Air Products buys Harvest Energy Technology
Air Products is already one of the biggest producers and distributors of hydrogen. Most of what the company produces currently is distributed by tanker trucks. More recently the company has been collaborating with Harvest Energy Technology, Inc to develop and test on-site hydrogen generation systems. After successfully deploying installations of Harvest's reformer technology in Las Vegas and State College PA, Air Products has now bought the smaller company. The methane steam reformation generators can be used for industrial applications or fueling stations. In the past 10 years, Harvest has delivered 20 of its generators to customers around the world. Such on-site generation systems could eliminate the need for distribution of hydrogen by relying on existing distribution networks for natural gas. Similarly localized electrolysis systems powered by renewable sources could allow for fueling networks to be established with locally available resources.
[Source: Air Products]
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tankd0g 9:06AM (8/23/2008)
Decentralized fuel production, noooo! How will we jack up the world price of fuel with simple refinery maintenance announcements or pure speculation on war with Iran?
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gorr 11:20AM (8/23/2008)
With a compressed natural gas tank fitted in the car it will be possible to fuel the car with methane or hydrogen both of them work good in ice engine for cheap. Gm or ford can sell their big s.u.v's with one of these tank without increasing the price of the vehicule more then 500$-1500$ and the owner or leaser can save $$ in fueling cost, have the choice of gasoline, methane, hydrogen and america save on middle class bankrupcy and pollute way less, 5 time less pollution. It's a easy solution but Gm, ford and chrysler and toyota work for big oil and war. Big oil bought politic, manufacturers, income tax, war, chemical and pharmaceutics, journalists, internet, food supply, mad scientists, your futur, battery technology, chinese goverment, banks, smog regulation, transportation technology and ruling, all natural ressources, water supply, pollution control, geologists, secret services, u.s army and weapons including chemical and atomic devices, electronic control unit in knowledge base, pharmaceutics, insurance, international trading places, deforestation planning and permits, third world goverment politics including canada , england, middle east, germany and japan and russia and china and south america, scientific studies.
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Serge 10:47AM (8/25/2008)
control is still retained, tankd0g, as natural gas a finite fossil fuel. Hydrolysis is a wasteful process dependent on a "renewable", but very scarce resource (in a lot of areas).
Put your locally produced electric energy into a battery and drive.
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