The Hype About Hydrogen
Subtitle: Fact And Fiction In The Race To Save The Climate
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: March 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781559637039
Subjects: Alternative & renewable energy industries; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Hydrogen as fuel; Environmental Studies; Science; Science/Mathematics; Power Resources; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Technology / Environmental; Environmental Science; Economic aspects; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Research
First sentence: When I first came to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1993 to help oversee research and development (R&amp;D) in clean energy, hydrogen R&amp;D did not even have its own separate budget line but instead was nestled inside the renewable energy budget.
Description: This explanation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies takes a hard look at the practical difficulties of transitioning to a hydrogen economy and reveals why neither government policy nor business investment should be based on the belief that hydrogen cars will have meaningful commercial success in the near or medium term.