NOTES: Solar price (industrial) falls to below 20c per kW-hr. When solar is cheap, so is hydrogen! Solar was $9.00 per industrial watt in 1983, $2.90 in 2004, $3.25 in 2008, now down to $2.00. Every one is touting 15-20% efficiency, all types. Applied has built 14 $200,000,000 plants for solar production - all overseas, because the US has no consistent solar energy policy. What does this foretell for hydrogen?

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. Hydrogen Transportation: Open letter by all the fuel cell auto companies to fuel companies and government bodies: We will build the cars by 2015 - start building the stations!! FEDX - hybrid electric. 8 major companies - hydrogen mobility plan for Germany!! Truck with 3,000 gallons of hydrogen explodes in Charlotte-Douglas airport. Whoops!! Not good for the hydrogen reputation! Competitive electric motorcycles from Zero and KTM, electric motorcycle world championships - now where's the fuel cell? Mercedes to produce 200 B-Class fuel cell vehicles in late 2009 - hooray! First fuel cell car pilot production! Fuel cell boat in the Netherlands. Germany in race for electric car - now add the fuel cell!! GM's fifth generation auto fuel cell half the size and weight and complexity of the fourth generation - as small as a small four cylinder! British steam car hits 131 mph - steam is 11 percent hydrogen so I guess it qualifies. Mass produced fuel cell cars to cost $30,000 by 2015. India - Alfa three wheel hydrogen utility truck. GM - Project Driveway fuel cell passes 1,000,000 miles! Blue Zero electric fuel cell system. Hydrogen fuel cell powered street car! Solar panel roads to power homes and cars! Electric production cars of all types and sizes and from all makes will start appearing in 2010. Electrified cars are half way to hydrogen! EPA HAS PROPOSED NEW RULES FOR LIMITING GLOBAL WARMING GASES FROM AUTOS 21% BY 2030.

2. Hydrogen Technology: Only 150 years since the first oil well to provide kerosene for lamps! 48 percent of consumers want plug in hybrids! Nissan to utilize methanol fuel cells for material movers. Flowcath - low cost, durable liquid chemical - acts as catalyst in PEM fuel cells. NAVY to make jet fuel from sea water! Why not use the hydrogen? Lithium carbonate supplies abound - fuel cell deep hybrids can be done world wide! Graphene made magnetic with hydrogen coating! Cobalt and phosphate produce oxygen from water - cheaply. Commercial grade multi-crystalline solar up to 15.6 percent efficient. Solar paint! Zero platinum fuel cells. Solar battery - 2.5 cents per kilowatt! Zinc oxide nanoclusters - one ounce = 30 football fields - new hydrogen storage.

3. Hydrogen Business: Fuel cells are starting to proliferate. Hydrogenics and Vision industries to build Class 8 , short haul, power trucks for ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. ClearEdge power advertising natural gas CHP unit in US. Literally hundreds of DOD and DOE solicitations for fuel cell powered devices. GENCO buying 136 PlugPower lift truck power units. Kern County - hydrogen energy power plant-2B. Volvo plans hydrogen powered generators for boats, diesel trucks, and motor homes. Nuvera to build in plant hydrogen stations for Air-Gas. UK hydrogen highway to Donald Trump's resort!

4. Government Support to Hydrogen: Try Nature - not tech - to solve global warming! Record month for renewables in US. Solar thermal heating up. $1 million H-prize for hydrogen storage improvement for cars. Africa/Middle East - renewable energy summit! China plans 500 megawatt solar plant! Carbon neutral decision in Denmark. Carbon traders bet on California redwoods. Lights out in England! Kashi, India -Hydrogen City. DOE - $300,000,000 in clean fuels - one hydrogen station!!! EPA TO DECLARE CO₂ A DANGEROUS POLLUTANT!! China - greenhouse gas peak must happen by 2030. Save energy in buildings - one-third reduction.

5. Global Warming and Oil Depletion: Arctic ecosystems changing - permanently. German ships cruise the northern route - across northern Russia to Europe. Now that's global warming! Warming oceans may shift earth's pole. Mexico hit by lowest rainfall in 68 years. World carbon emissions by country - China now in the lead. Four resources that may run out in your lifetime: Oil, Food, Water, Fish. BP giant oil discovery? 3 billion barrels at 85 million barrels per day = 35 days of world consumption, big whoop! Northern India's vanishing water! July sea temps warmest on record. San Francisco - RMI 2009 Conference. What will spark the transition? Southwest - forget water! Arctic warming overtakes 2000 years of natural cooling! EAST COAST - SEA LEVELS TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS SUMMER.

