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The Hydrogen
Society More Than Just a Vision?
by Arno A. Evers, Preface of T. Nejat Veziroglu, IAHE-President
ISBN 978-3-937863-31-3
will be published on April 19th, 2010 during the Hannover
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Contents |
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Preface by T. Nejat Veziroglu |
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Foreword by Erik Wilhelm |
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Introduction |
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Why Promote Hydrogen: An Illustrative Interview between Concerned
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Nothing is Infinite: The Heavy Hand of Fossil Fuels |
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1.1 |
Energy Supply and Consumption in the World |
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The Shaky Balance: Global Energy Consumption |
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1.2 |
Energy Supply and Consumption in Germany |
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Act Naturally: Renewable Energy in Germany |
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Turning on the Light: The Process of Electricity Generation |
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The Process of Electricity Generation |
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Initial Spark: Electricity from Fossil Fuels |
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Onward, Backward: Electricity from Nuclear Energy |
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Onward, Upward: Electricity from Renewable Energies |
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The Winds of Change |
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Seeing the Sun: Electricity from Solar Power |
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Population without Electricity |
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The Grid: A Matter of Perspective |
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Consumer Electronics: A Spoonful of Ingenuity |
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Evolution of the Apple iPod |
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From Me to You: Nokia Mobile Phones |
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Where has all the Power Gone: Daily Energy Losses |
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Up, Up and Away: The Making of Hydrogen |
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Hydrogen and the Laws of Physics |
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The Long and Winding Road: Hydrogen Production from Fossil
Fuels |
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Under Research: Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy |
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Applied Thinking: Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energies |
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Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energies with Electricity |
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Hydrogen Production from Renewable Energies without Electricity |
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5.5 |
Here Comes the Sun |
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Roads to Reality: How Many Miles to Go? |
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Ticket to Ride: Can Cars Carry that Weight? |
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Residential Fuel Cells: Chemical Process to Produce Hydrogen |
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Virtual Fuel Cell Power Plants |
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Go to Where the Market is: New Pathways to a Hydrogen
Society |
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A Question of Design or can 35 Locomotives Really Fly? |
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Form and Function Combined: The Personal Power Provider (3P+) |
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Fitting it all together: On the Way – to a Real Hydrogen
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And in the End: Final Considerations and Future Prospects |
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Bibliography and Credits |
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Acknowledgements |
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About the Author |
In memoriam: Daniela Peschka
