May 1st, 2012 | 
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This documentary tells the story of hydrogen through a series of intriguing interviews from those working on cutting-edge hydrogen technologies. The program explains to viewers every step of the process, including how hydrogen is created, how it is transported and dispensed, and how it is used in fuel cell vehicles and other end uses Tim Lipman; Research Co-Director, University of California, Berkley Michael Holmes; Deputy Associate Director, Research Energy & Environmental Research Center Gerry Groenewold; Director, Energy & Environmental Research Center Ghassan Sleiman; Engineer, Hydrogenics USA Tom Erickson; Associate Director, Research Energy & Environmental Research Center Ron Harper; CEO & General Manager, Basin Electric Power Cooperative Dakota Gasification Company, Great Plains Synfuels Plant Beulah, North Dakota Nathan Seigel; Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories Solar Tower & Heliostat Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico Michael McGowan; Head of Hydrogen Solutions, Linde North America Magog, Quebec Michael Gagne; Plant Manager, Linde North America Dev Patel; Manager, Kraus Global Kraus Global, Winnipeg, Manitoba Scott Bailey; Vice President, Kraus Global Morm Estey; Former President & CEO, Kraus Global Nuvera Fuel Cells, Billerica, Massachusetts Roberto Cordaro; President, Nuvera Fuel Cells James C. Cross III; Vice President, Nuvera Fuel Cells Darryl Pollica; Chief Engineer, Nuvera Fuel Cells Scott Blanchet; Director of Product Development, Nuvera Fuel Cells …
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75K miles? That’s not far enough even in England!
Also hydrogen’s energy density is way too low for anything but around town type driving (which is where you’d want the low emissions, so that actually works out)
Peet hydrogen in not burned in a fuel cell it becomes bonded to oxygen in the air to form water. be careful…..
Axis hydrogen in not burned in a fuel cell it becomes bonded to oxygen in the air to form water. be careful…..
yes Massive, Hydrogen is just a storage medium for energy. That”s why its best produced using renewable energy or other non-polluting methods.
John it is human to fear something you don’t understand, so i’ll forgive you for that. If you look at the real figures and studies about Hydrogen storage you’ll realize your ideas a very misguided. Yes there are dangers to storing anything under pressure but by the sounds of things your concerns stem from your inaccurate knowledge of the H-bomb. These bombs are fusion reactions (like in the sun) and need extreme heat only attainable during an Atom bomb explosion. Look it up
oh and peace….
The sun is hydrogen.
@srvpoed your right! this video really hits that spot
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@JohmWilliamCornett what ???
Do we need another miscalculation to TERRORIZE HUMANITY when we have so many other more practical and safe methods of energy extraction/conversion? We need to be more responsible stewards of the Earth and her peoples…and not just follow the energy moguls mostly for the sake of corporate profits and/or GREED! Corporations are for CORPORATIONS…not for HUMANITY! If you and I aren’t for Humanity, then who is for Humanity? watch?v=kT59uo3kz98 PEACE, JOY AND HAPPINESS, ALL WAYS!
Compressed hydrogen….GIVE ME A BREAK…this is BAD IDEA using bogus propaganda to draw financial support from fools in favor of yet ANOTHER insane idea. Produce Now/Use Now PN/UN ONLY!
Compressed hydrogen is extremely dangerous and potentially a population killer if someone learns how to detonate such compressed hydrogen gas. NOTHING about compressed hydrogen gas makes sense to me…unless the level of compression is so low that it simply cannot cause any real damage to life and limb. PEACE!
I didn’t know that you use the metric system in the US ?
thank for amazing video.
very good comment, you beat me to it, and i never thought about freezing
hydrogen combustion is good, but hydroge fuel cells are worthless. they ware out after 75,000 miles and if you live in montana you would be screwed.
A fully OB,OD vehicle would require a secondary power source. This would make the vehicle heavy and inefficient, direct electric drive is better. The usefulness of hybrid OB;OD is discussed at great length all over youtube, and no evidence has ever been substantiated. If you want a real technological innovation look up urea electrolysis. Pee can be split into hydrogen with less than 1/10 the power of water. We may be soon pissing in our cars to make them go
funny how they dont cover on board on demand!
heppolt wind turbine can be used for hytrolyses
Very cool
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what about this storage method?
take hydrogen and mix it with carbon monoxide and obtain methan gas which can be stored in the existing natural gas distribution system and other types of gas containers.
It can be liquified and transported in LNG Ships ,trains and trucks
Easier and better than fossil fuel and petrol.
Take wind and sun when they are available and make storable energy to use it when they are not available.
Yes we can!!
what about this storage method?
take hydrogen and mix it with carbon monoxide and obtain methan gas which can be stored in the existing natural gasdistribution net.
yeah they are working on it … it was invented a long time ago ! They killed the guy who invented the hydrogen car … then told us hydrogen cost more then oil to make !! continue to believe in the government and act as they told you to !
You are correct, there is no naturally pure hydrogen, but there is no naturally pure diesel or gasoline either. So, why would the latter be considered natural fuels and the former not?
A solar thermal collector and molten salt battery could support the heating needs for the entire plant. Before you ask why not a PV electrolysis setup, this design is tolerant to EMP/CME events. One solar flare and a multi-million dollar array could be nothing more than magic smoke and some glass.
Moonrover, the whole point is that hydrogen has to be refined from existing water sources or hydrocarbons – you need an energy source or a hydrocarbon fuel in the first place to create hydrogen fuel. Show me an example of naturally occurring pure hydrogen…?
As for water has shift – this is actually an interesting use of carbon monoxide, but the fact that it must occur at high temperatures means energy is required to achieve the reaction, even with a low-temp catalyst.
So, since energy has to be consumed to render it useful, naturally occurring hydrogen shouldn’t be classified a fuel? Are vehicles powered by crude oil? The environmental impact of gasification can be minimized by water gas shift (CO) and algae reactors (CO2). I’d concede that until gasification has proved more efficient, primary fuels shouldn’t be used in large scale. Though, the beauty of the reactor is it’ll gasify nearly any organic compounds.
If you had read my comments you would have seen that the point I’m taking issue with is the ‘natures fuel’ statement, when pure hydrogen on earth is an un-natural resource. Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it only changes form – producing hydrogen the dirty way, gassification as in this documentary is worse than just burning the gas. The clean method is electrolysis, but for that you need electricity, and where is the electricity going to come from? Nuclear and coal.