| Description |
1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index. |
| Contents |
Why hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton -- Hydrogen's discovery : phlogiston and inflammable air -- A history of hydrogen energy : the Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the redoubtable Mr. Erren -- Producing hydrogen from water, natural gas, and green plants -- Primary energy : using solar and other power to make hydrogen -- Hydrogen for cars and buses : steaming tailpipes -- Fuel cells : Mr. Grove's lovely technology -- Hydrogen in aerospace : clean contrails and the Orient Express -- Hydrogen as utility gas : the invisible flame -- Non-energy uses of hydrogen : metallic H₂, biodegradable plastics, and H² tofu -- Safety : the Hindenburg syndrome ; or, "Don't paint your dirigible with rocket fuel" -- The next 100 years. |
| Summary |
How hydrogen-nonpolluting and easy to produce-could become the fuel of the future. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hydrogen as fuel.
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Hydrogen as fuel. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hoffmann, Peter, 1935- Tomorrow's energy. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001 0262082950 (DLC) 00054613 (OCoLC)45636866 |
| ISBN |
9780262275514 (electronic book) |
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0262275511 (electronic book) |
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0585444706 (electronic book) |
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9780585444703 (electronic book) |
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1282100025 |
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9781282100022 |
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9780262082952 |
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0262082950 (hc. ; alkaline paper) |
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