NOTES:The WOZ is looking for a few good men to go with him and Buzz Aldrin, while they drive hydrogen Hummers to the South Pole next winter (here). The Australians are going to run their Antarctic camps on hydrogen next season also. The first Solar Hydrogen home in the US finally got all the permits, and now expects to be finished by next year. (Actually two of them). PG&E contracts for 500 megawatts of Solar Energy. Santa Rita jail installs megawatt hydrogen fuel cell, from Fuel Cell Energy. Nautilus Twin Flyer air ship.
1. 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 min.
2. Hydrogen Transportation: Hydrogen and fuel cells may never happen if batteries keep progressing. We take a good look at the TESLA Roadster and the Wrightspeed (we have a short video of the neatest drag race ever run.) The OBVIO electric from Brazil. Also the hydrogen Z-CAR with the adjustable body and the Fhybrid hydrogen scooter. Lots of innovative designs happening all over the world. The real action is on the BUS front where Berlin, Shanghai, Perth, Delft, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, Palm Desert, Beijing, London, and other cities are acquiring hydrogen fueled bus fleets before 2008.
3. Technology update: Bac2 Conductive composites - bipolar plates made with conductive polymer as a base. New bio-diesel processes. High temperature MEAs. New storage methods for hydrogen. NIST has method to see inside fuel cells to map water flows.
4. Government Support for Hydrogen: 23 operational hydrogen stations (14 more planned) now in CA. Shanghai to have 1000 fuel cell vehicles on the streets by 2010. Congressional fuel cell caucus leads the charge for more Federal funding for fuel cell transportation. National Hydrogen Association - new hydrogen and fuel cell job board. South Africa to enter hydrogen economy by 2016. China to publish industrial hydrogen policy by October. Hydrogen ECO village on Rota, Saipan.
5. Global Warming: English Prime Minister Tony Blair and Governor Schwarzenegger sign global warming pact to reduce CO2 emissions by 2015. Scottish tourist board studying increasing fuel cost on Scottish tourism. Ethanol could leave the world hungry!!!
6. Hydrogen Business: GM to introduce drivable Sequel automobile next week.
Video: Simmons presentation to the US military.
