GT5 GreenCell Technologies: Hy-Drive Technologies Ltd. Seals Deal with GreenCell Tech

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ - Hy-Drive Technologies Ltd. ("Hy-Drive") (TSXV: HGS) today announced that it has just signed a significant Distributor Agreement with GreenCell Technologies Inc. (GT5:GR ) that will combine the strengths of both companies and allow for stronger positioning in the energy solutions market.

Mississauga based Hy-Drive has developed a hydrogen-based Alternate Energy Combustion Control System for transport trucks that has demonstrated impressive results and passed extensive SAE testing. The system is designed with a control mechanism that regulates small amounts of hydrogen injected into the combustion chamber, thus enhancing the air/fuel mixture. The end result is lower emissions. GreenCell Technologies located in Aurora, Ontario trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol GT5. They've created a similar product and are backed by a sound marketing system, which includes innovative financing options. The HydroCell is just one of several energy saving products that GreenCell is formulating.
"We can't be anything but excited about this agreement. Taking our technology and expertise, and combining it with GreenCell Technologies' multi-faceted energy background and marketing savvy, moves us a step closer to creating a greener world," said Robert Bucher, President and CEO of Hy-Drive.
Under the agreement, Hy-Drive will continue to focus on the product and cost efficiency. GreenCell will concentrate on marketing, service and sales. One of their top priorities will be further strengthening the sales team.
"We see this as a great opportunity to move forward with a solid product offering and to serve our customers in a timely and cost-effective way. Our marketing and sales team is very excited about the prospects," said K. Allen Etherington, President of GreenCell Technologies Inc.
"I recently pledged that Hy-Drive would expand through strong distribution deals and this marks the beginning of that plan. I'm confident our alliance with GreenCell Technologies will serve as a solid example of how two like-minded companies can work together to reach their specific goals," Robert Bucher added.
Pursuant to the Company's stock option plan and subject to TSXV approval, the Board of Directors issued 125,000 stock options to Officers of the Company at an exercise price of $1.00; all options shall vest immediately and expire ten years from the date of issuance.
About Hy-Drive
Hy-Drive is a technology company headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Company has invested in the research and development of hydrogen and control technology resulting in a proprietary, patented and patent-pending hydrogen generating system ("HGS®") and advancement in multi-fuel universal combustion controls. Hy-Drive's HGS enriches the fuel-air charge of an internal combustion engine with hydrogen produced through electrolysis and uses its proprietary software controls to improve combustion of the fuel-air mixture. The result is improved fuel economy and reduced opacity (particulates). For more information, please visit www.hy-drive.com.
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GT5 GreenCell Technologies Develops New Wireless Product

(Toronto) – GreenCell Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce the successful development and forthcoming release of a new product to complement its HydroCell™ unit.  Based on recent feedback from long-haul truckers, the GreenCell research team has now designed a wireless status indicator that will be manufactured and sold as a package in tandem with its popular Hydrogen Enrichment System.

Listed on the Frankfurt Exchange: GT5, GT5 GreenCell Technologies GreenCell begins Extensive Testing Phase with Long-Haul Trucking Companies. Get the latest news on hydrogen testing technologies. Keep updated. Avoid online scam.

