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The (Possible) Future of Alternative Energy

Posted by michael on from the partially-hydrogenated dept.

Sponge! writes: "The stuff that turns oil into margarine. The stuff that made the Hindenburg float. The stuff that combines with oxygen to make water and with carbon to make methane. The stuff that sends the space shuttle skyward and could someday power your car, office building, house, cell phone, even your hearing aid. That "Stuff" is hydrogen, and according to Amory Lovins, it is the future of energy. Here is an interesting article on Lovins and his view of hydrogen as the number one fuel."

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  1. Can we harness.. by LordOfYourPants · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Can we harness the hot air that Jon Katz spews once every week or so?

  2. Discover - the magazine of Kumbiya science by Poisonous+Drool · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's instructive to compare the generally favorable Discover article on Hydrogen with the negative article on missle defense in the same issue. This has been the pattern for the last year or so with Discover. Hippie scientists must be cheaper. Kumbiya.

  3. Re:Hard to Hide? Re:Power & Current Alternativ by leucadiadude · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Thank god you didn't get modded up,

    because you,

    quite simply,

    are an idiot.

    (and ignorant of this subject to boot).