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Document Number | 8140 |
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Primary Title | A Better Way to Get from Here to There: A Commentary on the Hydrogen Economy and a Proposal for an Alternative Strategy |
Author Name | Morris, D. |
Author Affiliation | Institute of Local Self-Reliance, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Published Date | 12/01/2003 |
Detailed Publish Date | December 2003 |
Page Count | 27 |
Document Type | REPORT |
Publisher Name | Institute of Local Self-Reliance, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Abstract | This 27-page document argues that the focus on building a national hydrogen distribution and fueling network to supply fuel cell powered cars ignores shorter term, less expensive and more rewarding strategies encouraged by recent technological developments. The most important of these is the successful commercialization of the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), which, author David Morris argues, establishes a new technological platform upon which to fashion transportation-related energy strategies. The strategy currently envisioned to effect a hydrogen economy may be diverting significant intellectual, financial and political resources from more attractive strategies. The author offers an analysis of the premises and promises of the hydrogen economy and at the other alternatives available that could achieve the same goals more quickly and cheaply. |
Note | Copies of this document can be downloaded from the Institute of Local Self-Reliance Website at: http://www.newrules.org/electricity/betterway.pdf. |
Copyright Status | P - Copyrighted--reprint permission granted |
Copyright Statement | © 2003 by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance All Rights Reserved |
Document Owner | H |
