineers, and scientists
This book can serve as an excellent introduction to the field of hydrogen generation by photoelectrolysis for the newcomer as well as a valuable reference for the experienced researcher. It is extremely well structured and starts with the introduction that explains reader the importance of developing renewable and environmentally clean energy sources. Later, it introduces all the necessary scientific concepts, so that a senior student in the Engineering, Chemistry, or Physics program will have no problem reading it. It covers different type of materials considered for the photovoltaic water splitting with the emphasis on the oxide semiconductors. It references a lot of recent publications providing a great overview of the current status of the field. Thus, I highly recommend this book to virtually anybody interested in the field. ... Read more

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Renewable energy technologies have been used on a small scale for many years now. Issues of intermittency and cost have prevented their wide-spread use and acceptance. At present, discussion and research is being aimed at moving the current global fossil fuels economy to one based on hydrogen as the universal energy carrier, with fuel cells as a means of converting this chemical energy to electrical energy.

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This book fills the gap for concise but comprehensive literature on this interdisciplinary topic, involving chemical, physical, biological and engineering challenges. It provides broad coverage of the most important fields of modern hydrogen technology: hydrogen properties, production, storage, conversion to power, and applications in materials science. In so doing, the book covers all the pertinent materials classes: metal hydrides, inorganic porous solids, organic materials, and nanotubes. The authors present the entire view from fundamental research to viable devices and systems, including the latest scientific results and discoveries, practical approaches to design and engineering, as well as functioning prototypes and advanced systems. ... Read more

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The announcement of a hydrogen fuel initiative in the President's 2003 State of the Union speech substantially increased interest in the potential for hydrogen to play a major role in the nation's long-term energy future. Prior to that event, DOE asked the National Research Council to examine key technical issues about the hydrogen economy to assist in the development of its hydrogen R&D program. Included in the assessment were the current state of technology; future cost estimates; CO2 emissions; distribution, storage, and end use considerations; and the DOE RD&D program. The report provides an assessment of hydrogen as a fuel in the nation's future energy economy and describes a number of important challenges that must be overcome if it is to make a major energy contribution. Topics covered include the hydrogen end-use technologies, transportation, hydrogen production technologies, and transition issues for hydrogen in vehicles. ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on DVD-ROM presents an incredible new totally revised collection of important documents, reports, and publications from the federal government about research and promotion of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology, including the plans for a fuel cell car. Hydrogen and fuel cells have the potential to solve several major challenges facing America today: dependence on petroleum imports, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Energy is working with partners to accelerate the development and successful market introduction of these technologies. Hydrogen is a clean and sustainable form of energy that can be used in mobile and stationary applications. Fuel cells harness the chemical energy of hydrogen to generate electricity without combustion or pollution. Codes and standards ensure the safe use of hydrogen and fuel cells. The vision of a new energy economy based on clean, renewable hydrogen is described in the National Hydrogen Energy Vision document. The National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap and Fuel Cell Report to Congress outline the challenges we face and suggest a path forward to achieve the promise of hydrogen and fuel cells. The first steps toward the hydrogen future are already underway. President George W. Bush announced a $1.2 billion FreedomCAR and Fuel Initiative to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology needed for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells - a way to power cars, trucks, homes and businesses that produces no pollution and no greenhouse gases. America's astronauts have used fuel cells to generate electricity since the 1960s, but more work is needed to make them cost-effective for use in cars, trucks, homes or businesses. Using current technologies, it is too expensive to produce, store, transport and distribute hydrogen fuel, or to build fuel cell engines. Additional research and development is needed to spur rapid commercialization of these technologies so they can provide clean, domestically produced energy for transportation and other uses. Contents include a vast collection of scientific and research reports from ongoing government-sponsored projects, along with background material and much more.

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Our news and educational CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.

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There is growing awareness in the public and scientific communities that hydrogen may be a fuel with many useful applications in transporting and storing energy derived from solar, hydro, nuclear, or coal systems. For example, if hydrogen can be economically produced by using one of these plentiful supplies to cleave water, it is one of the most exciting fuels for the future - infinitely abundant, transportable, storable, and completely clean, the only products of reaction being water and energy.

