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Fuel from Water: Energy Independence with Hydrogen Paperback – June, 1998

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Merit Products Inc; Revised edition (June 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0945516045
  • ISBN-13: 978-0945516040
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 11 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 starsHow to build a smoking crater with H2
By greg@bluemtn.com on December 27, 1998
Format: Paperback
As an engineer who both uses hydrogen and can work the math, I'm astonished that no one has corrected Peavey. He mixes units, get equations wrong and just plain can't spell. A decelerating engine is "braking" not "breaking", for example. His thermodynamic computations are often wrong once you work them out, his "borrowing" of other sources is painful where "propane" was not changed to "hydrogen" is all cases in a paragraph. Incredible. This text is very nearly the "Anarchist's Cookbook" of renewable energy -- there's a lot of words, some of it correct, but someone's going to get badly hurt if they actually follow this guide. All that, and a decade out of date to boot. If Amazon would take the book back, I'd gladly send them the ashes from the woodstove.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHigh Density Information In Plain English
By A Customer on June 6, 1999
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I learned more in five minutes of reading this book than in months of wading through subject indexes in the library (much of the information cannot be found with on-line sources). More people should be made aware of the ideas this book offers in helping solve the world problem of energy. Fuel From Water is what I was looking for and I will put it to good use. Having always been interested in alternate energy sources, and since I am involved in electronics manufacturing, I find the production of electrical energy a fascinating subject. Peavey has done much of the work for me. A friend borrowed the book. He was thrilled to find that much information in one volume. He didn't return it. He just handed me the money to buy another.
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3.0 out of 5 starswhat the Hydrogen Revolution is about
By Peter Harrington on November 15, 2004
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This book has been in publication since 1985? That is quite impressive that he started thinking about this stuff way back then. I can't believe all the negative feedback and this book is in it's 11th edition. If there are so many errors and everyone has the time to write about it here don't you think you could send the author a little note? Like "Hey Mikey, photovoltaic cells are made of silicon and implants are made of Silicone." The book is good as a rough start, I'll admit it has been very helpful to me - a professional engineer. Yes the facts and calculations need to be checked but what facts and calculations don't need to be checked? The web sites out there dealing with this stuff are either so simple that a 5 year old could understand or so in-depth that only someone very familiar with the technology could understand the tradeoffs. This book does a great job at bridging those gaps. With that said, good Job Mikey and to everyone else - if you don't like something fix it, or shut up that's what the Hydrogen Revolution is about people fixing something they don't like.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAuthor's Comment
By Michael A. Peavey on March 15, 2003
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The latest edition of Fuel From Water does not contain any specific instructions for constructing an electrolyzer. It does not encourage anyone without sufficient technical background to do so.
The unit conversion errors in a previous edition have been corrected. The book has been in print since 1985 and covers research since 1970. In the recent edition, 25 of the 186 footnotes are later than 1994. This book has been used as one of the texts for courses conducted by professional engineers who are capable of evaluating its scientific accuracy.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood for more than just info.
By Jennifer Fouhy on December 28, 2000
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"Fuel From Water" is an exceptional book, containing anything the mind desires when entering the field of a hydrogen econonmy and/or technology. The book covers electroylsers; solid state polymer catalysts, 2 container seperation, and sulfur types.
Peavy goes into the fuel cell technologies such as pem, sofc. The types of storage of hydrogen with a non-bias opinion on the advantages and disadvantages of the storage devices. The book has more information on this topic than many others in its class. It is definately worth every penny, even if it is to open your eyes or to expand on this fuel technology.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGive this guy a break
By R. R. Lunan on November 15, 2006
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I too am surprised to see so much negative feedback on this book.

On the positive side it is filled with hard to find information on making hydrogen and using it. It would have taken me dozens of weeks to find this information on the web - if I even knew where to look. So at less than $20 this is a real bargain. It reminded me of many forgotten methods of creating hydrogen. This book has real value.

On the negative side...Mr. Peavey what were you thinking? You need to hire a good technical editor to remove all the typos. You also need to hire a graphic designer to make this book look good. The information is great for tinkerers and R&D people like myself, but when you package it in such an amateur way it gives the impression that the content also lacks value. If you fix the errors, redesign the book and put it in a hardcover (that cheap laminated cover curls like crazy) you could charge 3 times the price.

Just my 2 cents worth.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent
By Thomas Coker on December 5, 2013
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Almost halfway through and it has broadened my knowledge and piqued my interest in this subject far more than before I even bought the book. Processes in this book are dangerous and should be copied carefully if one is to do so, however, it does contain adequate warnings and precautions, the reader must simply follow them.
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1.0 out of 5 starsFuel From Water -- No Info is better than Wrong Info
By A Customer on February 13, 1998
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Practical information abounds in this book by Michael Peavey. The problem is, a lot of it is wrong in minor but dangerous ways. Spelling is bad enough to be distracting, and math and mixed unit errors make this _not_ the book to follow in building equipment that uses an explosive fuel. To his credit, he does cover the topic well and also provides a useful bibliography and list of sources -- from the mid 80's. From an engineering standpoint, the text approaches the Anarchist's Cookbook in it's sheer amateurism, and in its liklihood of getting someone hurt who follows it. If Amazon would take this book back, I'd send them the ashes. -Greg Richter
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3.0 out of 5 starsa little disapointed!

I ordered the book expecting to get some SECRETS! well it did not give them to me,but I got my $worth?

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