An Open Letter to BusinessWeek on Hydrogen

Since oil and natural gas depletion are a reality that will impact our economy and our culture over the next 25 years, energy production and consumption has become a critical issue for every BusinessWeek reader. However, before BusinessWeek publishes another article on hydrogen as a fuel, I would encourage your editors to do their homework …
1. There are safety and environmental questions that need to be resolved before we embrace the hydrogen economy.
2. In order for hydrogen to become an attractive carrier of energy, we must develop a far less energy intensive manufacturing process.
3. No one has developed a reliable, practical and affordable fuel cell and unless someone has been able to change the laws of physics, burning hydrogen as a motor fuel is improvident.

– from Ronald R. Cooke,
Author, “Oil, Jihad & Destiny”

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/2005/0201.html