hydrogen economy Concepts

The Long Boom: A Vision for the Coming Age of Prosperity

by Peter Schwartz, Peter Leyden and Joel Hyatt · 18 Oct 2000 · 353pp · 355 words

investment in bringing fuel cells and the accompanying infrastructure to the market. Governments and universities are hosting conferences about how to prepare for the coming hydrogen economy. And in the last year, micro fuel cells, which can sustain power to laptops and the like for far longer than batteries, have been demonstrated

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), 138-191. Leyden worked closely with Leslie on this article, which was one of the first to lay out the implications of a full-fledged hydrogen economy. Many other publications soon followed with similar articles, some of which are cited in the notes here. 310 NOTES 174 Anthony DePalma, "The Great Green

The Oil Factor: Protect Yourself-and Profit-from the Coming Energy Crisis

by Stephen Leeb and Donna Leeb · 12 Feb 2004 · 222pp · 70,559 words

sunlight more efficiently aren’t constituted in such a way as to be able to split water. This is one roadblock to achieving a true hydrogen economy. There is a second problem: we need to make giant strides in our ability to store and transport hydrogen safely and efficiently. Hydrogen is a

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building the large amount of infrastructure needed to have hydrogen available for widespread use. In sum, it seems to us that a real solar-based hydrogen economy is a long way off, many decades away at best. We’re not dismissing it as an ultimate possibility and think it’s an area

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budget proposal included a $1.7 billion subsidy for research into cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Maybe we’re being unduly pessimistic, and a hydrogen economy is closer at hand than we think? Not exactly. First, the touted General Motors hydrogen cars cost around $5 million each. GM’s vice president

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it can’t directly solve all the problems of diminishing oil and natural gas. Given this reality, and the fact that neither fusion nor a hydrogen economy based on advanced solar technology is anywhere in the immediate offing, how can we best get through the next decade and beyond? Is there any

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

by Jeremy Rifkin · 27 Sep 2011 · 443pp · 112,800 words

time. In June of 2003, at a Brussels conference, he announced a €2 billion hydrogen research initiative by the Commission to ready Europe for a hydrogen economy. In his opening remarks he explained the historic significance of employing hydrogen as a storage medium for a Third Industrial Revolution infrastructure: “But let us

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about what makes the European hydrogen program truly visionary. It is our declared goal of achieving a step-by-step shift towards a fully integrated hydrogen economy, based on renewable energy sources, by the middle of the century.”37 Pillar 3 was now in place. In 2006, I prepared a second memo

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companies like Scottish Power, Cinergy, and the National Grid. The idea of an intelligent electricity grid was the central theme of my 2002 book, The Hydrogen Economy. I wasn’t the only one talking about it. Amory Lovins, in particular, had been raising the prospect for a number of years, as had

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preoccupied as they filed into the room and I wondered how I was going to keep their attention long enough to talk about a future hydrogen economy and how it related to the other pillars that make up the infrastructure of a new commercial era. Here we were in another war in

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not been an oil treasure trove. To my surprise, the discussion was lively. A number of senators seemed genuinely interested in the prospects of a hydrogen economy. I noticed Senator Hillary Clinton in the back of the room listening intently to the conversation and taking down an occasional note. She was the

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Dude, Where’s My Country?, Fritjof Capra’s The Turning Point, John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Economics of Innocent Fraud, and Jeremy Rifkin’s The Hydrogen Economy. I did a double take. I’d never met Mr. Chavez nor even corresponded with him. I glanced over to the article itself to see

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to Iran, Chavez had made a speech warning his Iranian audience to prepare themselves for a very different energy future after oil. Chavez referenced The Hydrogen Economy and informed his audience that “the book is based on something which is no longer a hypothesis—it is a thesis . . . oil will run out

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/publications/the-world-factbook/. 56.European Parliament. (2007, May 14). Written Declaration Pursuant to Rule 116 of the Rules of Procedure on Establishing a Green Hydrogen Economy and a Third Industrial Revolution in Europe through a Partnership with Committed Regions and Cities, SMEs and Civil Society Organisations. Retrieved from http://hyfleetcute.com

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The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

by Jeremy Rifkin · 31 Dec 2009 · 879pp · 233,093 words

a Heretic Time Wars Biosphere Politics Beyond Beef Voting Green (WITH CAROL GRUNEWALD) The End of Work The Biotech Century The Age of Access The Hydrogen Economy The European Dream JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA

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of power. In 2008, the European Commission announced a Joint Technology Initiative ( JTI), an ambitious public/private partnership to speed the commercial introduction of a hydrogen economy in the twenty-seven member states of the EU, with the primary focus on producing hydrogen from renewable sources of energy. By benchmarking a shift

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, 1998. ———. The End of Work. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1995. ———. Entropy. New York: Bantam Books, 1981. ———. The European Dream. New York: Tarcher/Penguin, 2004. ———. The Hydrogen Economy. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 2002. ———. Time Wars: The Primary Confl ict in Human History. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1987. Roszak, Theodore. The Voice

