Hydrogen: American Energy Independence in 15 Years

A layman’s guide to U.S. energy independence providing the logic for why popular energy alternatives are a good or bad choice for the U.S., and how and why a hydrogen based fuel system would work much better by using the latest nuclear power plant designs and electrolysis to separate the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water. The nuclear power plants would be sited in clusters and assembly-line produced in the least populated areas of the country. The hydrogen would be pumped primarily in underground pipelines similar to those used now for natural gas. Internal combustion engine designs can be modified to run on hydrogen as they are to run on natural gas, but even better would be the use of hydrogen fuel cells driving electric cars. A rhetorical outline sequencing the major events of a national plan to shift America to a hydrogen economy is provided.