MySpace.com, one of the most popular web destinations, which boasts over 74,000,000 users worldwide, is also home to the great MySpace.com Gasoline Boycott May 15, 2006. Other gas boycotts on MySpace have been called for in the past, but this one seems to be picking up some steam. The 13 to 28-year-old crowd that frequents [...]
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There’s a buzz on the Internet today about how House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) took a test drive and photo op in a GM Hydrogen3 hydrogen fuel cell car, then ditched the car a few blocks later in favor of his Chevy Suburban. Hastert’s security detail, however, demanded he ride in an armor-plated SUV for [...]
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A German hydrogen fuel cell submarine, built by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, set a world record recently with a dive lasting 2 weeks. The German U32, a U212-A class H2 sub was underwater from April 11 – 25, 2006 traveling from Eckernforerde, Germany to Rota, Spain.
The U32 is a hydrogen hybrid vessel using fuel cells to [...]
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Yesterday, I mentioned ethanol as a good interim step to provide relief at the gas pumps from high oil prices now and in the near future with hydrogen technology being 5 years away. Another interesting scenario would be the ramping up of ethanol cars and infrastructure now as a natural transition to hydrogen cars at [...]
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It seems the consumer now day is sick and tired of high oil prices at the gas pumps and is looking for ways to ease their burden. One of the benefits for those who believe in an H2 future is the renewed interest in hydrogen as an alternative fuel.
According to the National Post, Canadian fuel [...]
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The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is making significant headway in hydrogen car technology. First, researchers at DTU have discovered a hydrogen tablet that stores hydrogen inexpensively and safely allowing drivers of hydrogen cars and vehicles to drive 400 miles using a normal-size fuel tank.
According to the DTU researchers, the tablet is so safe you [...]
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Yesterday, I reported that President Bush was visiting the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento, California for Earth Day. Apparently, at this hydrogen awareness rally, there was a bomb scare where a man threw his backpack into a crowd of 1,500 protesters then ran away.
The bomb squad blasted the backpack with a water cannon [...]
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Happy Earth Day, everyone! I thought I would take a break from the usual hydrogen car ramblings to focus on what’s really important this one day of the year.
Earth Day was founded by Gaylord Nelson, Senator from Wisconsin, on April 22, 1970 as a grassroots movement to take back our environment and call attention to [...]
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Georgetown University in Washington DC, as part of their Advanced Vehicle Development program, has decided to show off its latest hydrogen bus with a road trip. The first stop on the trip is Northern Illinois University (NIU) in Dekalb, IL. The hydrogen bus will also visit NIU’s additional campuses in Rockford, IL and Naperville, IL. [...]
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The U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command at Fort Belvoir in Virginia has contracted with a company called Unitel to deliver a pilot plant that reforms hydrogen from JP-8 fuel. The hydrogen will be used for solid oxide fuel cell stacks to power mobile auxiliary power units on military vehicles on the battlefield providing “quiet power.”
For [...]
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