Tomorrow's energy hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet / Peter Hoffmann.

Author/creator Hoffmann, Peter, 1935-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionx, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Senator Tom Harkin -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton -- 2. Hydrogen's Discovery: Phlogiston and Inflammable Air -- 3. A History of Hydrogen Energy: The Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the Redoubtable Mr. Erren -- 4. Producing Hydrogen from Water, Natural Gas, and Green Plants -- 5. Primary Energy: Using Solar and Other Power to Make Hydrogen -- 6. Hydrogen for Cars and Buses: Steaming Tailpipes -- 7. Fuel Cells: Mr. Grove's Lovely Technology -- 8. Hydrogen in Aerospace: Clean Contrails and the Orient Express -- 9. Hydrogen as Utility Gas: The Invisible Flame -- 10. Non-Energy Uses of Hydrogen: Metallic H2, Biodegradable Plastics, and H2 Tofu -- 11. Safety: The Hindenburg Syndrome, or "Don't Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel" -- 12. The Next 100 Years.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-281) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 00054613
ISBN0262082950 (hc. : alk. paper)