The innovative device simply plugs into the cigarette lighter on the dashboard and instantly indicates the current status of the HydroCell™ and its present operating condition. The driver will instantly be aware if the HydroCell™ is in need of water and can rectify the condition which will minimize downtime. 
The HydroCell™ requires the addition of water every 40 – 50 hours of operation and will shut down and not generate Hydrogen if allowed to run dry. This device will ensure maximum fuel savings by eliminating downtime due to lack of water.  HydroCell™ has exceeded expectations and is typically doubling hydrogen output and increasing fuel efficiencies for transportation companies and independent drivers alike.
Hydrogen, as a fuel, is emission free and the only by-product of combustion is water.  It is the most abundant element in the universe and is the fuel of choice for the Space Shuttle’s main engine. 
To assure continued fuel savings, the HydroCell™ is always tested for performance, efficiency, reliability and hydrogen output on numerous vehicles, to enhance its core design and help refine the product specifications for engineers.  In addition to recent discoveries, GreenCell is also conducting extensive lab tests to establish the most efficient electrolyte mixture and the optimal Anode to Cathode distance for maximum hydrogen production.  These tests will lead to new modifications to increase hydrogen output, boost fuel efficiency overall and reduce manufacturing costs. 
The HydroCell™ is an electrolysis-based on-demand Hydrogen generator designed specifically for the transport industry. The product draws a small amount of power from the vehicles electrical system and uses it to produce Hydrogen gas from a water-based solution. The HydroCell™ directs the produced Hydrogen gas to the intake of the vehicles engine where it acts as a catalyst during the normal combustion cycle. This creates more power and fewer emissions, burning only the existing fuel in the cylinder, resulting simply in less fuel being required to operate the vehicle.
GreenCell Technologies Inc. is a Canadian company, dedicated to designing and bringing to market technology-based products for the transportation and energy industries.

GT5 GreenCell Technologies GreenCell begins Extensive Testing Phase with Long-Haul Trucking Companies

Listed on the Frankfurt Exchange: GT5, GT5 GreenCell Technologies GreenCell begins Extensive Testing Phase with Long-Haul Trucking Companies

Get the latest news on hydrogen testing technologies. Keep updated. Avoid online scam. (Toronto) — GreenCell Technologies is proud to announce it has successfully completed another round of advanced testing with significant HydroCell™ results.  The integrated GreenCell Hydrogen Enrichment System is now expected to double anticipated hydrogen output, and further increase fuel efficiencies in diesel trucks around the world.

These new results augment earlier tests conducted from November 2009 to January 2010, whereby Electronic Control Data was downloaded from vehicles equipped with the HydroCell™ and directly compared to those without the HydroCell™ running the same route and under the same conditions.
Hydrogen, as a fuel, is emission free and the only by-product of combustion is water.  It is the most abundant element in the universe and is the fuel of choice for the Space Shuttle’s main engine.  The addition of a GreenCell Hydrogen Enrichment System is similar to adding a Supercharger to an engine.
To assure continued fuel savings, the HydroCell™ is always tested for performance, efficiency, reliability and hydrogen output on numerous vehicles, to enhance its core design and help refine the product specifications for engineers.  In addition to recent discoveries, GreenCell is also conducting extensive lab tests to establish the most efficient electrolyte mixture and the optimal Anode to Cathode distance for maximum hydrogen production.  These tests will lead to new modifications to increase hydrogen output, boost fuel efficiency overall and reduce manufacturing costs.
The HydroCell™ is an electrolysis-based on-demand Hydrogen generator designed specifically for the transport industry. The product draws a small amount of power from the vehicles electrical system and uses it to produce Hydrogen gas from a water-based solution. The HydroCell™ directs the produced Hydrogen gas to the intake of the vehicles engine where it acts as a catalyst during the normal combustion cycle. This creates more power and fewer emissions, burning only the existing fuel in the cylinder, resulting simply in less fuel being required to operate the vehicle.

GreenCell Technologies Discover Method to Double the Existing Hydrogen Output of their Proprietary Hydrogen Enrichment System the HydroCell

GreenCell Technologies through their most recent round of testing have discovered a method to double the existing hydrogen output of their proprietary Hydrogen Enrichment System the HydroCell. January 10, 2010.

