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Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet / Peter Hoffmann ; foreword by Senator Byron L. Dorgan.

by Hoffmann, Peter, 1935-

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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.

Hydrogen as fuel.

Electronic Resource

http://site.ebrary.com/id/10529583

9780262516952 (pbk.)

0262516950 (pbk.)

xii, 367 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Rev. and expanded ed.

Why hydrogen? The grand picture -- Hydrogen's discovery: phlogiston and inflammable air -- A history of hydrogen energy: the Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the Redoubtable Mr. Erren -- Producing hydrogen from water, natural gas, and green plants -- Primary energy: using solar and other power to make hydrogen -- Terra transport: hydrogen for cars, buses, bikes, and boats -- Fuel cells: Mr. Grove's lovely technology -- Clean contrails: the Orient Express, Phantom Eye, and LAPCAT -- Hydrogen as utility gas: hydricity, and the invisible flame -- Nonenergy uses of hydrogen: metallic H2, biodegradable plastics, and H2 tofu -- Safety: the Hindenburg syndrome, or "Don't paint your dirigible with rocket fuel" -- The next fifty years.

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