TP359.H8 H633 2001
333.79/4
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Hofmann, Peter.
Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet / Peter Hofmann.
— Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001. x, 289 p. : il. ; 24 cm.
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Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 265-281) e índice.
Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Senator Tom Harkin — Acknowledgments — 1. Why Hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton — 2. Hydrogen's Discovery: Phlogiston and Inflammable Air — 3. A History of Hydrogen Energy: The Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the Redoubtable Mr. Erren — 4. Producing Hydrogen from Water, Natural Gas, and Green Plants — 5. Primary Energy: Using Solar and Other Power to Make Hydrogen — 6. Hydrogen for Cars and Buses: Steaming Tailpipes — 7. Fuel Cells: Mr. Grove's Lovely Technology — 8. Hydrogen in Aerospace: Clean Contrails and the Orient Express — 9. Hydrogen as Utility Gas: The Invisible Flame — 10. Non-Energy Uses of Hydrogen: Metallic H2, Biodegradable Plastics, and H2 Tofu — 11. Safety: The Hindenburg Syndrome, or "Don't Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel" — 12. The Next 100 Years.
ISBN 0262082950 (hc. alk. paper)
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