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AUTHOR |
Hoffmann, Peter, 1935-. |
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TITLE |
Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet / Peter Hoffmann. |
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IMPRINT |
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2001. |
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DESCRIPTION |
x, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-281) and index. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Senator Tom Harkin -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton -- 2. Hydrogen's 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. Grove's 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 "Don't Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel" -- 12. The Next 100 Years. |
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SUBJECT |
Hydrogen as fuel. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Liberal Studies -- Energy Technology & the Environment. |
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ISBN |
0262082950 (hbk.). |
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