by guest blogger Stan Thompson By fiddling with his oil faucets and natural gas valves, Vladimir Putin may be having the same unintended acceleration effect on Europe’s diesel-to-hydrail transition that John L. Lewis had on the coal-to-diesel transition in the USA during the last century. Recently I’ve heard two ambassadors from European countries explaining to American audiences what • Read More »
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H2USA Launched by DOE to Promote Hydrogen Infrastructure
May 14, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Infrastructure.On March 12, 2013 I had talked about how the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) was intending to launch a new public-private program called H2USA that would promote the building of hydrogen infrastructure to support fuel cell vehicles. Yesterday, on May 13, 2014 the DOE actually launched the H2USA program. According to the DOE, • Read More »
White House Petition for More Funding for Hydrogen Cars
February 13, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on White House Petition for More Funding for Hydrogen Cars | Filed in: Political Issues.Gregory B. recently placed a link on the Hydrogen Cars Now Facebook page to a Whitehouse.gov petition web page. The petition asks President Obama’s administration to set aside more funding for hydrogen fueled vehicles. Here is the full text of the petition: we petition the obama administration to: Put more funding into the development, safety • Read More »
“Cold Nugget” Found In Alaska: Zero-Carbon Hydrogen
September 12, 2012 | By Stan Thompson | 1 Comment | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Infrastructure.by guest blogger, Stan Thompson Long before the California Gold Rush, there was a North Carolina Gold Rush. The land right under the feet of President Obama and delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention was riddled with ancient gold mining tunnels. Mine waste tailings were so plentiful that eventually they were used as construction • Read More »
European Hydrogen Road Tour 2012 – Start Your Engines
September 11, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on European Hydrogen Road Tour 2012 – Start Your Engines | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.On the Anniversary of 9/11/2001 many people are taking pause to commemorate though who had fallen victim that day. Even President Obama and candidate Romney have suspended negative campaigning in remembrance of this day in U. S. history. But, across The Pond things are a bit different. Instead of thinking about the past the European • Read More »
DOE Ponies Up $2 Million to Reduce Costs for Hydrogen Fueling Stations
March 14, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE Ponies Up $2 Million to Reduce Costs for Hydrogen Fueling Stations | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.Even though President Obama hasn’t exactly been a friend of hydrogen cars during his term as President there is now some good news and funding coming out of Washington that is a bit unexpected. The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that they will make up to $2 million available this year for • Read More »
Chinese Car Maker Shanghai Automotive to Put FCV to Market
May 23, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.As the Obama Administration keeps trying to give body blows to the emerging hydrogen car market, yet another automobile company is stepping forward with their intentions of producing an H2 fuel cell vehicle (FCV) within the next few years, and this one also happens to be a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) as well. Chinese • Read More »
Senators Say Funding Must Stay for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Programs
May 5, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Political Issues.Every once in a while I write about the political issues surrounding the creation of hydrogen fuel cell cars and its supporting infrastructure. In June, 2010 I had talked about how U. S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) were fighting with the Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu • Read More »
Honda Opening Hydrogen Fueling Stations in Japan and UK
April 20, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fueling Stations.While the Obama administration is yawning at the future prospect of hydrogen cars dotting the highway landscape, the major automakers are thinking otherwise. One such automaker is Honda which is full steam ahead in putting up hydrogen fueling stations in Japan and in the United Kingdom. In Japan, Honda is building a solar hydrogen fueling • Read More »
Redirect Subsidies for Oil Companies to Build Hydrogen Fueling Stations
April 6, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Political Issues.Over the years, I’ve talked many times about the cost of building a nationwide hydrogen fueling infrastructure. The critics often throw out a high ball figure of $500 billion in order to replicate the current amount of gasoline dispensing stations nationwide. This is an errant figure meant to scare people about even thinking about putting • Read More »