| Posted: September 19, 2008 |
Nanoscientist says hydrogen is the answer |
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(Nanowerk News) The man Time Magazine once named
Hero of the Planet, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, will give a keynote
presentation on the subject at the important nanotechnology
conference in October. But Ovshinsky revealed the basics of his
findings in a recorded interview on The Promise of Tomorrow, a
scientific radio program to be aired Sunday, Sept. 21, more than a
week before the conference.
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On the radio program Ovshinsky explains in the most elementary way
how we got into the energy mess and how science already knows the
easy way out:
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Currently the only portable and easily available energy source for
our vehicles are gasoline and natural gas (both finite), and
electricity at our wall plugs. But oil needs to be conserved and
used for airplane fuel, and electricity isn’t there yet (the new
Chevrolet Volt will only have a range of 40 miles). While
hydrogen is plentiful when converted day and night by the power
of wind farms, the tides, solar, thermal, and hydro. And, when
stored as a solid, is much safer than gasoline while just as
portable. The emission problems are also eliminated with the
hydrogen byproduct being water. After being aired at 7pm
Sunday, September 21, the program will be archived at
www.PromiseOfTomorrow.biz
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Then the Ovshinsky keynote presentation titled: What Is so Special
About Nanoscience and Technology" will be given at nanotxUSA’08
Conference/Trade Expo the morning of October 2, at the Hyatt Regency
Dallas convention hotel.
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Ovshinsky has become a living legend in the scientific and business
communities, having once been profiled in a one-hour PBS program on
NOVA entitled “Japan’s American Genius.”
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Stan Ovshinsky began in the field of nanostructures for a large number
of applications as early as the 1950s. In the radio program Ovshinsky
explains plans to accelerate his work in energy that will lead to basic
solutions for pollution, climate change gases, and wars over oil through
photovoltaic and hydrogen storage. And he explains his regenerative
fuel cell, saying it will be more affordable than current fuel cells
because of the materials it's made of, and that it will be able to
operate in a much wider temperature range.
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Stan Ovshinsky also spends much time on his pet project, a cognitive
computer, the next generation of smart computers.
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