The mantra now days with such high unemployment at least from the politicians that run the country is jobs, jobs, jobs. And, there is truth to this mantra since the middle class is suffering and election time is slightly over a year away. So, this got me to thinking how converting to a hydrogen-based transportation [...]
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by guest blogger Stan Thompson In my February 10, 2011, commendation of public broadcasting for its help in raising hydrail awareness, I failed to credit Ira Flatow’s excellent program, Talk of the Nation – Science Friday. On September 4, 2009, Ira ran a great segment on hydrail but never mentioned the technology by name. Web [...]
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by guest blogger, Stan Thompson There is a natural affinity between the emergence of hydrogen fuel cell railway technology (hydrail) and public broadcasting—though I’ve only just noticed it. Both worlds fall within the province of early adopters and other folks driven to scratch below the surface to see how things work and how they come [...]
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Here’s an interesting little tidbit being announced today, “CCM News has developed one of the first ever, syndicated video news magazines Eco Trek dedicated to exposing the coolest, sustainable energy stories from around the world. Empowered by Mercedes-Benz, Eco Trek producers will circle the globe in 125 days in three of Mercedes-Benz’s emission free B [...]
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One of the top ways to usher in a hydrogen-based future is to excite the students and young people of today who will be working in the hydrogen industry tomorrow. Just by being exposed to information about hydrogen energy, students will rethink their educational options in high school and college. This is happening on two [...]
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California isn’t the only hub for hydrogen car development and deployment. New York State is fast becoming a hub as well. For instance, General Motors has a plant in Honeoye Falls, (which is near Rochester) where several hundred engineers are working on Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles. For the past couple of years GM has [...]
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Engineering students at Northeastern University took first place in the Chem-E-Car Competition that took place in Nashville, Tennessee. The vehicle that they called the Aluminator used a combination of water, aluminum foil and sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen was then pushed through a fuel cell along with ambient air, which powered the wheels [...]
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Industry leader Proton Energy Systems will be working with the Hydrogen Education Foundation (the charitable arm of the National Hydrogen Association) to deliver $1 million total in scholarships to high school seniors who pursue higher education in science or technology. I’ve talked about Proton Energy Systems before as one of the world leaders in building [...]
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The Shell Eco Marathon America 2009 is going on right now in Fontana, California and let’s students from across the nation compete with very high MPG cars. In 2008, the winning car was from Europe and it was able to squeeze out 7,955mpgs. This year, some high school students are racing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles [...]
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At Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, engineering students Andres Pacheco and Alex Bell are getting in gear and putting their hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle through its paces. The two are using a Ballard PEM fuel cell stack with hydrogen stored in two metal hydride tanks. The bonded hydrogen is released from the metal powder inside [...]
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