This publication contains testimony and document submissions before the House Committee on Science and Technology, from those active in the development of hydrogen energy systems. ... Read more

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Hydrogen: Its Production and Energy Uses
This is a complete waste unless you want badly printed Congressional records of 25 years ago. ... Read more

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Practical applications of hydrogen generators in the real world and comparison of known working devices. ... Read more

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This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on three CD-ROMs presents an incredible and totally revised collection of important documents, reports, and publications from the federal government about research and promotion of hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology, including the plans for a fuel cell car. Hydrogen and fuel cells have the potential to solve several major challenges facing America today: dependence on petroleum imports, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Energy is working with partners to accelerate the development and successful market introduction of these technologies. Hydrogen is a clean and sustainable form of energy that can be used in mobile and stationary applications. Fuel cells harness the chemical energy of hydrogen to generate electricity without combustion or pollution. Codes and standards ensure the safe use of hydrogen and fuel cells. The vision of a new energy economy based on clean, renewable hydrogen is described in the National Hydrogen Energy Vision document. The National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap and Fuel Cell Report to Congress outline the challenges we face and suggest a path forward to achieve the promise of hydrogen and fuel cells. The first steps toward the hydrogen future are already underway. President George W. Bush announced a $1.2 billion FreedomCAR and Fuel Initiative to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology needed for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells - a way to power cars, trucks, homes and businesses that produces no pollution and no greenhouse gases. America's astronauts have used fuel cells to generate electricity since the 1960s, but more work is needed to make them cost-effective for use in cars, trucks, homes or businesses. Using current technologies, it is too expensive to produce, store, transport and distribute hydrogen fuel, or to build fuel cell engines. Additional research and development is needed to spur rapid commercialization of these technologies so they can provide clean, domestically produced energy for transportation and other uses. Contents include a vast collection of scientific and research reports from ongoing government-sponsored projects, along with background material and much more.

DOE is not pursuing any long-term hydrogen pathway (on a well-to-wheels basis) that emits more greenhouse gas (GHG) or criteria emissions than advanced gasoline hybrid-electric vehicles. NAS Conclusion: "A transition to hydrogen as a major fuel in the next 50 years could fundamentally transform the U.S. energy system, creating opportunities to increase energy security through the use of a variety of domestic energy sources for hydrogen production while reducing environmental impacts, including atmospheric CO2 emissions and criteria pollutants." DOE’s strategy is to produce hydrogen directly by coal gasification (and not use electricity as an intermediate). Since the DOE strategy includes coal with sequestration (never without), GHG emissions are virtually zero. Coal-based H2 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) use much less energy than conventional gasoline vehicles and about the same energy per mile as gasoline hybrid-electric vehicles. Electrolysis is being pursued for renewable (wind) and nuclear options. These pathways result in virtually zero GHG emissions and criteria pollutants. Distributed electrolysis could be used as a transitional strategy but the added GHG would be small (1%) during the initial market penetration phase (<2 million new vehicle sales/yr). Hydrogen via PV electrolysis is not a current DOE strategy, because of high electricity cost. Solar routes to hydrogen (not commercially viable now but research is ongoing) include photoelectochemical, photobiological, and thermochemical. Other renewable approaches involve the use of biomass or bio-based fuels. hydrogen infrastructure to move hydrogen from the power plant (future use requires more study). DOE is not pursuing lon ... Read more

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This important and up-to-date printed digest provides a guide to hydrogen energy and fuel cell technology, including plans for a fuel cell car. This collection of documents and papers from federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, provides knowledge about ongoing research activities and highlights the potential of this amazing new technology.Hydrogen and fuel cells have the potential to solve several major challenges facing America today: dependence on petroleum imports, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Energy is working with partners to accelerate the development and successful market introduction of these technologies. Hydrogen is a clean and sustainable form of energy that can be used in mobile and stationary applications. Fuel cells harness the chemical energy of hydrogen to generate electricity without combustion or pollution. Codes and standards ensure the safe use of hydrogen and fuel cells. The vision of a new energy economy based on clean, renewable hydrogen is described in the National Hydrogen Posture Plan document. The first steps toward the hydrogen future are already underway. President George W. Bush announced a $1.2 billion FreedomCAR and Fuel Initiative to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology needed for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells - a way to power cars, trucks, homes and businesses that produces no pollution and no greenhouse gases. America's astronauts have used fuel cells to generate electricity since the 1960s, but more work is needed to make them cost-effective for use in cars, trucks, homes or businesses. Using current technologies, it is too expensive to produce, store, transport and distribute hydrogen fuel, or to build fuel cell engines. Additional research and development is needed to spur rapid commercialization of these technologies so they can provide clean, domestically produced energy for transportation and other uses. Con ... Read more

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Cover looks promising but does not deliver
If you are interested in building generators and producing hho this book gives you no direction towards that goal. It provides some interesting stats on production and the government's thoughts and figures on hydrogen energy possibilities, production methods, storage, infrastructure, etc., but it was a waste of money and I was very disappointed in it as it does not offer what i was seeking, design information, as the cover conveys. ... Read more