Greetings and Introductions: Chapter President, John Gotthold, greets all attendees and asks each attendee to state their name and a short synopsis of their background and what they hope to learn by attending the meeting. 10 minutes.
1. Oil and Gas Energy Growth: The three way race is on between new supplies, new world demand, and depletion of older fields. Economic growth based on oil and gas will reach a global limit by 2008-10.
2. Government Support for Hydrogen: Money for manufacturing R & D. 4X reduction in cost still required. Nuclear plants all over the East Coast. More funding for the California Hydrogen Highway. Fuel Cell Equity, world wide Hydrogen fueling stations. Fuel Cell vehicles and specialty. DOE fuel cell Manufacturing roadmap. New Mexico to operate state Liability program for Hydrogen Energy Systems. Very significant as no major project goes forward without insurance.
3. The Race to Hydrogen for Transport: HyChain - Minitrans Project - 150 fuel cell vehicles to be tested in Europe, along with hydrogen refueling stations. 24 partners and 37.8 million euros budget. 2006-10. Audi diesel race car. 650 hp Le Mans, R10. Is diesel the best way to save oil?? Mazda to lease RX8-H2 in Japan, only $3,577 per month. Zoom!!
4. Hydrogen Business: German submarines to be powered by fuel cells. European manufacturing facilities. Maxwell - order for 200,000 ultra-capacitance units. Renewable energy for industrial buildings, by CHEVRON. First commercial fuel cell application in Delaware.
5. Technology: Fuel cell catalysts built without platinum. We look at many paths from waste to hydrogen. Fuel cells for farm equipment. Holey fuel cells - sold to Russia. Hydrogen from sunshine and titania nanotubes. HyGen technology, 29 % efficient.
6. Global warming: Environmentalists supporting nuclear power !!!, fear greenhouse changes more than nuclear meltdowns.
