By guest blogger Stan Thompson Bill Thunberg and I, two of the three founders of the Mooresville Hydrail Initiative (Google it), are also members of the Mooresville NC, USA, Rotary Club. Imagine our delight when we received this month’s The Rotarian Magazine with its cover page article, “CLIMATE SOLUTIONS WITHIN OUR REACH.” In the • Read More »
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Confusing Times – Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History
November 26, 2016 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Confusing Times – Hydrogen and Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.“Regulations that shut down hundreds of coal-fired power plants and block the construction of new ones — how stupid is that?” was one of Donald Trump’s campaign utterings. What makes a light bulb glow? — “Hydro makes it glow”, many people will answer. “We are running out of gas”, laments an environmentally concerned motorist. Both • Read More »
Dude, Where’s My Hydrogen Fuel Cell Driverless Car?
May 5, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.It’s no secret that driverless cars have been making big news recently. Google, Apple and some of the major automakers have been dipping their toes in the development of autonomous vehicles as of late. But where are all of the hydrogen fuel cell self-driving cars? Sure, the Mercedes Benz F 015 concept car recently blipped • Read More »
Hydrail Economics: Consider the Alternative
March 28, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Hydrail Economics: Consider the Alternative | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Infrastructure.by guest blogger Stan Thompson When asked “How’s your wife?” Henny Youngman famously quipped, “Compared to what?” Lately I’ve been conflicted by the flurry of interest in High Speed Rail and the several states whose governors have “just said ‘no thank you.’” My hunch is that they may have made the right call for the • Read More »
Hydrail: A Tale of Two Metals
February 24, 2011 | By Stan Thompson | 3 Comments | Filed in: Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy.by guest blogger Stan Thompson When the history of railway evolution in the first half of the twenty-first century is written, it may largely be a tale of two metals and their respective economics. Copper and hydrogen are both essential to the long-term economical delivery of electric power: copper to stationary applications and hydrogen to • Read More »