April 12th, 2010
Why does the DOE see Nuclear Waste as a sign of Progress?
At a time when most working and middle class Americans are concerned about feeding their families and other kitchen table issues, the Department of Energy (DOE) seems preoccupied with resurrecting the nuclear power industry. What do our readers and social media followers know that the DOE doesn’t.
They know that hydrogen convergence doesn’t have any negative environmental effects. These community leaders and cleantech pioneers have made the connection that nuclear waste causes cancer in both children and adults. And, they are beginning to understand that a Secretary of Energy that wants to perpetrate this kind of crime against the American people should be removed.
The only people who see nuclear waste as a sign of progress are members of the mainstream media and the confounders at the DOE that they listen to. The rise of social media can be linked to the divergence of transnational media interests from those of the American people. And, we can all be thankful for this sign of progress.
Zachary Alexander
Concepts: DOE, hydrogen, nuclear wasteFebruary 23rd, 2010
Introducing Bill Gates to the Power of Hydrogen Convergence
Does it matter that Bill Gates doesn’t yet support hydrogen convergence? When the Internet was first commercialized Mr. Gates didn’t get it. He and Microsoft failed to recognize the value of Linux. We at the ebTDesign Forum would suggest that a case could be made that the success of hydrogen convergence is assured by his non-support.
Someone in Bill’s inner circle should remind him of the power of massively-parallel grid computing. We would suggest they recount the impact of P2P technology like the Kazaa Music Player on the music industry and of Skype entering the telecommunication market. This should provide a preview of the gaming changing results that massively-distributed power generation will have on the electricity supply and nuclear power industries.
Post-Globalization, it is nonsensical to believe that working and middle class families will willingly live next to nuclear waste dumps. There was a major hazardous waste spill on one of the highways in the Washington DC area after the last snowstorm. Could you imagine the damage that could have been caused by a similar accident involving nuclear waste?
We at the ebTDesign Forum stick by our observation that the nuclear power industry is on its last legs. We would like to thank Mr. Gates for his service over the years but remind him that he made his fortune with personal computers and by dinosaur hunting. If he wants to change the world, we invite him to join the hydrogen convergence movement. He’ll feel a lot more at home.
Zachary Alexander
Concepts: Bill Gates, hydrogen, MDPG, nuclear waste, post-GlobalizationJuly 27th, 2009
Natural Gas Roadmap for Hydrogen Convergence by 2012
A funny thing happened on the way to hydrogen convergence. Hydrogen infrastructure vendors introduced incredibly complicated solutions for H2 production and delivery. In order to meet the short-term needs of the hydrogen car driving public by 2012, automakers are going to have to endorse the repurposing of natural gas infrastructure already in place.
This is good news for America’s natural gas producers. Hydrogen production would then become a defensive play against other fossil fuels and nuclear. They would be able to recover from almost completely being shutout of the climate change bill moving through the United States Congress.
Green technologies like wind and solar have garnered the majority of buzz in this legislation. Hydrogen production would help erase the fingers prints from the “clean coal” and nuclear lobbies on this bill. The natural gas to hydrogen process is currently a low-carbon procedure that doesn’t carry any of the environmental side effects of dealing with high carbon/sulfur content or nuclear waste.
Companies like H2Gen already manufacture onsite storage and production systems that could reuse natural gas infrastructure. In fact, the majority of the nine million tons of hydrogen that is produced annually in the United States comes from natural gas already. These systems could be used to rapidly build out hydrogen refueling stations and effectively reduce green house emissions.
Zachary Alexander
The IT Investment Architect®