Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish (October 10, 1731 – February 24, 1810) was the discoverer of Hydrogen.  Around the year 1784, he published a paper on the production of water by burning "inflammable air" (hydrogen).

Who would have guessed then that 229 years later we would all be talking about this most basic of elements as the "fuel of the future"?

Hydrogen is a potentially emissions-free alternative fuel and it is one of the few that can be produced from diverse energy sources.  Recent developments and research are making this fuel a front runner in the urgent contest to replace fossil fuels.

In this blog I will share some of the developments from time to time and we'll all see where Henry's discovery takes us.