Comments on: Reporter's Notes: Where's my Hydrogen Highway http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:39:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Reporter’s Notes: Where’s my Hydrogen Highway | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED [kqed.org] on Topsy.com http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-64924 Twitter Trackbacks for Reporter’s Notes: Where’s my Hydrogen Highway | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED [kqed.org] on Topsy.com Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:31:02 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2780#comment-64924 [...] Reporter’s Notes: Where’s my Hydrogen Highway | QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway – view page – cached Hydrogen is not exactly a fuel. That is, we don't burn it to make energy. It's used more as a medium for storing and transporting energy. — From the page [...] [...] Reporter’s Notes: Where’s my Hydrogen Highway | QUEST Community Science Blog – KQED http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway – view page – cached Hydrogen is not exactly a fuel. That is, we don't burn it to make energy. It's used more as a medium for storing and transporting energy. — From the page [...]

]]> By: John Berkyto http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-63621 John Berkyto Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:33:32 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2780#comment-63621 There really are two things going on in hydrogen, and for the sake of discussion, lets call it "old tech" and "new tech". Experts like Stephen Chu, the new federal energy Czar, recognize that fuel cells are old hydrogen tech, and as a result canceled hundreds of millions of dollars of support for them. Why? Because despite billions spent on research, they are still under-powered, fragile and expensive. As a result, they are like electric cars, confined to small niche applications. What the world needs is a broad-based solution, which can replace any gasoline or diesel engine, in any application. This is often referred to as the "holy grail" of alternate fuel engines, and to date only a handful of companies have come close to achieving success. Our company, ZED Power, emerging from the Canadian Hydrogen Fuel National Research Center, applied for patents for the hydrogen-fueled ZED (Zero Emissions Design) engine. Fueled by 130-octane hydrogen, the engine produces over double the horsepower that it can produce with gasoline. It is a type of break-through, transformational technology that’s needed. Hydrogen is the only fuel, which can be made from water, and returns to being water, the most plentiful substance on earth. Coupled to geothermal, wind, or solar power production, it is a 100% carbon free solution. Compared to electric, the ZED powered vehicle is also more environmentally friendly because there are no toxic batteries to get dispose of at the end of its life cycle. There really are two things going on in hydrogen, and for the sake of discussion, lets call it "old tech" and "new tech". Experts like Stephen Chu, the new federal energy Czar, recognize that fuel cells are old hydrogen tech, and as a result canceled hundreds of millions of dollars of support for them. Why? Because despite billions spent on research, they are still under-powered, fragile and expensive. As a result, they are like electric cars, confined to small niche applications. What the world needs is a broad-based solution, which can replace any gasoline or diesel engine, in any application. This is often referred to as the "holy grail" of alternate fuel engines, and to date only a handful of companies have come close to achieving success.

Our company, ZED Power, emerging from the Canadian Hydrogen Fuel National Research Center, applied for patents for the hydrogen-fueled ZED (Zero Emissions Design) engine. Fueled by 130-octane hydrogen, the engine produces over double the horsepower that it can produce with gasoline. It is a type of break-through, transformational technology that’s needed. Hydrogen is the only fuel, which can be made from water, and returns to being water, the most plentiful substance on earth. Coupled to geothermal, wind, or solar power production, it is a 100% carbon free solution. Compared to electric, the ZED powered vehicle is also more environmentally friendly because there are no toxic batteries to get dispose of at the end of its life cycle.

]]> By: Ron Fowler http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-63607 Ron Fowler Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:35:49 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2780#comment-63607 While it sounds good for politicians to promote clean fuels, it's also good for citizens to take this with a grain of salt. Green practices are needed but no one says it will be cheap to begin with. Yes, we can do it but until the process becomes much less expensive, politicians will opt for tax cuts rather than the future of our kids. While it sounds good for politicians to promote clean fuels, it's also good for citizens to take this with a grain of salt. Green practices are needed but no one says it will be cheap to begin with. Yes, we can do it but until the process becomes much less expensive, politicians will opt for tax cuts rather than the future of our kids.

]]> By: Speed Bumps on the “Hydrogen Highway” | KQED's Climate Watch http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/06/12/reporters-notes-wheres-my-hydrogen-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-63587 Speed Bumps on the “Hydrogen Highway” | KQED's Climate Watch Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:00:05 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=2780#comment-63587 [...] morning on KQED's weekly Quest radio feature, David Gorn reports that we've apparently hit a few speed bumps: "The technology clearly has promise, but it's behind [...] [...] morning on KQED's weekly Quest radio feature, David Gorn reports that we've apparently hit a few speed bumps: "The technology clearly has promise, but it's behind [...]

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