Get the latest news on hydrogen testing technologies. Keep updated. Avoid online scam. GreenCell Technologies is pleased to announce that they have discovered a method to double the existing hydrogen output of their proprietary Hydrogen Enrichment System the HydroCell.
In addition to this recent discovery the company has been conducting extensive lab tests to establish the most efficient electrolyte mixture and the optimal Anode to Cathode distance for maximum hydrogen production.
Both tests have led to modifications that not only increase the hydrogen output but also result in significantly reduced manufacturing costs.
Additional testing further to that conducted in November 2009, is currently underway from the 5th of January 2010 utilizing trucks installed with the Hydrocell running. The Electronic Control Data (ECD) will then be downloaded and used in direct comparison to vehicles running the same route under the same conditions which are not equipped with the HydroCell.
GreenCell Technologies is scheduled for an initial public offering (IPO) of their shares in February 2010. The company will expand into larger facilities in February and based on the most recent testing as well as the success of other Green Energy IPO’s the company is expecting a very successful launch.
GreenCell Technologies is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products for the transportation industry. The current product is called the Hydrocell, an on-board, on-demand hydrogen generator engineered specifically for the diesel trucking and haulage industries.
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Green Technology Set to Lead The Way in 2010

Commercial First Trading Corporation is pleased to announce the release of their special report on green technology and related sectors. January 28, 2010.

Astute investors know that spotting a trend on the horizon, or in its infancy, can offer a number of investment opportunities today. That was the case with green or clean technologies (greentech/cleantech) a year ago and that remains the case also today. The world has embraced technologies that offer the opportunity for a cleaner planet and healthier people and many companies have emerged to lead this movement. Get the latest news on hydrogen testing technologies. Keep updated. Avoid online scam.
Renewable Energy; It’s Not Your Father’s Fossil Fuel
Renewable energy is a big player in this sector and offers a glimpse of what will soon be commonplace, based partly on trends and partly on government mandates. Cleaner burning fuels, greater mileage, efficient electrical networks and alternate means for powering vehicles are all at the center of the design and manufacturing that will be the central focus for generations to come.
Municipalities and public companies have slowly been adapting to renewable energy. In New River Valley in Virginia, the truck fleet owned by the Pepsi Bottling Group has added twenty-one hydrogen-injected trucks utilizing a fuel system produced by Dynamic Fuel Systems, Inc. a Canadian firm. The portable hydrogen generator that injects hydrogen into the engine’s intake increases mileage and reduces emissions.
Myriad Clean And Green Opportunities
The biggest benefactors of the green/clean tech trend will be manufacturers of electric hybrid vehicles, battery manufacturers, smart grid technology companies, green lighting technology, producers of wind power equipment and non-toxic cleaning products.
From 2002 to 2008, investment in greentech/cleantech grew to $15 billion. That does not include a massive commitment by world governments and major banks. Many countries, that adapted stimulus packages to climb out of the global economic malaise, included big greentech/cleantech spending as a priority area for research and job creation.
Reducing Emissions
A123 Systems Inc. (Symbol AONE.O), a maker of lithium-ion batteries and subsidized by the U.S. government, went public in September (2009) and immediately, the share price jumped 50%. This put the first-day performance of AONE.O solidly in second place for the year for most successful debuts.
The surprising level of interest in the company’s IPO prompted A123 to increase the number of shares available by 2.4 million. A123 System’s batteries power the growing electric car market, a sector that is seeing increased interest by investors.
The collapse of Lehman Bros had a chilling effect on the IPO market during 2009, but that may all change. An avalanche of attention is focused on renewable energy and clean technologies and that could lead to some interesting IPO possibilities.
Solar And Smart Grids
Silver Spring Networks is believed by many observers to be a potential IPO in 2010. Smart grid technology utilizes IT to manage the flow of power over a network. This is done by exchanging information between the provider and the customer. This system is fully automated and allows different devices, which make up the network, to talk to each other. Silver Spring Networks partnered with GE Energy to build a smart grid for a U.S. utility company. GE will provide smart meters for the project.
Rooftop solar panels can provide cheap renewable energy. Solyndra is a manufacturer of photovoltaic systems for the commercial rooftop market based in Freemont California. The company entered into an agreement with Milan, Italy-based Sun System. Solyndra also received $535 million from the Department of Energy in loan guarantees. In addition to the loan guarantees, the company has also received $600 million from investors.
Electric Auto IPO
There has been talk amongst those in the know that electric-car manufacturer, Tesla Motors could be considering an initial public offering. Although the company has denied the rumors, the move would be good timing for the well-funded firm. Tesla has managed to raise $783 million from some big-money investors and venture capital firms. Tesla announced profitability in July of 2009. As the large internal-combustion engine companies release new hybrid and electric models, the maker of the sleek Model S sedan would stir things up in 2010.
GreenCell Technologies IPO
Another highly anticipated IPO is the Canadian company GreenCell Technologies. The HydroCell they produce which is an onboard hydrogen and oxygen gas generator reduces fuel emissions by 50% and fuel consumption by 30%.
Technology That Is Here To Stay
The writing is on the wall; cleantech/greentech is the future of research, manufacturing and investment. The U.S. Department of Energy, which has pledged nearly $100 billion to back a wide variety of green technologies, is just one example of the enormous interest in this sector. The evolving industry based on low carbon research and development will propel this segment and make it mainstream.
The need for high-mileage vehicles, cleaner air, wise power usage and even social media will continue to be compelling forces well into the future.
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GreenCell Technologies is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products for the transportation industry. The current product is called the Hydrocell, an on-board, on-demand hydrogen generator engineered specifically for the diesel trucking and haulage industries.

