Tomorrowʹs energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet /
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Cambridge, MA :
MIT Press,
2001
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Senator Tom Harkin
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Why Hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton
- 2. Hydrogenʹs Discovery: Phlogiston and Inflammable Air
- 3. A History of Hydrogen Energy: The Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the Redoubtable Mr. Erren
- 4. Producing Hydrogen from Water, Natural Gas, and Green Plants
- 5. Primary Energy: Using Solar and Other Power to Make Hydrogen
- 6. Hydrogen for Cars and Buses: Steaming Tailpipes
- 7. Fuel Cells: Mr. Groveʹs Lovely Technology
- 8. Hydrogen in Aerospace: Clean Contrails and the Orient Express
- 9. Hydrogen as Utility Gas: The Invisible Flame
- 10. Non-Energy Uses of Hydrogen: Metallic H2, Biodegradable Plastics, and H2 Tofu
- 11. Safety: The Hindenburg Syndrome, or "Donʹt Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel"
- 12. The Next 100 Years