I agree with Zubrin that the hydrogen economy is rather silly and said so. I disagree with virtually all of his reasons and calculations as to why, and many of

I agree with Zubrin that the hydrogen economy is rather silly and said so. I disagree with virtually all of his reasons and calculations as to why, and many of them are extremely deceptive. It's almost like he doesn't think anyone else knows anything about chemistry. >>Hydrogen is a widely used industrial product. ... twenty million metric tons of hydrogen a year made from natural gas versus a couple billion of gasoline made from oil; not comparable at all for the suggested economic uses of hydrogen as a fuel. If hydrogen were used, it would be produced in a different way. Otherwise people could just burn the natural gas. People invested more than 6 billion in fracking. Fuel cells are promising, and of course I compare fuel cells and the proposed hydrogen economy to batteries; they're used to store energy. I loathe war mongering neocons, and Zubrin absolutely is one and as such has discredited himself as any kind of policy wonk who expects to be listened to by serious people. That said, some of his martian speculations are amusing, and I might even have an amusing conversation if I were in the same room with him, where the more prominent ones (Bill Kristol) I would be in danger of clubbing to death like a baby seal.