Hydrogen

In the early 1970's I realized that the time would come when it was feasible, economical & politically correct (because of the environment & too much dependence on foreign oil), to start switching our economy over from hydrocarbon based fuels, to Hydrogen for powering our cars, trucks & buses. That transition time is about to start happening & in fact is already well under way. Hydrogen is pollution free, whether burned in an internal combustion engine, or used as the consumable in a fuel cell battery to power an electric motor. If Hydrogen is created in large quantities using renewable resources such as wind power to power electrolysis, or microbacteria biomass to create Hydrogen, then we'll be on our way to cleaning up the environment & reducing greenhouse gases that are changing our global weather patterns. As an added bonus, creating & burning Hydrogen can reduce our many country's dependence on foreign oil & the issues that go along with that, including wars because of national security over oil. Hydrogen when stored in a hydride tank is far safer than gasoline. The technology is already here & fairly refined, we only lack infrastructure (places to manufacture, store & fill the tank with hydrogen) & the political will to move this great idea forward. I'll be expanding this area with plenty of details about Hydrogen, links to other sites regarding Hydrogen & which car manufactures are selling Hydrogen cars now. Besides storing hydrogen at room temperature in a hydride, hydrogen can also be stored in a liquid state in a cryogenic container (refrigerated at -253 C), or in a high pressure container at room temperature (too heavy for mobile applications) in a gaseous state in pressurized cylinders (much like propane).

Watch a 2 minute movie of the President's State of the Union address on Hydrogen in January 2003, in Real Media or Windows Media Video.

For more information check the U.S. Department of Energy web site.

Read about General Motors Hy-wire concept car that uses hydrogen to feed a fuel cell (battery) that powers the electric motor. Also see the Chevrolet Equinox.

BMW makes hydrogen cars. Also see BMW Hydrogen-7 which uses an internal combustion engine that can use hydrogen or gasoline.

Toyota modifies Highlander SUV to run on hydrogen.

Mazda's Hydrogen car

Ford Motor Company's hydrogen system & the Ford model U concept Car. See also the Ford Edge with HySeries Drive.

Honda's FCX prototype hydrogen car, also see Autoweek

Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Canada association dedicated to accelerating Canada's Hydrogen & Fuel Cell industry.

Industry Canada involvement in Hydrogen.

Government of Canada

Hydrogen Village in Greater Toronto area.

Canadian Hydrogen Association

American Hydrogen Association

Phoenix Project Foundation