Here are the top 10 Hydrogen Car Revolution blog posts:
1. 7 reasons to love Toyota hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
2. Top 20 quotes from Toyota and Honda executives criticizing plug-in battery cars
4. Cost of hydrogen from different sources
5. Cost of hydrogen fuel cell cars will be affordable in 2015
7. Eight ways to finance the initial hydrogen fueling stations
10. YouTube video: Call for grassroots hydrogen advocates
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Check out the following Car and Driver article about the advancements Hyundai has made with their hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
It was published on Tuesday as part of their coverage of the Geneva Auto Show.
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I got a question from a reader earlier today about which universities have hydrogen programs and where the jobs will be in the hydrogen industry in the future.
Here was my response:
“I think there will be a very wide range of jobs. While the auto industry will continue, I think the big increase in jobs will be in hydrogen fueling infrastructure. Some of the industrial gas companies involved in this area are Air Products, Linde, Air Liquide, and Praxair.
There will be business (e.g. marketing, finance, etc.) and engineering jobs in these companies.
For those who are into the Washington, D.C. atmosphere, there should be a lot more lobbyists and non-profit organizations around hydrogen in the future.
Basically, there should be a wide range of opportunities.
For college programs on hydrogen fuel cells, you might want to check out the University of California-Davis and the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
South Carolina is also quite active with hydrogen. The University of South Carolina and Midlands Technical College are two possibilities.
One more entrepreneurial way to make a name for yourself and network is to start a hydrogen blog. There are very few right now. You could even start a blog that covers this specific issue (i.e. universities who have hydrogen programs and jobs in the hydrogen industry).”
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Here is an article published earlier today about the new GM fuel cell.
Check out the picture which shows how much smaller the new version is compared with the last one.
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I think the job opportunities in the hydrogen industry will be very limited in 2010 and 2011.
I think they will be getting better in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
And I think they will be extraordinary from 2015 to 2050.
Like I have said before, right now hydrogen fuel cell cars are like the Internet was back in 1990.
A person who is not involved in the hydrogen industry at all right now could be one of the leaders 5-10 years from now. That’s pretty exciting.
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Here is a really good, unbiased article by Jim Motavalli (who also writes for the New York Times) that was just published that discusses the future of plug-in battery cars.
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Home hydrogen fueling is a lot like buying lots of exercise equipment to put in your home.
Could you spend thousands of dollars on exercise equipment in order to have your own home gym? Of course.
But how many people do this? And how many instead spend a lot less by going to a local gym?
Along the same lines, I think it will be far more economical for groups of people who live near each other to share a local hydrogen fueling station.
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People say a lot of things about hydrogen fuel cell cars these days. And most of it is not positive.
However, this will change once you can walk into a Toyota dealership and buy an affordable hydrogen fuel cell car.
Here is a recent quote from Irv Miller, Toyota group vice president of environmental and public affairs (emphasis in bold provided by me):
“We plan to come to market in 2015, or earlier, with a vehicle that will be reliable and durable, with exceptional fuel economy and zero emissions, at an affordable price.”
There are 1787 days until January 1, 2015.
Around this time, the critics will be silenced.
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