Customer Reviews:
 Inspiration August 4, 2005
Peter Harrington (Shanghai, The People's Rebpulic of China)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I applaud Pat Patterson for writing this book, I have never written or published a book. After reading this I am sure I can write a book on just about anything and get it published. I want to thank Pat Patterson for giving me the encouragement to write a book. What surprised me is that this book made it into the library of Congress. Maybe I am mistaken but I thought that was an honor, and took some time. Immediately after finishing this book I wrote down everything I thought about it with the intent of publishing it here. I usually don't do that but this made me so upset I had to do it.
This book lacks technical details, there is about one paragraph dedicated to how fuel cells work. Another thing the author left out was production of hydrogen. The book lacked imagination, and passion. The author didn't seem convinced that fuel cells were a good idea other than pleasing fashionable tastes for environmentally friendly energy production. Which is another point, the book refers to hydrogen as a source of energy. (Page 13 second paragraph.) It is not! Hydrogen is just a method of storing energy. Think of hydrogen as a very powerful battery. The author didn't make me feel how awesome or important fuel cells were, I didn't want to jump out of my seat and do anything other than criticize this book.
I thought that the whole purpose of this book was to explain fuel cells and their potential uses. Apparently not. I don't think he put in much time researching how fuel cells work, the major challenges or the technical hurdles to cost effective-high-volume manufacturing. Let's take a step back and say what this book is. Perhaps I'm focusing on what it isn't and how I was mislead by the cover, and a quick flipping of the pages. The book is a business school study of what people think would be good uses for fuel cells. It even includes a small survey of what people thought fuel cells would be good for. For a better book check out "The Hydrogen Economy" don't waste your time or money on this book.
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