6. Outline for AHASVC Certificate: LET’S OUTLINE THE FIRST CERTIFICATE!

7. Discussion: Engineering discussion on electrolyzer balancing!! Second attempt being made this week. Possible business funder for M-2-20kW.

8. Link List by Topic:

Hydrogen Transport

1. The electric car was always projected to cost half of an IC car - half the parts! Fuel cells can do it too!

2. Prediction: Mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell cars will cost $30,000 without subsidies in 2015.

http://fuelcell.magasite.net/pages/August_1_News_3_82109.php

3. Lithium out the ears!

http://www.sequence-omega.net/2009/05/15/lithium-carbonate-supplies-abound/

4. Fuel cells advance!

http://www.sequence-omega.net/2009/08/22/hypothetical-hydrogen-whats-the-reality/

5. Is this real are fuel cell cars actually going to happen in 2010!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/mnGreenAutos/idUS313871950420090902

6. NAVY is making jet fuel from Sea Water-CO2 and hydrogen can be turned into JP4-at sea

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/09/seawater-jet-fuel-print.html

7. FUEL CELL cars are on the way!

http://www.auto123.com/en/news/green-wheels/kia-joins-other-industry-leaders-to-urge-action-on-hydrogen-infrastructure?artid=111152

8. English hydrogen highway to The Donalds fancy hotel and golf course!

http://www.ecofriendlymag.com/sustainable-transporation-and-alternative-fuel/uks-new-hydrogen-highway-includes-donald-trumps-golf-course/

9. Make the roads do the work!!

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-panel-roads/12780/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=47ff89894d-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

10. SIGN UP NOW!

http://www.examiner.com/x-11005-San-Jose-Auto-Industry-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Sign-up-now-Mercedes-zeroemissions-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-to-be-tested-by-California-drivers

Hydrogen Technology

1. If you can see hydrogen perhaps you can figure out how to stuff more of it into a space?

http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/image/5898134/?ref_id=5898132

2. Viability of Mass Resource

http://www.physorg.com/print170326193.html

3. Solar hydrogen house – it has been doable for years, just expensive!

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009solar/9hydrogen/prweb2837164.htm

4. Another recycle chemistry - now all they need is a way to recharge the material at a gas station instead of having to ship it back to a factory!!

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009solar/9hydrogen/prweb2837164.htm

http://www.labspaces.net/99448/Hydrogen_storage_gets_new_hope

Government Support to Hydrogen

1. The Governator has started something!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6806473.ece?print=yes&randnum=1251068713292

Global Warming and Oil Depletion

1. Irreversible!

http://www.arizonaenergy.org/News_09/News_Sep09/Arctic%20Ecosystems%20Changing,%20May%20be%20Irreversible.htm

2. 150 years - out of 4 million

http://www.arizonaenergy.org/News_09/News_Sep09/Crude%20Oil;%20150%20years%20since%20Titusville.htm

3. Try Nature, Not Tech, To Fix Economic Woes: UNEP

http://www.arizonaenergy.org/News_09/News_Sep09/Try%20Nature,%20Not%20Tech,%20To%20Fix%20Economic%20Woes;%20UNEP.htm

9. Hydrogen Jobs:

*Regional Sales Manager*

Mitsubishi Electric - Miami , Florida

*Senior Developer*

Renewable Ventures - San Francisco , California

*Salesforce Application Manager*

SunEdison - Beltsville , Maryland

*Junior Software Developer*

SunEdison - San Francisco , California

*Director - U. S. Procurement*

Brookfield Renewable Power - Marlborough , Massachusetts

*Journeyman Electrician*

groSolar - Raynham , Massachusetts

*Manager, Three-Phase Power Conversion*

FirstSolar - Perrysbrug , Ohio

*Professional Engineer*

Borrego Solar - Lowell , Massachusetts

*Master Electrician*

groSolar - Raynham , Massachusetts

*Director of Product Marketing - Utilities* SunEdison - Beltsville , Maryland

*Senior Applications Engineer*

PV Powered, Inc. - Bend , Oregon

*Site Superintendent - Contract / 1099*

Borrego Solar - San Diego , California

*Regional Sales Manager*

Mitsubishi Electric - Jersey City , New Jersey

*Director of Utility Sales*

SunEdison - Beltsville , Maryland

*Engineer - Professional PE *

Borrego Solar - Lowell , Massachusetts