I've long been the primary cheerleader for Hawaii being the world lead in the development of the   Blue Revolution .  Watch my  TEDx talk  of about a year ago.  But this effort "only" began a little more than three decades ago. My initial crusade, going way back into the 1970s, was hydrogen.  This inspiration came from my assignments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working on laser fusion.  After all, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe ( 73% ), through fusion of hydrogen every star generates all the energy we notice in space, and combusted with oxygen from the atmosphere, the products are energy and water.   All fusion processes use isotopes of hydrogen. I mean, if any superior intelligence out there is trying to send us a message, this has to be it.   When I found myself in 1979 working for U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga, my top agenda item was to somehow find a way to promote the hydrogen option.  Well, Lockheed just happened to succeed wi

Two major news stories recently about hydrogen. In September the White House launched a generational  $7 billion hydrogen plan. Then this month the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNR) announced a  momentous breakthrough in harnessing controlled nuclear fusion . When I retired in 1999 I took on the gargantuan task to help save Humanity and Planet Earth.  Wrote several books on the subject.  Two of my early contributions were, one, in 1979 drafting the first hydrogen bill when I worked in the U.S. Senate.  And second, this was after spending two stints at LLNR working on the laser fusion program.  I keep telling people that I'm here just to plant seeds for the future.  Well, such good news more than 40 years later is fine enough for me. Long ago I became enamored with  hydrogen , for our Sun and all the stars generate energy by fusing this gas.  It is the most abundant element in the Universe.  Combust hydrogen in our atmosphere, and the products are energy and water.  If s

I f I'm identified with any renewable energy subject matter, it is hydrogen.   Recently, I was inspired to re-focus on this option because of an e-mail I received from one of my colleagues, asking me to  read this hydrogen article .  I responded to him: ************************** Dear Benny: The key to the hydrogen economy will be the transition, and this article you sent shows a pathway.   A quarter century after I drafted the first hydrogen bill ever created in the Senate, which became the Matsunaga Hydrogen Act, I thought this was the perfect bill. There is more hydrogen in the Universe than all the other elements put together. All stars utilize this gas to create energy. When combusted on Earth, the only products are energy and water. Surely these are clues that hydrogen will be significant for our future. In 1979 while on assignment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on fusion--which, of course, is another hydrogen option-- I was asked to work in the U.S. Senate .