James S. Cannon

James S. Cannon’s 1995 book Harnessing Hydrogen was one of the first to explore the potential of this element as a sustainable energy carrier, and his 1998 report for INFORM Inc., China at the Crossroads, was a groundbreaking investigation of the potential for fuel-cell development there. Cannon heads the Colorado-based Energy Futures, Inc., which publishes the journals EV News, The Clean Fuels and Electric Vehicles Report and Hybrid Vehicles. As a consultant and journalist, Cannon has visited 23 countries.

E: China’s car population is growing at 19 percent a year, and the Chinese are dramatically curtailing bicycle use in favor of the private automobile. China has evolved a significantly large middle class that can afford cars, and automakers from all over the world are opening plants there. Aren’t we looking at an incredible increase in global warming gas unless the Chinese take a serious look at a hydrogen energy economy?

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