Hydrogen can replace gasoline, scientist contends

FLINT – Stanford Ovshinsky, founder and chief scientist of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. in Rochester Hills, told the Flint Rotary Club on Friday that the world has to convert to alternative forms of energy.

He said the scientific community predicts that if we do nothing, the planet’s climate will be irreversibly changed in 20 to 25 years.


Ovshinsky said hydrogen can be used in place of other fuels.

“Anything that burns can be replaced by hydrogen now,” he said.

“If you only have 20 more years to save the planet, you’ve got to do it now.”

And with hydrogen, he said, “There’s no war over oil.”

Ovshinsky worked on the General Motors EV1 electric car and appeared in the movie, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

He said current internal-combustion engines in cars and trucks can be converted to run on hydrogen.

Flint Journal (Michigan)