Geothermal Energy: How Does It Work?

Having lived most of my life in Malibu and Santa Cruz, I’ve never felt like I actually needed air conditioning. Until now, that is. You would think that beach communities wouldn’t need AC but as our climate is changing, so are what we used to consider “normal” weather patterns. I’m researching geothermal heating and…

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Energy Independence Day

For 9/11, I’d like to talk about Energy Independence Day instead of Patriot’s Day. After all, patriotism isn’t the  actual issue, it’s our dependence on foreign energy that caused the need for Patriot Day in the first place. I believe that hydrogen is the answer to this huge question, and there’s…

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Entering the “Age of Hydrogen”!

After taking the summer off, Kids 4 Hydrogen met to introduce Evelyn Martinez to the team. Mike Strizki, of Hydrogen House, Skyped in at the start of the meeting to invite the team to his Dedication Event for the first consumer hydrogen house in the United States on September 11th.  He…

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How Safe is Hydrogen?

I must admit that when I first heard about hydrogen fuel cells, the first thought that came to mind was the Hindenburg. Images of the flagship bursting into flames and crashing to the ground were quite unsettling. Then, of course, there’s the hydrogen bomb — which ranks right up there with…

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Batteries vs Hydrogen

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the difference between electric-powered battery cars and hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars. It’s really quite simple! Both cars are ELECTRIC; which means they have a motor, not an internal combustion engine.  Theonly difference is that electric cars store their energy in batteries, and fuel cell cars store…

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H2 Conversions

With over one billion internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles on the road — and spewing CO2 into the atmosphere — today, the most efficient way to reverse this is to convert ICE cars to use gaseous hydrogen. The team members at Kids 4 Hydrogen are actively finding safe ways to do these conversions. Because it’s not practical to junk all of…

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What is a Fuel Cell?

In a nutshell, a fuel cell is a device that takes gaseous hydrogen and converts it into electricity. This electricity can then be used to power anything that is normally powered by electricity, like cars with electric motors, ice cream makers, etc. Watch the excellent one-minute video at the bottom of this…

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