Originally published June 20 2004
Editorial says hydrogen energy is too distant to offer real hope
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
But hydrogen is available right now if we look beyong the oil economy...
First, the NAS/NAE study gets it right on both current fuel-cell (FC) state-of-the-art and on CO2 emissions from hydrogen production.
After another decade of progress, hydrogen vehicles (with production-grade FCs then getting 38% efficiency) will cause over three times as much CO2 to be released per mile as advanced diesel hybrids -- and that's without even using biodiesel.
More realistic projections expect natural gas in 2025 to cost $16/GJ at the city gate, which is still only 50% above recent peaks but 3.5 times the price assumed in the NAS/NAE report.
The NAS/NAE report should have emphasized that next-generation biofuels for future transportation fuels need greatly increased attention and funding.
(For more detailed information, see 'Fuels for Tomorrow's Vehicles', http://www.dotynmr.com/PDF/Doty_FutureFuels.pdf .)
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