GreenCell Technologies Moves Into Advanced Testing of their Proprietary Hydrogen Enrichment System the HydroCell

Following preliminary tests that took place in the first six months of 2009, Greencell Technologies is pleased to report that it has now moved into two advanced phases of testing their proprietary Hydrogen Enrichment System the HydroCell. November 15, 2009.

Get the latest news on hydrogen testing technologies. Keep updated. Avoid online scam. Greencell Technologies can now confirm that a Canadian transport company has agreed to test the Hydrocell on their fleet of vehicles. The class 8 vehicles have been equipped with the Hydrogen Enrichment System since September 2009. The Electronic Control Module (ECM) data that is being collected will be downloaded on November 16th, 2009 and the vehicles will then run without the Hydrocell until the end of November at which point the ECM data will again be downloaded and compared to the earlier results to establish fuel savings.
Following the results of this test the company will then enter into a dual emissions test where vehicles running with the Hydrocell will be compared to vehicles running without to establish emission reductions.
The final results are expected to concur with the tests conducted earlier in the year and will be released in advance of the company’s initial public offering (IPO) which is scheduled to take place in February 2010 on the Frankfurt Exchange in Germany.
GreenCell Technologies is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products for the transportation industry. The current product is called the Hydrocell, an on-board, on-demand hydrogen generator engineered specifically for the diesel trucking and haulage industries.

GreenCell Technologies Investor Relations

GreenCell Technologies GT5 investor information can be contacted on GreenCell Technologies Inc. 7-21 Industry Street, Aurora, Ontario L4G 1X6 investors (at) greencelltek.com. GreenCell Technologies trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Open Market Symbol: GT5

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GreenCell Technologies Inc  is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products in the alternative energy market. The current product is called the HydroCell, an on-board on-demand hydrogen generator engineered specifically for Diesel Transport Trucks.

Listed on the Frankfurt Exchange: GT5 - Last Trade

The HydroCell produces Hydrogen Gas, on demand, and adds it to the air drawn into a diesel engine. This small quantity of Hydrogen has large effects on the combustion process. The result is approximately 10% fuel savings and up to a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (nitrous oxides, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide).

GreenCell Tek GT5 is also involved in the Solar Energy market. We are currently conducting research and developing strategies to open an alternative energy division that will offer product, consultation and installation services for the Canadian market.

The HYDROCELL system is a safe and reliable product designed exclusively for the Diesel Transport Truck market. The HYDROCELL draws only 25 Amps from the vehicles 12 Volt system and generates enough hydrogen through-out the entire RPM range to enhance combustion.

