[Rhodes22-list] The Hydrogen Economy

[brad haslett]

Roger,

Things have been a bit hectic in the supply chain
logistics business (we used to call it a cargo
airline) lately and there hasn't been much time to
participate in any threads.  However, I have followed
your energy and job search thread and will quickly
throw in two cents worth.  I couldn't agree more that
the hydrogen economy is over-hyped.  At the current
level of technology, the production of hydrogen relies
on hydrocarbons and electricity produced from
hydrocarbons - where's the gain?  The biomass energy
field looks very promising, especially oil-seed
produced biodiesel, but even if we turned all our
agricultural land into fuel production and bought our
food from overseas we couldn't replace our current oil
consumption.  Wind is now economically competitive, in
fact, the largest wind producing utility is Florida
Power and Light using wind farms in North Dakota. 
However, wind is now facing the NIMBY's in California
and the East Coast and future growth is threatened. 
I've been studying "Hubbert's Peak" for a few years
now and am convinced that the hydrocarbon economy as
we know it is coming to an end. The financial
community is starting to accept Hubbert's theory as
fact and that is part of the reason oil stocks are
selling at such a premium, much more than even the
current high crude price would demand. The ultimate
solution in my humble opinion can be summed up with
one word.  NUKES!  If I'm right we'll have to suck up
to the French and ask for some help building them
since we haven't constructed one in thirty years.

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen"


		
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