I did some research after reading your post, and this is huge folks! Here in California, there are a bunch of these stations being built as part of the state's Hydrogen Highway Network project. And guess what ... stations in CA are required by law (so far) to sell H2 by the kg! Check out page 6 of this summary of the bill, which Arnold signed into law.
Seems to me that at this very early point, there needs to be a coordinated effort by us to loudly applaud this, and push to ensure mass-market implementations of hydrogen stations (still years away and non-existent in most states) don't revert to customary units. Can anyone comment on what USMA has done or is doing in this regard? If the US does ever move toward H2-based transportation, sale by the kg would be a major victory, and sale by the pound would be another huge setback. The kg could become a household word, and the miles/kg stat would call constant attention to our continued use of obsolete distance measures. That's why $/kg hydrogen would be such a huge victory for us, but it's also why H2 will probably be sold in pounds when it goes mass-market. We need to be very much on top of this. Summary of CA Senate Bill 1505 ... page 6 specifies the sale of H2 in kg's http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/hydprod/sb_1505_workshop_11_14_07.pdf Bill 1505 signed into law by one of those metric-happy Europeans http://www.energyindependencenow.org/legislative-SB1505.html Link to contact California's Hydrogen Highway Project ... give them your praise and support for using kg's http://www.hydrogenhighway.ca.gov/contactus.htm Some informational articles ... note references to $/kg and miles/kg http://www.cleantechblog.com/2008/06/hydrogen-goes-public-in-southern.html http://www.cleanfleetreport.com/vault/lawa.htm http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jKZQZZL75DSeJ8lWgYsr9PVLbqJAD91IASS80 From: Norman & Nancy Werling Sent: 06/29/2008 5:43 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41279] Hydrogen fuel for autos sold by the kilogram Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution features an article by AP reporter Daisy Nguyen. I tried without success to locate it on the AP website so I'll quote one of its paragraphs as follows: The Shell station near Interstate 405, which was charging $4.59 per gallon of regular gas Thursday, features one pump with a bright blue "Hydrogen" label that dispenses the fuel by the kilogram. Hydrogen is made and stored in a tank above the dispenser. Norm Werling
