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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I just test drove a Toyota Mirai — the first hydrogen fuel cell car to be sold in the United States! It has an electric motor but is powered by gaseous hydrogen instead of batteries. Wondering what hydrogen power is? Listen to what the kids say about why we shoulddrop oil and embrace hydrogen! Back…
Yesterday, I introduced an idea to build an intentional, sustainable community at the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce meeting and I received a great response! And some applause! The Santa Cruz Sentinel was there and mentioned my idea in their article about the meeting: “Longtime resident and visionary educator Susan D’Arcy wants to create…
Back in 1998, my oldest daughter Nicole and Merit classmate Joanne were the first students in the world to build a hydrogen fuel cell. They went on tour across the United States to demonstrate how fuel cells work by making ice cream with a machine powered by the fuel cell! Obviously they were the main…
Checking out the Hysolgenics Fuel Cell at an American Hydrogen Association’s Silicon Valley chapter meeting. Discussed the latest discoveries in renewable energy and unveiled their latest product.
Kids 4 Hydrogen met with Dr. Li and his researchers at his “Stinky Lab” at UCSC. They are studying how sewage can be used to produce hydrogen. At this time, they are working on a small-scale but hope to use their new technology at the Santa Cruz Neary Lagoon waste-water treatment…