GreenCell Technologies advanced feedback system monitors several conditions and adjusts the electrolysis process, to provide safe and efficient production of Hydrogen gas. The system was designed to operate in a temperature range of -40 to +60C and has an in-cab indicator to show system status. Installation requires no modification to the engine and does not affect the manufacturer’s warranty. The only maintenance needed is the addition of distilled water every 250 hours of operation.

It has been proven in validated tests that adding Hydrogen to fuel in an internal combustion engine will increase the flame speed. At various RPM’s the fuel that is present in the cylinder is not completely burned during the combustion cycle due to the flame speed of petroleum based fuels and the amount of time the combustion cycle is allowed, due to engine speed and load. The addition of Hydrogen gas increases that flame speed and allows for all the fuel in the cylinder to be burned during each combustion cycle. This increases the power produced during that cycle which results in a net savings in fuel use of 10% on average. Greenhouse Gas emissions are also reduced significantly as the major cause of those emissions is un-burnt fuel in the exhaust. Average of 10% Fuel Saving, Produces Hydrogen on demand, Operates only when engine is running, Low Maintenance – requires water every 200 operating hours and Fail-Safe design – stores no Hydrogen.

Applications are for Transport Trucks, School Busses, Municipal Heavy Equipment – Snow-Plows – Garbage & Recycle Trucks, Farm Heavy Equipment – Tractors – Sprayers/Bailers & Harvesters, Construction Heavy Equipment - Bulldozers - Dump Trucks – Black-Hoes and Diesel-Electric Generators.

GreenCell GT5 Introduces HydroCell; System to reduce Dependence on Oil

 November 20, 2009

(Toronto) — GreenCell Technologies is proud to announce the introduction and launch of HydroCell™, a product critical to an integrated Hydrogen Enrichment System designed to increase fuel efficiencies in diesel trucks, and eventually in all diesel engines.  GreenCell has developed a new approach to the anode-cathode arrangement to increase hydrogen output and decrease fuel consumption overall.
HydroCell™ was designed by engineers to operate below the vehicles intake air pressure, thereby eliminating the risk as a result of gas leakage.  GreenCell Tek GT5 also designed and specified all key component specifications to exceed requirements, due to the extreme nature of this environment.  This has resulted in a cost effective and reliable product, which truly makes Green Technology affordable within the transportation industry, specifically offering costs savings for logistics managers and fleet owners.
GreenCell uses circuits employing the latest multiphase switch-mode topology to gain efficiencies of up to 96% and merged them with state of the art sensors and rugged controls to ensure the Hydrogen-enabled system is safe and reliable.  Over a fleet-wide test conducted recently over the past three months, Class 8 vehicles were equipped with the innovative GreenCell Hydrogen Enrichment System, drawing power from the vehicles electrical system and generating enough hydrogen throughout the entire RPM range to enhance combustion.
The HydroCell™ is an electrolysis-based on-demand Hydrogen generator designed specifically for the transport industry. The product draws a small amount of power from the vehicles electrical system and uses it to produce Hydrogen gas from a water-based solution. The HydroCell™ directs the produced Hydrogen gas to the intake of the vehicles engine where it acts as a catalyst during the normal combustion cycle. This creates more power and fewer emissions, burning only the existing fuel in the cylinder, resulting simply in less fuel being required to operate the vehicle.

Greencell Technologies Inc., Greencell Tek GT5. GreenCell Tek is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products for the alternative energy marketplace.

Listed on the Frankfurt Exchange: GT5

For further information, contact the GreenCell Technologies Inc. head office in Canada, through email, which can be sent to: Investors@greencelltek.com

GreenCell GT5 Begins Extensive Testing Phase with Long-Haul Trucking Companies

 (Toronto) — GT5 GreenCell Technologies is proud to announce it has successfully completed another round of advanced testing with significant HydroCell™ results.  The integrated GreenCell Hydrogen Enrichment System is now expected to double anticipated hydrogen output, and further increase fuel efficiencies in diesel trucks around the world.

