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 Scramble: Global oil demand to exceed supply by the end of 2006. Fiftieth anniversary of M. King Hubbert's seminal speech predicting oil depletion in the US in 1970.
2. Government Support for Hydrogen: San Francisco International Airport, San Carlos, and Menlo Park to install hydrogen refueling stations. H2 fueling station at Camp Pendleton - Join the Hydrogen Marines! Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Coalition to build hydrogen stations, Boston to DC. Dongtan, China - the worlds first hydrogen powered sustainable city. Renewable energy sites dot the map of the US already. 70 hydrogen buses in London by 2010. MEA manufacturing symposium. European energy projections to 2030. ARRC/H2 Alliance-Architecs to design classy hydrogen refueling stations. Country of Jordan joins fuel cell race. Germany to invest 500,000,000 E over ten years for hydrogen autos and infrastructure.
3. The Race to Hydrogen for Transport: GM now claiming to produce 500,000 hydrogen powered vehicles per year within four years. European Citaro bus program extended for an additional year. Hydroporter, three wheel hydrogen car in Newburgh, NY. H2 Truck from Denmark. Fuel cell powered industrial transport, in limited production. Volvo to produce heavy truck deep hybrids. 7.5% by weight hydrogen storage at UCLA. BMW hydrogen 7 series produced in 2007.
4. Hydrogen Business: HydroGen to produce 400 kw fuel cell stacks designed by Westinghouse. Seventy companies in Europe developing fuel cells - we examine the list.
5. Technology: Ultrasonic energy to synthesize hydrogen. Organic polymers to store hydrogen - Cardiff University. Coal fired fuel cell - U of Hawaii. Improved electrolyser technology - GE, also Arizona State University. ClearEdge Power produces fuel cells based on silicon chips. Crystal sponges storing up to 7.5% by weight hydrogen - UCLA and U of Michigan. Back to microspheres - Academy of Advanced Technologies - MOSCOW. Natural membranes for PEM fuel cells - Dept. of Agriculture. Bio fuel cells - U of New Mexico. Angstrom power - 24 hr fuel cell flashlight.
6. Global warming: You are enjoying global warming right now with all this wild weather. Lovelock 1995.
