Topic: Hydrogen (4)
Pickens' Plan to Escape the Grip of Foreign Oil - wind and solar
[Watch video of Pickens speaking on same webpage as full news story.]
"One of the benefits of being around a long time is that you get to know a lot about certain things. I'm 80 years old and I've been an oilman for almost 60 years. I've drilled more dry holes and also found more oil than just about anyone in the industry. With all my experience, I've never been as worried about our energy security as I am now. Like many of us, I ignored what was happening. Now our country faces what I believe is the most serious situation since World War II.
...The future begins as soon as Congress and the president act. The government must mandate the formation of wind and solar transmission corridors, and renew the subsidies for economic and alternative energy development in areas where the wind and sun are abundant."
International Agency Urges the Start of an Energy Revolution
"The International Energy Agency said investments of at least $45 trillion might be needed over the next 50 years to prevent shortages and greenhouse gas emissions from slowing growth."
Harvesting Hydrogen from Farm Waste
"The National Research Council of Canada?s Biotechnology Research Institute has begun research and development of a process that will extract hydrogen from organic waste materials like fermentable feedstock and manure. The materials are processed to hydrogen by dark and photofermentation. The goal is to ?come up with biosystems that could be grouped into a [...]"
Inside the Solar Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills -- Ever
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=hydrogen-house
"Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill — nor has he spent a nickel to fill up his Mercury Sable — in nearly two years. Instead, the 51-year-old civil engineer makes all the fuel he needs using a system he built in the capacious garage of his home, which employs photovoltaic (PV) panels to turn sunlight into electricity that is harnessed in turn to extract hydrogen from tap water."
