NOTES: Roy McAlister on schedule.
Morning presentation: SATURDAY SEPT 29 10:00 AM at the
Pacific
Energy
Center
,
831 Howard Street
,
San Francisco
(between 4th & 5th Streets, three blocks from the Powell Street BART station.
Afternoon presentation: 3.00 PM at the Graduate School of Business, Bishop Auditorium, South Building, 518 Memorial Way, 94305-5015, Stanford, California.
The notices have gone out to all the Radio stations, major newspapers, and local TV studios. Main discussion-tables for AHA books, memberships, etc and who will man them.
Click here for flyers.
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. Transportation: GM is betting a large part of the farm on successful development of Lithium ion batteries to power the Chevy Volt and a whole range of other models with interchangeable parts including electric drive parts.
Mexican
Univ.
developing fuel cell + battery deep hybrid battery car. Daimler-Chrysler intends to manufacture fuel cells in series for its class B vehicles, from 2010. Morgan fuel cell LIFECar. 100 GM HydroGen 4s to be used by consumers in late 2007. Two year life expected.
2. Government Support for Hydrogen: Carbon is rising as a liability issue, cap and trade legislation by 2009. US, nineteen new atomic plants at 4 to 5 billion a piece. Danish railway to run on wind and hydrogen.
3. Hydrogen Technology: Ultra thin Solar Modules to make 2008 debut in
Germany
. The cells can easily be integrated into building facades. Argonne NL, ceria or lanthanum chromite doped with platinum or ruthenium to improve steam reforming.
4. Hydrogen Business:
China
becoming the worlds largest solar energy market, largest wind market by 2010. Quantum Technologies converts vehicles to hydrogen, getting profitable. Fourteen fuel cell engineer jobs listed by fuel cell works.
5. Global Warming and Oil Depletion: Dangerous warming limits, no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre industrial levels, EU. Consensus is that we have already built in more than that. Peak Oil; The end of economic growth. Lecture by Professor Charles A Hall in
Ireland
looks at energy EROI (energy return on investment) for all possible future energy forms. Fossil fuels rapidly heading down the curve. Jatropha Biodiesel facility opens in
Brazil
. IEA, oil supply crunch looming. Oil above $78 per barrel. Big coal tries to recruit military to kindle a market. Extra billion per year for coal liquids.
6. Demonstration and Video: To be announced.
