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: Change the name to Hydrogen/Electric highway? 3 wheels super light or 200 mph SUV monster, lots of variety, but why don't they fly? Fuel cell helicopter makes first flight! Solar impulse ultra long loiter air craft. Japan in lead on hydrogen cars!! Turbine electric super car! Hydrogen bicycles - Japan fuel cell bus production in Brazil. ACTA hydrogen bike. VW "UP" 117 mpg diesel car. Hydrogenics with fuel cell powered midibus. 1/2 hour electric charging to 80%. Norway hydrogen highway with electric back road. Iceland with world’s largest operational hydrogen car fleet! BMW abandons piston engine hydrogen - on to fuel cells! Korea building hydrogen highway!
2. Hydrogen Technology: Test house on solar hydrogen. Piezoelectric electrical power from air flow over airplane wings! Oyster - world's largest wave energy device! Cycloidal turbine- super efficient! Hydrogen storage in Xenon lattice! DARK Galaxy may be crashing in to Milky Way! Oops! Osmotic Energy in Norway! Nickel and enzyme fuel cell catalyst! Metal Organic Framework membranes. Better hydrogen battery? Iron carbonyl complex catalyst - better and cheaper? Plane wall breakdown - need dinosaur gut! Glass capillary arrays for hydrogen storage! University of South Florida - complex metal hydrides with a reversible 6 - 8% hydrogen uptake!
3. Hydrogen Business: Ronn motor moving to new HQ - to build HHO, FC, and hybrid vehicles. Cost of solar to drop by half this year! Fuel cell sales moving up! Hydrogenics selling large electrolyzers - to Russia! Fuel cells for home systems around the world!
4. Government Support to Hydrogen: Fast track for "Green" patents. Governor highlights alternative fuel at LA Auto Show. USC to eliminate transport pollution by 2015. US - another $385 million to renewable energy projects. Canada now produces wind power in every province. Marines take Greens solar power to front lines. Catch shares for fish - how about catch shares for everything else? Let's discuss the concept.
5. Global Warming and Oil Depletion: Mini ice age could hit in months, not years! Humanity now needs five Earths to sustain itself! Arctic ice lower than ever. Fossil fuel emissions up by 29% since 2000! Looming water gap! Energy poverty! Largest emitters in California - see the list! Starve yourself and live longer! Global warming map from England. Google global warming overlay!
6. AHASVC Certificate: Are we ready to publish first level? HySolGenics - Whoops!!