These new results augment earlier tests conducted from November 2009 to January 2010, whereby Electronic Control Data was downloaded from vehicles equipped with the HydroCell™ and directly compared to those without the HydroCell™ running the same route and under the same conditions.
Hydrogen, as a fuel, is emission free and the only by-product of combustion is water.  It is the most abundant element in the universe and is the fuel of choice for the Space Shuttle’s main engine.  The addition of a GreenCell Hydrogen Enrichment System is similar to adding a Supercharger to an engine.
To assure continued fuel savings, the HydroCell™ is always tested for performance, efficiency, reliability and hydrogen output on numerous vehicles, to enhance its core design and help refine the product specifications for engineers.  In addition to recent discoveries, GreenCell is also conducting extensive lab tests to establish the most efficient electrolyte mixture and the optimal Anode to Cathode distance for maximum hydrogen production.  These tests will lead to new modifications to increase hydrogen output, boost fuel efficiency overall and reduce manufacturing costs.
The HydroCell™ is an electrolysis-based on-demand Hydrogen generator designed specifically for the transport industry. The product draws a small amount of power from the vehicles electrical system and uses it to produce Hydrogen gas from a water-based solution. The HydroCell™ directs the produced Hydrogen gas to the intake of the vehicles engine where it acts as a catalyst during the normal combustion cycle. This creates more power and fewer emissions, burning only the existing fuel in the cylinder, resulting simply in less fuel being required to operate the vehicle.

Greencell Technologies Inc., Greencell Tek GT5. GreenCell Tek is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products for the alternative energy marketplace.

Listed on the Frankfurt Exchange: GT5 - Last Trade € 3.218 per share

For further information, contact the GreenCell Technologies Inc. head office in Canada, through email, which can be sent to: Investors@greencelltek.com

GreenCellTechnologies: The Garnaut Climate Change Review - Diabolical Problem

A diabolical problem and a saving grace.Climate change is a diabolical policy problem. It is harder than any other issue of high importance that has come before our polity in living memory. Climate change presents a new kind of challenge. It is uncertain in its form and extent, rather than drawn in clear lines. It is insidious rather than (as yet) directly confrontational. It is long term rather than immediate, in both its impacts and its remedies. Any effective remedies lie beyond any act of national will, requiring international cooperation of unprecedented dimension and complexity. While an effective response to the challenge would play out over many decades, it must take shape and be put in place over the next few years. Without such action, if the mainstream science is broadly right, the Review’s assessment of likely growth in global greenhouse gas emissions in the absence of effective mitigation tells us that the risks of dangerous climate change, already significant, will soon have risen to dangerously high levels.

Observation of daily debate and media discussion in Australia and elsewhere suggests that this issue might be too hard for rational policy making. It is too complex. The special interests are too numerous, powerful and intense. The time frames within which effects become evident are too long, and the time frames within which action must be effected too short.

But there is a saving grace that may make all the difference. This is an issue in which a high proportion of Australians are deeply interested. A high proportion of Australians say that they are prepared to pay for mitigation in higher goods and services prices. Most of them say that they are prepared to pay even if Australia is acting independently of other countries. There is a much stronger base of support for reform and change on this issue than on any other big question of structural change in recent decades, including trade, tax and public business ownership reform. People in other countries, to varying degrees, seem to share Australians’ interest in and preparedness to take action on global warming.

Public attitudes in Australia and in other countries create the possibility of major reform on emissions reductions, despite the inherent difficulty of the policy problem.

This report aims to nurture the chance that Australia and the world will manage to develop a position that strikes a good balance between the costs of dangerous climate change and the costs of mitigation. It does this by examining approaches to mitigation in one country within a framework which, if followed elsewhere, would add up to a solution. The Review recognises that other approaches may also add up to a solution. If others were also to develop proposals that add up to a solution to the problem that would provide the basis for the type of realistic discussion across the international community that will be essential if a basis is to be found for effective global action.

