I'm wondering if this is because most gases are already sold this
way. The existing distribution network for gases such as hydrogen or
nitrogen sell by the kg - probably because their biggest customers
(laboratories, hospitals, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and
electronics industries) already work in metric.
Still, it is good that metric will get public exposure.
On 2008-06 -29, at 23:18 , Victor Jockin wrote:
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
