America's hydrogen and fuel cell projects pinpointed in new DOE online database
The hydrogen economy is here. Well, at least it's starting. Slowly. The Department of Energy still estimates 15-20 years before L.A. and New York start to see serious hydrogen infrastructure, but that doesn't mean there aren't little infrastructure parts popping up here and there. We mention them now and again here on AutoblogGreen, but if you're looking for a detailed database of where ongoing or closed hydrogen/fuel cell installations, vehicle demonstrations and hydrogen fueling stations are located in the United States, I've found the database for you. The State Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Policy and Demonstration Database is a partnership between FuelCells.org and the DOE's Hydrogen Project. There is also a separate chart for upcoming hydrogen fueling stations, the Hydrogen Fueling Station Chart. Stationary fuel cells are listed in a different area, the Worldwide Stationary Fuel Cell Installation Database.
I poked around the main database a bit, searching for hydrogen vehicle items and found 11 hydrogen fuel cell vehicle projects here in Michigan, part of 187 in the entire country. The DOE says this database is a work in progress, so if you find information missing or that is incorrect, let them know.
[Source: FuelCells 2000]
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Tim 5:23PM (12/28/2006)
HYDROGEN IS NOT GREEN! Water is. Hydrogen is a terribly inefficient energy carrier. It is most economically produced by splitting HYDROCARBONS like natural gas at 1/6 the cost of producing it via water electrolysis. The “Hydrogen Economy” is Big Oil’s giant SCAM http://www.oilcrash.com/articles/h_scam.htm In fact, “Hydrogen may be considered to be one of the MOST DESTRUCTIVE GASSES to escape into the atmosphere. It will destroy ozone in an IRREVERSABLE process, reduce oxygen levels and produce water vapor in the stratosphere.” http://www.ozone-depletion.com/. Hydrogen is one of the smallest and lightest elements, which means that it escapes easily. Consider hundreds of millions of tanks of this highly explosive gas leaking some of their destructive cargo directly into the atmosphere every time you fill them. You can’t clean that up as “easily” as an oil spill. We thought fossil fuels were bad! Spilled bio-diesel from algae http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/12/28/solix-and-colorado-state-university-team-to-commercialize-algae/ (or electricity for that matter) is less toxic to the environment than sugar and won’t explode with a spark.
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tschirmer 6:17PM (12/28/2006)
I don't know yet if hydrogen energy is all that bad, since it's in such an early stage and maybe it can become more efficient with time progressing...so currently i am trying to get some second and third oppinions through blogs and discussions, there's also this new site which I found yesterday called www.clubofpioneers.com where clean energy topics are being discussed
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ksmith 3:58PM (1/02/2007)
Tim's an asshole.
The above comment has about as much worth as Tim's spaming.
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Tim 4:54PM (1/02/2007)
Ksmith- Nice use of colorful words! We're all highly impressed to see that your years of education have paid off so handsomely. You don't even have to open your mouth to display your eloquence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloquence (I’ve looked it up for you) ;). You can use your finger(s). In case you don’t fully understand, I have looked up another word for you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm I hope you find this enlightening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_%28concept%29
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frank 1:53PM (1/07/2007)
Wikitizing your posts doesn't make them any smarter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asshole ;-)
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