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THE AUTHOR One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, JEREMY RIFKIN is the bestselling author of books including The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The End of Work, The Biotech Century, and The Age of Access. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. Rifkin is an

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

by Michio Kaku · 15 Mar 2011 · 523pp · 148,929 words

prices. Seeing McDonald’s hamburgers and two-car garages in Hollywood movies, they also want to live the American dream of wasteful energy consumption. SOLAR/HYDROGEN ECONOMY In this regard, history seems to be repeating itself. Back in the 1900s, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, two longtime friends, made a bet as

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of market forces and advances in hydrogen technology should give us a long-term solution to global warming. The danger period is now, before a hydrogen economy is in place. In the short term, fossil fuels are still the cheapest way to generate power, and hence global warming will pose a danger

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energy, 5.1, 9.1 midcentury (2030) for molecular machines near future (present to 2030) nuclear fission nuclear weapons, dangers of oil Planck energy solar/hydrogen economy solar power space solar power volcano vents as source of wind power See also Global warming; Nuclear fusion English as lingua franca Entertainment, human need

The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future

by Laurence C. Smith · 22 Sep 2010 · 421pp · 120,332 words

world in 2050. It can be fun imagining what our world might look like by then. Robots and flying cars? Custom-grown body parts? A hydrogen economy? As any disappointed sci-fi buff will tell you, the pace of reality is usually slower than human imagination. Fans of George Orwell’s book

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quite pollution-free from beginning to end. Sounds wonderful, and many energy experts and futurists believe that one day we will have a full-blown hydrogen economy. The ultimate dream is to use solar energy to split hydrogen from seawater, thus providing the world with an infinite supply of clean hydrogen fuel

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to be made from fossil fuels, and thus will help little with reducing carbon emissions. In light of these challenges, most experts agree that a hydrogen economy lies at least thirty to forty years in the future, at which point hydrogen fuel-cell cars might possibly be the new “next-generation” technology

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that plug-in hybrids are today. Under the conservative ground rules of our thought experiment, we will assume the world will not convert to a hydrogen economy by the year 2050. Running on Moonshine and Wood Unlike hydrogen, biofuels offer a quicker solution to the liquid-fuels problem. Like gasoline, they are

Climate Change

by Joseph Romm · 3 Dec 2015 · 358pp · 93,969 words

firm Lux Research came to a similar conclusion. Their study “The Great Compression: The Future of the Hydrogen Economy” concluded that despite billions in research and development spent in the past decade, “The dream of a hydrogen economy envisioned for decades by politicians, economists, and environmentalists is no nearer, with hydrogen fuel cells turning

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volume for a comparable range (because the FCV will be more fuel efficient than current cars). The 2004 National Academies of Science study on “The Hydrogen Economy” concluded that both liquid and compressed storage have “little promise of long-term practicality for light-duty vehicles” and recommended that DOE halt research in

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the safety precautions would be costly and public compliance impossible to ensure.” It seems likely that major innovations in safety will be required before a hydrogen economy is practical. Another key issue is the infrastructure problem. Hydrogen fueling stations are very expensive, generally $1 million to $2 million, because safely pressurizing hydrogen

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to GHG emissions from the natural gas reformation process).” Such fueling stations would likely be of no value once the ultimate transition to a pure hydrogen economy was made, because that would almost certainly rely on centralized production and not make use of small natural gas reformers. Moreover, it is possible that

Food and Fuel: Solutions for the Future

by Andrew Heintzman, Evan Solomon and Eric Schlosser · 2 Feb 2009 · 323pp · 89,795 words

Boom, Bust, and Efficiency / L. Hunter Lovins and Wyatt King Reverse Engineering: Soft Energy Paths / Susan Holtz and David B. Brooks The Dawn of the Hydrogen Economy / Jeremy Rifkin Notes Acknowledgements Index About the Contributors About the Editors INTRODUCTION The evidence is right in front of us, spread out over thousands of

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a world that starves for lack of natural gas cannot, practically speaking, combat climate change or air pollution, nor could it likely develop a feasible hydrogen economy. This is, perhaps, the ultimate measure of our deep and problematic connection to global networks of resource exploration and consumption. Our energy empire is large

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percent of world energy by 2020, and a third by 2050. Their more aggressive scenario, “Spirit of the Coming Age,” finds a transition to a hydrogen economy plausible by 2050, driven in part by a Chinese conversion to hydrogen.29 In 1995 London’s Delphi Group began advising its institutional investment clients

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, the response changed: “Yes, you have shown that this future scenario is feasible, but do you really think it is desirable?” THE DAWN OF THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY Jeremy Rifkin Imagining a World Without Oil Imagine, for a moment, a world where fossil fuels are no longer burned to generate power, heat, or

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the world’s first superpower to announce a long-term plan to make the transition out of fossil fuel dependency and into a renewable-based hydrogen economy. Romano Prodi, the president of the European Commission, said at the time that weaning Europe off Middle East oil and making the shift to a

