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Logical Progress in Hydrogen Fuel Cell History

April 1, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Logical Progress in Hydrogen Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.

“Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.”      Bill Gaede The first ‘Hypercars’ were built during the 1990s. GM and VW followed Amory Lovins’ guidance and undertook to make a car to his principles. The EV 1 was a bold experiment whose time had not yet arrived – lacking the • Read More »

Modern Pioneer Influences Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History

March 25, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Modern Pioneer Influences Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.

“I realized that energy was at the root of many security, development, and environment problems,”      Amory Lovins Doomsday prophet, socio-economic genius or automotive planner? — Neither. — A modern day automotive pioneer: a thinker, not a tinkerer. In 1976, Lovins, a young man in his 20s, presented an essay to Foreign Affairs, titled  “Energy • Read More »