Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet /
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Why hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton
- Hydrogen's discovery : phlogiston and inflammable air
- A history of hydrogen energy : the Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the redoubtable Mr. Erren
- Producing hydrogen from water, natural gas, and green plants
- Primary energy : using solar and other power to make hydrogen
- Hydrogen for cars and buses : steaming tailpipes
- Fuel cells : Mr. Grove's lovely technology
- Hydrogen in aerospace : clean contrails and the Orient Express
- Hydrogen as utility gas : the invisible flame
- Non-energy uses of hydrogen : metallic H₂, biodegradable plastics, and H² tofu
- Safety : the Hindenburg syndrome ; or, "Don't paint your dirigible with rocket fuel"
- The next 100 years.