The DOE has already been researching Hydrogen Fuel Cells, and the military already has a fleet of Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Why hasn’t this technology come to the civillian market yet? Is it because the “powers that be” make too much money fighting wars for oil in the middle east?

All the excuses that are given about why Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are not viable are Bullsh#t, and the price will come down, like any other technology: when it is put into mass production.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/23/autos/army_hydrogen_fuel_cell/index.htm

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/fuelcells/fc_types.html

I wonder if the military getting a fleet of these Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will allow them to classify the technology as a munition and withhold it from cvillian use under the “Invention Secrecy act of 1951”

More Information about Hydrogen as a fuel and storage medium of for energy.

Hydrogen energy works very well in conjunction with Solar or wind or any other means of generating electricity.

Hydrogen is not a producer of energy per se, but it is an efficient storage medium for energy.

First you use some source of electricity to generate hydrogen gas and oxygen from plain water. Bottle and compress the hydrogen and use it with a hydrogen fuel cell to re-generate the electricity for any purpose including an electric vehicle.

The military now has an experimental fleet of Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that they are presently testing in Hawaii.

Ballard, the main producer of Hydrogen Fuel cells admits there are some drawbacks to the Fuel cells, particularly related to cold weather starting, high cost to manufacture, and infrastructure to distribute Hydrogen gas.

I don’t see these described “problems” as real problems; a starting heater can be added to the design and powered by an auxiliary lead acid battery, just like a regular car battery. The Hydrogen fuel cells produce heat after started, so continued operation in cold weather will be possible after the initial heat required to keep the water liquid for starting.

Cost would not be an issue either because it would certainly come down significantly with mass production.

Hydrogen distribution infrastructure would not be an issue if the first vehicles would be like hybrids containing both a Lithium battery like Ford’s Electric Focus, and a Hydrogen fuel cell unit. This way you could use whichever energy source is available at hand.

Honda has developed a Hydrogen generator for home use.

So as far as I am concerned: this technology is viable, completely practical, and ready for consumer use, and widespread distribution. I believe the only thing holding it up is the established energy cartels and our government which is controlled by the established energy cartels.

The idea of “Free, practical, portable energy from solar and wind”: This is the real game changer here, because of the efficiency of hydrogen as a means to store energy. What kept solar and wind impractical was the lack of an efficient storage medium for energy; now that we have it; the days of dependence on fossil fuels will quickly come to an end. (unless fossil fuels continue to be forced on us by our government and their co-conspirators.)

http://www.ballard.com/

http://www.roadandtrack.com/auto-news/tech/honda-activates-its-new-solar-smart-grid-hydrogen-generator

http://www.ford.com/electric/focuselectric/2012/

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It is interesting how countries with national healthcare approach the issue of Cancer: treatment and prevention.

In America it seems that we are hell bent on finding a cure for Cancer with no mention of prevention or living healthy. The Canadian government and others with national healthcare tell their populace that the best Cancer medicine is Cancer prevention.

Apparently when the government has to pay for your healthcare they are more interested in keeping you healthy and would therefore begin to regulate the food and drug industries to a greater degree; forcing them to produce healthier products.

In America, lobbyists from the huge food and drug industries corrupt our political system and prevent the government from regulating the food and drug industries in a way that would force them to produce healthy products.

This is why you will never see any serious cancer prevention discussion and education coming from the United States government. In our form of capitalism, everything is a path to money: first sell people unhealthy food, then sell them medical treatment and drugs to try and cure the disease that they got from eating the unhealthy food.

Wake up people; your sickness and misery is a large corporation’s payday!
Nobody from our current government is going to tell you this or help you stay healthy; their major campaign donors would disown them if they did.

Medicine is a business in America, designed to keep you paying money to doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies, not to get healthy.

Eat Healthy, don’t eat the mass produced, chemical laden crap that the big corporations dump on the market and boycott Walmart and any other big supermarket chain if they don’t start selling healthy food.

I see a bunch of people online spouting all the “Right to Keep and Bear Arms” cliches about freedom and guns; and it may be in your financial interests to promote this because you are a firearms trainer or firearms dealer. Don’t misunderstand, we’re not anti gun; we’re not saying the 2 nd. Amendment is bad.
However; face reality: Do you really think that a bunch of guys with a few military style rifles are going to be able to defend against the might and advanced weaponry of the U.S. Military; if the government were desirous of “crushing our democracy with military force”?

If you were serious about what you preach; you would have something to say about NDAA and H.R. 3166 the “Enemy Expatriation Act”; or maybe you would join the Occupy Movement and help change the government and it’s policies before it gets to the point of “defending freedom with the force of arms”.

Jefferson was the preeminent genius behind our government, he adapted many concepts of government from the ancient Greeks and Romans. What Jefferson said about private ownership of firearms 230 years ago; is not entirely relevant today given the advancement of weapons technology; and the disparity between the advanced weapons the government has; compared to those it allows its citizenry to legally own.

