Hydrogen Economy -- The Way for Human Survival after Depletion of Mineral Fuels

Author: Jeremy Rifkin
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: In the book Hydrogen Economy, the author presents an upcoming commercial era from a unique perspective. As a new economic driver, it will fundamentally transform our markets, policies, and social structures, much like coal and steam power did at the dawn of the industrial age. Rifkin observes that we will soon face the depletion of mineral energy, which will directly threaten all the achievements of industrial civilization. Experts have repeatedly emphasized that in about 40 years, people will no longer be able to enjoy cheap crude oil. After global oil production peaks, its output will decline sharply, and this moment will arrive early in the first decade of the 21st century. In Rifkin's view, "hydrogen" is the most fundamental and evenly distributed element in the universe. If it is utilized, humanity will gain "perpetual fuel."