hypedrogen

hypedrogen
 n.— «The road from Uranium to Hydrogen leads through process heat generators. Instead of turning a turbine with steam, the idea of of the hypedrogen economy types is not to create electricity, but hydrogen. “Joy” will cheer some easily deceived people, “cars that produce water as their exhaust!” Only that is not what is going to happen.» —“Enron in Eternity” by Stirling Newberry Daily Kos May 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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