Hydrogen Hope or Hype?
Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly. Linus Pauling 1901 – 1994
Abstract
The catalyst for writing this
book is the need for the public and professionals to have a ready reference of
the facts and science of hydrogen, greenhouse gases, petroleum fuels, and
electric power. There is
significant public debate about these subjects.
There are numerous opinions on hydrogen as a future fuel.
However, many of these opinions are supported by neither science nor
fact. This book provides the reader
with a primer on hydrogen, energy, and sustainability.
Hydrogen is simply not an inexhaustible and free energy source, as some
would wish. However, it is a
versatile chemical, and energy carrier that will have growing application in the
future of the energy and chemical industries
In writing a book about hydrogen
and the hope it provides for the future, one has to address precisely what
issues we are trying to solve? If
the issue is the reliance on oil imported from a hostile and unstable region of
the world, this is an issue that is very different from the problem of possible
global warming, caused by greenhouse gases.
The book discusses more than fifty major issues that should be at the
root of the energy and sustainability debate.
Technological innovation as well as governmental energy, and
environmental policies will dictate the adoption of hydrogen as part of our
energy mix
Hydrogen – Hope or Hype? is meant to stimulate debate on the subjects of hydrogen, energy, development, and sustainability.
For a taste read the Introduction to "Hydrogen Hope or Hype?"
The Five Myths of
the Hydrogen Vehicle
© Lindsay Leveen 2003 - 2006.