From John McCarthy at Stanford:
Energy and Power
These terms are often confused, because in ordinary language they are sometimes synonyms. However, the distinction is important for science and engineering and is simple to state. Power is the rate at which energy is generated or used. The basic unit of energy is the joule, and the basic unit of power is the watt. A watt is one joule per second. Thus a hundred watt light bulb is [...]
On May 21, 2008, the teams for the student competition, EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, were announced in Washington, D.C. Seventeen teams were selected from the U.S. and Canada to participate in this prestigious event. EcoCAR is the latest in a 19-year series of Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), an automotive manufacturer, and managed by Argonne National Laboratory. The goals of the competitions are to stimulate the development and [...]
Wow, wasn’t the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster of 1937 related to hydrogen? Please some feedback and comments on the safety issues of hydrogen powered cars would be appreciated.
Are Hydrogen Cars the Answer? - detailed article with research references!
Sheryl Canter at the Environmental Defense Fund has put together a nicely researched and referenced article about hydrogen car technology. Here is a brief outline of what I find to be the interesting points in her article:
1. The cars [...]
