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''The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate'' is a book by Joseph J. Romm, published in 2004 by Island Press and updated in 2005. The book has been translated into German as ''Der Wasserstoff-Boom''.〔(Excerpts from German version )〕 Romm is an expert on clean energy, advanced vehicles, energy security, and greenhouse gas mitigation.〔McDonald, Erika. ("An Evening with Joe Romm, Author of ''The Hype About Hydrogen''" ), Citizen's League for Environmental Action Now, 2004, accessed 23 January 2010.〕〔Garber, Kent. ("Joe Romm, Influential Liberal Climate Change Expert and Blogger", ) ''U.S. News & World Report'', March 31, 2009; and Lloyd Robin. ("Geoengineering wars: Another scientist teases out a surprising effect of global deforestation" ). ''Scientific American'', October 19, 2009〕 Over 200 publications, including ''Scientific American'', ''Forbes'' magazine and ''The New York Times'', have cited this book.〔(Scientific American Book Club review )〕〔(Innovation Watch )〕〔(Clean Houston )〕 The book was named one of the best science and technology books of 2004 by Library Journal.〔Lautemann, Eva. "''The Hype About Hydrogen'' – Book Review", ''Library Journal'', April 1, 2004, accessed May 3, 2013〕 The thrust of the book is that hydrogen is not economically feasible to use for transportation, nor will its use reduce global warming, because of the cost and greenhouse gases generated during production, the low energy content per volume and weight of the container, the cost of the fuel cells, and the cost of the infrastructure. The author argues that a major effort to introduce hydrogen cars before 2030 would actually undermine efforts to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.〔(Article describing the book )〕 〔(The car and fuel of the future ) - Presentation by Dr. Joseph Romm.〕 ==Description of the book== ''The Hype about Hydrogen'' contends that global warming and U.S. reliance on foreign fuel imports cannot be solved by the hypothetical hydrogen economy that has been advanced as a possible solution to these problems, and that "neither government policy nor business investment should be based on the belief that hydrogen cars will have meaningful commercial success in the near or medium term." The book explains how fuel cells work and compares different types. It then reviews the difficulties in marketing fuel cells for applications other than transportation and argues that these are in fact easier and more likely to happen sooner than transportation applications. The history of hydrogen and its methods of production are then described. The book claims that the most common and cost-effective method of hydrogen production is from natural gas, which emits large amounts of CO2 (a greenhouse gas), since it would require too much electric power to produce hydrogen using the electrolysis method. The monetary costs of hydrogen fueling infrastructure for the U.S. are then estimated at half a trillion U.S. dollars, and the book describes additional energy and environment costs to liquefy and compress hydrogen for use in fueling stations. The book goes on to discuss the hypothetical evolution of the cost of vehicles with fuel cells and with hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, as well as possible adoption strategies. It then reviews the issue of the greenhouse effect and offers four reasons why hydrogen would not be useful in reducing greenhouse gas emissions: *Internal combustion engines continue to improve in efficiency. *Since hydrogen is likely to be made from combustion of fossil fuels, it produces CO2 and other greenhouse gases as part of the fuel cycle. *Fuel cells are likely to be much more expensive than competing technologies. *Fuels used to make hydrogen could achieve larger reductions in greenhouse gas emissions if used to replace the least efficient of the electric power plants. The book then describes pilot projects in Iceland and California. In its conclusion, the book states that hydrogen will not be widely available as a transportation fuel for a long time, and describes other strategies, including energy conservation techniques, to combat global warming. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hype about Hydrogen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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