GreenCellTechnologies: The Garnaut Climate Change Review - Intro

The weight of scientific evidence tells us that Australians are facing risks of damaging climate change.

The risk can be substantially reduced by strong, effective and early action by all major economies. Australia will need to play its full proportionate part in global action. As one of the developed countries, its full part will be relatively large, and involve major early changes to established economic structure.

The work of the Review shows that the costs of Australia playing its proportionate part in an effective global effort, while considerable, are manageable. There is a path to Australia being a low-emissions economy by the middle of the 21st century, consistently with continuing strong growth in material living standards (chapters 11 and 23). By the end of the 21st century, and beyond, more so with each passing decade material living standards would be higher with than without mitigation of climate change.

GreenCell Technologies: Scientific opinion and dissent

There is no doubt about the position of most reputed specialists in climate science, in Australia and abroad, on the risks of climate change (Chapter 2). There is no doubt about the position of the leaders of the relevant science academies in all of the major countries.1 The outsider to climate science has no rational choice but to accept that, on a balance of probabilities, the mainstream science is right in pointing to high risks from unmitigated climate change.

There are nevertheless large uncertainties in the science. There is debate and recognition of limits to knowledge about the times and ways in which the risk will manifest itself. Every climate scientist has views on some issues that differ from the mainstream in detail.

There are prominent dissenters on this matter, gathered under the rubric of ‘sceptic’. For the most part ‘sceptic’ is a misnomer for their position, because these dissenters hold strongly to the belief that the mainstream science is wrong.

In a different category are a small number of climate scientists of professional repute who maintain that the mainstream science embodies misjudgments about quantities. These scientists, who accept the theory of the warming effects of higher concentrations of greenhouse gases, hold the view that these warming effects are relatively or even trivially small in comparison with many other causes of climate variations that are beyond the control of humans.

The dissent took a curious turn in Australia in 2008, with much prominence being given to assertions that the warming trend had ended over the last decade. This is a question that is amenable to statistical analysis, and we asked econometricians with expertise in analysis of time series to examine it. Their response—that the temperatures recorded in most of the last decade lie above the confidence level produced by any model that does not allow for a warming trend—is reported in Chapter 4 (Box 4.1).

GreenCell Technologies: The prisoner’s dilemma in international collective action

Effective international action is necessary if the risks of dangerous climate change are to be held to acceptable levels, but deeply problematic. International cooperation is essential for a solution to a global problem. However, such a solution requires the resolution of a genuine prisoner’s dilemma: each country benefits from a national point of view if it does less of the mitigation itself, and others do more. If all countries act on this basis, without forethought, communication and cooperation, there will be no resolution of the dilemma. Future generations will judge the outcome to have been insufficient and unsatisfactory.

Resolution of the prisoner’s dilemma requires communication, to find a division of costs and benefits of cooperation that is acceptable to all essential participants in a solution. The eventual solution can involve a range of cooperative arrangements, and not only matters related to the division of the mitigation task.

But resolution of the international prisoner’s dilemma will take time—possibly more time than we have. The world squandered the time that it did have in the 1990s to experiment with various approaches to mitigation. 

EMISSIONS AND TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MULTICYLINDER PISTON

GT5 GreenCell Technologies: EMISSIONS AND TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MULTICYLINDER PISTON ENGINE RUNNING ON GASOLINE AND A HYDROGEN-GASOLINE MIXTURE

