Title: Economy all'idrogeno
Author: Jeremy Rifkin
Edited by: Mondadori
Although many are convinced that there is enough oil to meet the needs of the next forty years, some of the most famous geologists speculate that global oil production will peak, and begin a rapid decline, at the end of this decade. Their backs to the wall, the United States and other industrial countries could make use of materials “dirty” accentuate with the disastrous consequence of global warming and inflict a mortal blow to the already shaky terrestrial ecosystem. Just when the era of fossil fuels is coming inexorably to its grim denouement, Jeremy Rifkin points the way out of this dramatic scenery: a new energy regime based on hydrogen, that, if properly exploited, could become the “fuel forever”, inexhaustible and entirely free of emissions. Noteworthy, second Rifkin, will be the social consequences of this impending energy revolution. When millions of end users connect their fuel cells powered by hydrogen in local energy networks, regional and national, using the same intelligent and the same design principles that have made possible the Internet, will establish a new energy use, equal and decentralized.
