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Articles/Information

• How the Hydrogen Economy Works
  from HowStuffWorks, plus other related pages:
  • How Fuel Cells Work
  • How Hybrid Cars Work
  • How Electric Cars Work
  • How Solar Cells Work
  • How Hydropower Plants Work
  • How Fuel Processors Work
  • How Catalytic Converters Work
  • How Gasoline Works
  • How Oil Refining Works
  • How Oil Drilling Works
  • How Gas Prices Work
• The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs
  A report from the National Academy of Engineering. One of the panelists at GASP’s October 2004 event, Dr. Robert Hirsch, was involved in developing this report.
• Hydrogen Economy Fact Sheet
  U.S.-EU Summit: Cooperation on the Development of a Hydrogen Economy (The Bush Administration’s take on hydrogen).
• A Hydrogen Economy: The Power to Change the World
  by Jeremy Rifkin. Published on Monday, September 2, 2002 in the Los Angeles Times.
• Crossing the Red Line
  by Bill McKibben. New York Review of Books, June 10, 2004.
• Special Issue: Toward a Hydrogen Economy from the weekly journal Science (August 13, 2004). You can view the table of contents online (articles are available to subscribers only) and should be able to find a copy at most libraries.
• The May 2004 issue of Scientific American had a feature article called Questions about a Hydrogen Economy. You can view the abstract online, and if you’re not a subscriber, you can find this back issue in most libraries.
• The Promise of Hydrogen
  from Living on Earth with Steve Curwood, the weekly environmental news and information program distributed by National Public Radio.
• In Pursuit of the Future: 25 Years of IEA Research Towards the Realisation of Hydrogen Energy Systems (Adobe Acrobat required)
  International Energy Agency report
• Imagining the Unthinkable: An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security (Adobe Acrobat required)
  A report by Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall
• Dawn of the Hydrogen Age
  from Wired Magazine. Cars that go 5,000 miles between fill-ups, electric power plants you buy like appliances, and a better standard of living… Automobile and power companies are spending billions to make it real.
• Teacher Resources on Fuel Cells & Energy
  General Motors and Weekly Reader have teamed up for the third time to create an educational program that will teach students in grades 1-4 about some of the most promising technologies on the horizon, including the hydrogen powered fuel cell.
• The Hydrogen Economy – Green Nirvana or a Pipe Dream?
  A more critical look at hydrogen. Are there any alternatives to the hydrogen economy?
• Fuel Cell Future: Goodbye, Gasoline – Hello, Hydrogen
  from Edmunds.com

Organizations/Companies

• National Hydrogen Association
  NHA is leading the transition from a fossil fuel-based energy infrastructure to a hydrogen-based one. NHA serves as a catalyst for information exchange and cooperative projects and provides the setting for mutual support among industry, government, and research/academic organizations.
• Hydrogen Energy Center
  The Hydrogen Energy Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working toward a sustainable energy economy based on renewable hydrogen through public education, advocacy, technology demonstration, and job creation.
• Hydrogen Now!
  The mission of Hydrogen Now! is to accelerate the use of renewable hydrogen.
• H2E Center at Penn State University
  Penn State researchers are leading the way in developing new technologies related to hydrogen energy and fuel cells. Hydrogen Day at Penn State will be held on October 25, 2004.
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  Rocky Mountain Institute is an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of natural, human and other capital to make the world more secure, just, prosperous, and life sustaining.
• Fuel Cell Store
  Fuel Cell Store is the nexus of the fuel cell industry. We provide the market place where fuel cell stack, component, and hydrogen storage manufacturers come together with consumers. Within our site you will find the widest array of fuel cell products from around the globe.

Books