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$2 billion developing hydrogen cars, buses, and trucks, and the first mass-produced vehicles are expected to be on the road beginning in 2009. The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast change in the way power is distributed, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today’s centralized, top-down flow of

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the nineteenth century and the shift to oil and the internal combustion engine in the twentieth century. Championing a fifty-year plan to build a hydrogen economy is a grand economic vision on the scale of the first and second industrial revolutions in North America. By taking a commanding lead in building

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products and services, the Canadian economy can help to set the twenty-first-century economic agenda for the rest of the world. Investing in a hydrogen economy will reinvigorate capital markets, spur productivity, create new export markets, and increase the GDP of Canada. According to a recent study by Price Waterhouse Coopers

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, the hydrogen economy could generate US$1.7 trillion in new business by the year 2020. It should be emphasized that no other single economic development will have

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new working relationship between government and industry to make the transition to the hydrogen era. Organized labour will also benefit from the shift to the hydrogen economy. While new “smart” technologies are moving the global economy away from mass labour and toward small, professional workforces over the long term, in the short

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’s power grid are geographically tied, the employment generated will all be within Canada. If both the technologies and technical know-how that comprise the hydrogen economy are also produced by research institutes and Canadian-based companies, additional domestic employment will be generated. Making the transition to the hydrogen era provides a

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offers the first real hope of creating a truly sustainable global economy for future generations. By eliminating carbon dioxide altogether from the economic equation, the hydrogen economy leaps ahead of the current paltry and piecemeal efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The shift to hydrogen is a bold plan to confront, head

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spirit, especially among the young, who will likely identify with both the high-tech and the democratic vision of peer-to-peer energy sharing. The hydrogen economy will also improve the lot of Canada’s most disadvantaged citizens. The rising price of oil and gas in the years ahead will fall disproportionately

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there could put the United States significantly behind Europe as a world power by mid-century. Laying the Groundwork for the Hydrogen Economy in Canada In order to jump-start the hydrogen economy in Canada, the federal government should consider adopting a number of high-visibility initiatives. First, create a high-level working group

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to draft a blueprint for Canada to become an integrated hydrogen economy by the year 2050. Second, assemble a consortium of universities, technical institutes, and government laboratories to help facilitate research and development of hydrogen technology and

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global livestock revolution associated with rapid growth in meat consumption in developing countries. JEREMY RIFKIN is the author of many best-selling books, including The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the World Wide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth. He serves as an adviser to Romano Prodi, the president

The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

by Levi Tillemann · 20 Jan 2015 · 431pp · 107,868 words

’s Eye Revolutionary Road Leapfrog: Revolutions, Refugees, and the Education of Wan Gang Shame for Glory Part II Leapfrog 9 Sea Turtles, Spaceships, and the Hydrogen Economy Hearts and Minds Freedom from Electricity Wan Gang and His Sea Turtles Keeping Up Appearances 863’s Wild Ride Finding “Some Alternative” 10 Crazy Anegawa

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a century of humiliation, and supplant shame for glory. Wan Gang’s strategy was a go. Part II Leapfrog 9 Sea Turtles, Spaceships, and the Hydrogen Economy AFTER ALMOST a decade of technology-forcing policies, California’s regulators were beginning to have second thoughts. The goal of achieving a zero-emissions vehicle

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a lot more electricity without building any expensive new generation plants. But it wasn’t just self-interest. Anegawa simply didn’t buy the whole “hydrogen economy” story that Toyota and Honda—and America—had been selling. Anegawa thought that fuel cells had major obstacles in terms of cost, infrastructure, hydrogen storage

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, Jonathan, and Leslie Hook. 2010. “Japan Sees Chinese Ban on Mineral Exports.” Financial Times, September 24, 2010. Sperling, Daniel. “FreedomCAR and Fuel Cells: Toward the Hydrogen Economy?” Progressive Policy Institute, September 27, 2002. ———. 2002. “Updating Automotive Research.” Issues in S&T. ———. 2002. Transitioning from PNGV to FreedomCAR. Testimony to House Science Committee

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. 14 Margonelli 2008. 15 Ibid. 16 Margonelli; Liao and Yergin 2010. 17 Lindgren and Gapminder 2011. 18 BP 2011. 9 Sea Turtles, Spaceships, and the Hydrogen Economy 1 CARB 2012. 2 O’Dell 2002. 3 CARB 2012. 4 Freedom Car and Fuel Partnership 2009. 5 Yoshida 2012. 6 Sperling 2009. 7 Lun

Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization

by Jeff Rubin · 19 May 2009 · 258pp · 83,303 words

in our economy, CCS is nothing more than a pipe dream. And speaking of monumental challenges, there is always the distant dream of tomorrow’s hydrogen economy. But if a fleet of electric cars is difficult to imagine, consider the obstacles to switching to one powered by hydrogen. For one thing, hydrogen