Hydrogen civilization of the future—A new conception of the IAHE

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2005.04.045

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volume 31, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 153-159

Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of International Association for Hydrogen Energy

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Abstract

Hydrogen civilization (HyCi) conception is generalized. Some biospheric, noospheric and synergetic aspects of the HyCi-conception are analyzed. For the first time it is noted that the HyCi-conception includes two constituent, mutually conditioned parts: humanitarian—cultural part and environmental—industrial one. The most important possible stages of the transition to the HyCi have been indicated, including the important role of the world hydrogen movement, general public, international and regional organizations, parliaments and governments of the world countries. It has been emphasized that these global changes in humankind's life need a long period of time, humanitarian—cultural and legislative—economical self-regulation of the life of people and countries. Some modern times challenges of the IAHE and the World Hydrogen Movement are discussed.

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Introduction. The origin, development and present status of IAHE large-scale ‘hydrogen’ conception

In the XX century the world economy is based completely, on use of oil and natural gas. Evident technical achievements of the XX century economy are well known. But, at the same time, this economy permanently leads the humankind to the irreversible environmental catastrophe.

In the mid-1970s a conception of ecologically clean hydrogen energy system arose as a natural response of a conscientious part of the world scientific community to the impending environmental disaster, the dwindling of

Vernadsky's biosphere and noosphere doctrine—a groundwork of HyCi-conception

According to Vernadsky's studies [26], [27], [28], a biosphere is an “organized, specific crust envelope of the Earth associated (mated) with life”. So, the biosphere is bounded first and foremost by the region where life exists, and the living matter is a driving force of the biosphere.

As is known, our biosphere functions as follows. The Earth as a heavenly body exchanges energy and matter with the other heavenly bodies in space. The matter arrives on Earth in meteorites, space dust,

Some modern times challenges of the IAHE and the World Hydrogen Movement

A movement in the direction of HyCi will lead to global transformations of all aspects of human mentality and human society, the environment and industrial development. So, HyCi, being a new conception of IAHE, includes two constituent parts, which are mutually conditioned: the humanitarian—cultural part of HyCi-conception [34], [35] and the environmental—industrial one [25].

The scientific elaboration of a humanitarian—cultural part of the HyCi-conception is a new critical question of the IAHE

Conclusion

A novel large-scale IAHE conception of the future humankind transition to the era of an ecologically clean hydrogen civilization have been generalized.

Historically prolonged movement in the direction “ $hydrogen energy \to hydrogen economy \to hydrogen civilization$ ” will lead to the global transformations of all aspects of human existence, human mentality, human society, environment and industrial development.

The most important possible stages of the transition to the hydrogen civilization have been

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