Google Alert - hydrogen, wind, power

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Rural America is losing its best and brightest. What can we do about it? Firedoglake (blog) [1] Located in the city of Nakskov on the island of Lolland, where wind power is abundant, the hydrogen energy plant has received funding from the Danish ... See all stories on this topic » ---------------------------------- I checked this article out, it's really a great article that speaks of hope for rural America, which matters to me. Below is my reply to the blogger who posted this heart-felt and brilliant article: This is one of the best and most hopeful articles I've seen on the issues facing small-town America. This is an issue that matters to me, because I come from a smaller town, (35K) and I've lived in towns as small as 1,050 souls. I also happen to be a huge advocate of renewable energy, with a focus on the Great Lakes region. See my blog, The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal at http://gl-zephyr.blogspot.com for reference. That said, one has to be careful advocating production of hydrogen in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes system holds one-fifth of all fresh water on the planet, or 20%, and serves as the source of drinking water for millions of people in the U.S. & Canada. However, these lakes only replenish 1%, yes, that's right, one percent, of their total volume in rainfall and snow-melt annually. We are already taking more than that for drinking water - thereby slowly draining these lakes, which will be a tragedy if it comes to pass. Far better to derive the hydrogen from waste-water coming out of sewage treatment plants in this region than to directly draw it from the lakes themselves. There may even be an efficiency benefit to this idea. It was recently discovered that water containing urea (That's right, pee) uses significantly less electricity to produce [hydrogen]. This process requires 0.37 VDC as compared to 1.23 VDC for straight water. (Source: Pee Power: New Technology Produces Hydrogen from Urine - http://www.energyboom.com/emerging/natural-emissions-new-technology-produces-hydrogen-urine ) Regards, and keep up the good work. Dan Stafford Publisher - The Great Lakes Zephyr http://gl-zephyr.blogspot.com