So, are you a Firearms collector and aficionado, or are you legitimately concerned about the loss of American freedom to a tyrannical government that will use military force against it’s own people?

Coca Cola ads were truly Evil in the old days; today they are more subtle.

For Example: go to Outback Steakhouse and order a drink for your child if he / she is under the age of 3; and they will get a reusable plastic cup that advertises Coca Cola, however the adult cups (even the take out cups) have no advertising.
 
I even saw a Baby Bottle sold in a Dollar Store that had the Dr. Pepper Logo on it.

12/2/2011

Dear Senator Hutchinson,

I am seriously frightened about language used in the National Defense Authorization Act.

The idea about giving the U.S. military the ability to arrest and indefinitely detain American Citizens on American Soil, without charges, trial or access to legal representation is shocking and appalling.

This legislation, if passed; ends the United States of America as a democratic republic, and creates a potential military dictatorship.

Furthermore, I think that Senator John McCain; the author of this legislation is a “Poster Boy” for Term limits in the Senate and Congress.

When I first heard someone talking about this issue; I thought it was a joke. I thought something like this could never happen in America.

It now seems that we will be the last generations of Americans who knew “freedom” before America became a Military Dictatorship.

The former Soviet Union also had laws that gave the government the power to arrest and detain citizens without charge or trial… But at least the Former Soviet Union had Universal Health Coverage for all its citizens, and it gave everyone an apartment or place to live.

I am seriously disappointed in congress and the senate; I am beginning to believe that you people truly represent big corporations, not the interests of the American people.

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12/20/2011

Dear Friend:

Thank you for contacting me regarding certain provisions of H.R. 1540, the fiscal year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). I welcome your thoughts and comments.

It has been suggested in some press accounts and commentary that certain provisions in this bill would allow the President to detain American citizens within the United States indefinitely if the President brands them as a terrorist. That is simply not accurate.

On December 15, 2011, Congress passed H.R. 1540, which contains two sections (Sections 1031 and 1032) that address the detention of suspected terrorists. Over the past decade, the Bush and Obama Administrations have detained members of terrorist organizations, both at home and abroad, in order to protect our country and our people. The federal courts have affirmed the legality, general and specific, of such detentions. Congress added Sections 1031 and 1032 to the NDAA in order to codify the limits of detention authority.

Section 1031 establishes guidelines to allow U.S. Armed Forces to detain “covered persons” captured during hostilities as unprivileged enemy combatants, under the laws of war. A “covered person” is now defined in federal law as a person who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Nothing in this section authorizes U.S. Armed Forces to capture and detain U.S. citizens for any other reason.

Section 1032 requires U.S. Armed Forces to hold in custody as an unprivileged enemy combatant any person who is a member or part of al Qaeda or associated forces, and who participated in planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners. This section clearly states that this requirement does not extend to citizens of the United States.

These two sections of the NDAA have been the subjects of some controversy. Americans are right to be concerned and vigilant about potential threats to our civil liberties. Please be assured that I and other Members of Congress reviewed Sections 1031 and 1032 of the NDAA very carefully and consulted with respected legal experts before giving bipartisan approval.

Should related detainee provisions come for consideration before the full Senate, you may be certain I will keep your views in mind.

I appreciate hearing from you, and hope that you will not hesitate to contact me on any issue that is important to you.

Sincerely,
Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator

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12/20/2011

Senator Hutchison,

Thank you for your relevant response to my inquiry.

I did read sections 1031 and 1032 of the NDAA; and even if it was not the author’s intent to allow the detention of American citizens, the bill was so poorly written that it could be construed, even by educated people; to allow the detention of American citizens.

I would like you to support Rep Jeff Landry’s H.R. 3676 to amend the detainee provisions of the NDAA.

Furthermore, I believe that this whole situation with the controversy surrounding the NDAA is just another symptom of the distrust many Americans currently have of Congress and the Senate. I believe this distrust stems directly from the perception that the people’s voice in government has been largely subverted by corporate money in elections and campaigns.

I would like to see legislation passed by this Congress and Senate that will address the issue of corporate money influencing the congress and the senate, and correct it. Senator Bernie Sanders is proposing an amendment to the constitution that may do so.

http://sanders.senate.gov/petition/?uid=f1c2660f-54b9-4193-86a4-ec2c39342c6c

Another idea that I found interesting is “A Three Line Occupy Manifesto” supported by the Occupy Movement. Apparently the organization has consolidated and solidified it’s message into something that the mainstream public can support.

1. End the institutionalized corruption in government
2. End the political power of corporations
3. Limit the political power of the 1% to 1%

The full manifesto can be found on the Occupy San Jose website; and contains several paragraphs that detail how to achieve these goals.

http://occupysj.org/

Thank You for looking into these idea.

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as of 1/7/2012 - Still no response from Senator Hutchinson