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I had blogged about this topic back in September 2006, but I want to follow up on this subject since it one day may offer a valuable alternative to what is available today. The Department of Chemistry at Oxford University has discovered a biologically-based fuel cell (biofuel cell) that uses air spiked with 3-percent hydrogen • Read More »

Researchers in Toronto have found that it is now possible to create huge amounts of hydrogen at wastewater treatment plants. Treating human waste to extract hydrogen has been under discussion and development for years. However, the researchers at the Ashbridges Bay facility found that by introducing dried sludge pellets to primary sludge, this will in • Read More »

Hydrogen production has been a sticking point in the desire to move to a hydrogen-based transportation system and hydrogen economy. How do we go about producing enough hydrogen to fuel cars, businesses and homes? Most current hydrogen production centers around steam-reforming natural gas. Much research is being conducted, however, on alternative methods to produce hydrogen. • Read More »

Yesterday, I reported on some U. S. researchers who are turning pig poop into hydrogen via fermentative bacteria. Today, on a less salty note, there’s a group of British researchers who have a sweet tooth for using candy to create hydrogen. Bioscientists at the University of Birmingham are also using fermentative bacteria to munch through • Read More »

Well, it finally had to happen. After years of driving gas hogs on the highways, we are finally faced making some tough decisions at the car lots and gas pumps about lowering consumption and about cleaning up our environment. Remember a few years ago when global warming and greenhouse gases were being blamed on cow • Read More »