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Could Russia pioneer high-speed hydrail?

December 21, 2019 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Could Russia pioneer high-speed hydrail? | Filed in: History, Hydrail, Infrastructure, News, Political Issues.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson When Russia and Japan recently exchanged econdev ideas (December 2019) at the ministerial level, two of the specifics discussed were hydrogen production and greater use of the Trans-Siberia Railway. Those two dots, connected with others, could lead to Russia leaping the high speed bump now obstructing the way to wireless fuel cell • Read More »

President Putin prods hydrail ahead

October 18, 2014 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on President Putin prods hydrail ahead | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Infrastructure, News.

by guest blogger Stan Thompson By fiddling with his oil faucets and natural gas valves, Vladimir Putin may be having the same unintended acceleration effect on Europe’s diesel-to-hydrail transition that John L. Lewis had on the coal-to-diesel transition in the USA during the last century. Recently I’ve heard two ambassadors from European countries explaining to American audiences what • Read More »