Johz F. Cassidy Lewis Research Center. Chehnd, Ohio 44135 An experimental program using a multicylinder reciprocating engine was performed to extend the efficient lean operating range of gasoline by adding hydrogen. Both bottled hydrogen and hydrogen produced by a research methanol steam reformer were used. These results were compared with results for all gasoline. A high-compression-ratio, 7. 4-liter (472-in. 3) d i s placement production engine was used. Apparent flame speed was-used to describe the differences in emissions and performance. Therefore, engine emissions and performance, including apparent flame speed and energy lost to the cooling system and the exhaust gas, were measured over a range of equivalence ratios for each fuel. The results were used to explain the advantages of adding hydrogen to gasoline as a method of extending the lean operating range. The minimum-energy-consumption equivalence ratio was extended to leaner conditions by adding hydrogen, although the minimum energy consumption did not change. All emission levels decreased at the leaner conditions. Also, adding hydrogen significantly increased flame speed over all equivalence ratios. Engine performance and emissions with hydrogen from the methanol reformer were about the same as those with bottled hydrogen.

GT5 GreenCell Technologies, Canada - An experimental program using a multicylinder reciprocating engine was performed to extend the efficient lean operating range of gasoline by adding hydrogen. Both bottled hydrogen and hydrogen produced by a research methanol steam reformer were used. These results were compared with results for all gasoline. A high-compressionratio, 7.4-liter (472-in. 3) displacement production engine was used. Apparent flame speed was used to describe the differences in emissions and performance. Therefore, engine emissions and performance, including apparent flame speed and energy loss to the cooling system and the exhaust gas, were measured over a range of equivalence ratios for each fuel.

The results were used to explain the advantages of adding hydrogen to gasoline as a method of extending the lean operating range. The minimum-energy-consumption equivalence ratio was extended to leaner conditions by adding hydrogen, although the minimum energy consumption did not change. All emission levels decreased at the leaner conditions. Also, hydrogen addition significantly increased flame speed over all equivalence ratios. Engine performance and emissions with hydrogen from the methanol reformer were about the same as those with bottled hydrogen.

GT5 GreenCell Technologies, Canada - INTRODUCTION . Increasing the efficiency of reciprocating engines has constantly been pursued since Otto-cycle engines were first used as vehicle powerplants. The important effects of fuel consumption on factors such as vehicle range, operating cost, and vehicle structures have always been important design considerations. During the past decade, the impact of environmental factors and a national interest in energy conservation have accentuated the need to produce clean and efficient engines. Many concepts for im

proving efficiency and meeting emissions standards have been tested and reported in the A review of the literature dealing with the problems of lean-mixture-ratio operation shows that a fuel with a low lean flammability limit and a high flame speed might yield low exhaust emissions at ultralean conditions. Hydrogen was identified in reference 5 as having those properties and has been the subject of much investigation. Using a small quantity, on a weight basis, of hydrogen as a supplement to gasoline was chosen as a way to extend lean engine operation. Onboard generation of hydrogen was selected as a feasible way to use hydrogen in a mobile application. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory I conducted a similar program (refs. 6 and 7) in which hydrogen generated by the partial oxidation of gasoline was used as a fuel supplement for lean engine operation. Various  commercial processes to generate hydrogen were analyzed for their applicability. The catalytic steam reformation of methyl alcohol (methanol) using engine exhaust heat was selected as being the most efficient process to generate hydrogen that was also compact enough to be carried on a vehicle. One disadvantage is that it would require a second fuel and a second fuel system.

A research system to generate hydrogen by methanol reformation was built and installed on a multicylinder engine in an existing engine test setup. An independent and parallel program on catalyst evaluation was performed but is not part of this report. An engine test program was conducted using gasoline and additions of gaseous hydrogen and reformed methanol to evaluate the effects of hydrogen-gasoline fuel mixtures on exhaust emissions, extension of lean engine operating limits, and fuel flammability limits and combustion flame speed.

GT5 GreenCell Technologies, Canada - This report presents a brief description of the breadboard methanol reformation system and the results of fuel and engine testing. The data were taken in the U. S. customary system of units and converted to SI units for this report.

GreenCell Technology is a Canadian company dedicated to designing and bringing to market, technology-based products in the alternative energy market. The current product is called the HydroCell, an on-board on-demand hydrogen generator engineered specifically for Diesel Transport Trucks.