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JULES VERNE
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In 1874, Jules Verne set out a prescient vision that has inspired governments and entrepreneurs in the 147 years since. In his book The Mysterious Island, he wrote of a world where:
"Water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable."
Jules Verne is considered to be the father of science fiction, along with Herbert George Wells, these two writers envisioned exploits of man well ahead of their time.
If we had acted on his foretelling fifty years sooner, we'd most likely not be in the middle of an energy, or climate crisis, that looks to be almost irreversible, given the UN 1.5 degree targets from COP21, in Paris 2015.
The emergency situation mankind is now facing gives rise to the World Hydrogen Challenges, and the Jules Verne Trophy. 2024 will be the 150th anniversary of his prediction.
Only by all pushing together, as an international community, putting our political and geographical aspirations to one side, might we stand a chance of saving what is left of the species on planet earth.
To commemorate the prediction by Jules Verne, that hydrogen would become the fuel of the future, the Cleaner Ocean Foundation is promoting a zero emission racing formula, where competing teams attempt to power around the world in a boat, without any restrictions as to design or size, provided that the vessels use a renewable form of hydrogen, such as: compressed gas, cryogenic liquid hydrogen, methanol, ammonia or peroxide. Renewable means derived from solar, wind or wave power, or net zero, by way of a sustainable form of carbon offsetting.
1.5 - 2.0 degrees Celsius temperature increases are likely to cause species extinctions according to the IPCC Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday (Extraordinary Voyages, #32) Alexandria - Egypt, Thonis (Heracleion, Ancient Greek) America's Cup - Sailing trophy and event locations An Antarctic Mystery 1897 Aouda - Indian Princess - Around the World in 80 Days Arnold Bennett - Book and film about Harold Hales MP (Trophy) Around
the World hydrogen navigation in 80 days (Hydrogen Challenge) Association Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours, Musée de la Marine, Paris Atlantis - The lost city that sank beneath the waves, according to Plato BBC TV, 1989 7 part travel series: Around the World in 80 Days, starring Michael Palin Awareness - Ocean literacy as part of a built in educational series BBC TV, 2021 8 part series: Around the World in 80 Days, starring David Tennant Bruno Peyron Orange II (36.8m) – 50:16:20:04 days 2010 - 2005 Captain Nemo - Commander of the Nautilus submarine Catapult - TRIG, Transport Research Innovation Grants 2022 Circular Economy - United Nations' Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) Climate Change - Jules Verne's guide to global warming Contacts - Jules Verne Trophy - World Hydrogen Challenges Crystal Ball Predictions - Sustainable transport Designs - Multi or mono hulls, boats, ships, yachts Dona Bertarelli - Spindrift 2 maxi trimaran, Jules Verne Trophy attempt 2015 Eight
Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Electricity - The flow of electrons that makes the world go around Facing the Flag (Extraordinary Voyages, #42) Phileas Fogg - A gentleman who lives in London & member of the Reform Club F1 Formula Hydrogen ocean racing - Fix - Scotland Yard Inspector - Around the World in 80 Days Francis Joyon - IDEC Sport, Jules Verne Trophée, record holder 2017 - 2021 Franck Cammas, Groupama 3 (31.5m) – 48:07:44:52 days 2010 - 2012 From the Earth to the Moon 1865 Fuel Cells - Are modern batteries Guinness Book World Records - Duke University & Galot Motorsports, Benson, N. Carolina 15,200 mpg Imp 2018 Guinness Book World Records - PAC Car II Swiss, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 14,573 Imp mpg 2005 Hales Trophy - The Blue Ribband, for the fastest passenger ship across the Atlantic ICE - Internal Combustion Engines, motors that run on Ammonia, Hydrogen or Methanol IMO - International Maritime Organization & MARPOL clean air zero pollution targets 2030 - 2100 In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant (Extraordinary Voyages, #5) 1867-1868 InnerSpace
- Is the opposite of outer space, regions on either side of terrestrial
life inhospitable to humans Jules Verne - Early Life - Parisian Studies - Literary Debut - Family Life - Pierre-Jules Hetzel - Literacy Reception - Prophetic Science Faction - Passing & Posthumous Publications - Legacy Jules Verne Hydrogen Trophy - Established in July of 2021, in celebration of the 1874 prediction JVH2 - First transatlantic crossing by a hydrogen powered aircraft JVH2 - World's most economical hydrogen fuel cell automobile - conversion, or custom road vehicles JVH2 Rules - Rules for entry in as a Jules Verne Hydrogen Trophy competitor Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine; The Tribulations of a Chinese in China (Extraordinary Voyages, #19) Lhyfe - Wins Hydrogen Trophy in France, 21 March 2022 Links Page - Links to other Jules Verne websites Literacy - Awareness of ocean importance and conservation issues Loïck Peyron - Banque Populaire, Jules Verne Trophée, record holder 2012 - 2017 Los quinientos millones de la Begún (The five hundred million of the Begún) Mathias Sandorf (Extraordinary Voyages, #27) MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency UKRI KTN clean shipping demonstrations Michael Strogoff (Extraordinary Voyages, #14) 1876 Molecules - Hydrogen combinations Off On A Comet (Extraordinary Voyages, #15) 1877 Olivier De Kersauson / Geronimo (33.8m) – 63:13:59:46 days 2004 – 2005 Passepartout, Jean - Valet to Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days Planet Earth - How big is the 3rd rock from the Sun and where are we in the Solar System? Port Royal - Caribbean Sea, submerged city Reform Acts - 1832 (first), 1867 (second), Representation of the People Act 1884 (third Reform Act) Reform Club - Formerly a gentleman's only club in London's Pall Mall, founded in 1836 Renewables - Solar, wave and wind power is affordable clean energy for all, UN SDG 7 Representation of the People Act 1867 (second Reform Act) Representation of the People Act 1981 (fourth Reform Act) Robur the Conqueror 1886 Round the Moon (Extraordinary Voyages, #7) 1870 SDG Champions - Advocates & Allies of the UN's Sustainability Development Goals Sign - Gate heraldry, JVH2 humpback whales broaching The Adventures of Captain Hatteras The Adventures of a Special Correspondent The Blockade Runners The
Field of Ice The Guardian - Media review 21 August 2021, Around the World in Eighty Days - Animation (Vertigo, Studio Canal) The Lighthouse at the End of the World The
Master of the World (Extraordinary Voyages, #53) 1904 The Steam House - La maison à vapeur - 'The End of Nana Sahib' - 'Tigers and Traitors': Part 1 - Part 2 The
Survivors of the Chancellor 1875 The World Hydrogen Challenge - Thomas Colville - Sodebo Ultim 3, Jules Verne Trophée attempt 2020 Topsy Turvy Trademarks - Application 3808853 13th July 2022 TransAtlantic Flight - Drone HES Dynamics & ISAE SUPAERO, hydrogen fuel cell project 2020 TransAtlantic Flight - ATI FlyZero - long range commercial zero emission hydrogen powered flight 2021 Trophée Jules Verne - artwork Trophy - JVH2 study, design, artwork Trophy - Sailing yachts circumnavigation records, Jules Verne Trophee, Rules Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 1870 - First Part index, Second Part index (full text) UK KTN - Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition - Strands 1 and 2 - Registration ends November 2022 Un capitán de quince años (A fifteen year old captain) 1878 VJV - Jules Verne holidays, travel guides, bookings Water - H2O and sustainable world economics - Aqua Pura, Agua - Aquanauts & Aquarians World's fastest hydrogen powered yacht - speed aces World's most economical cars - Duke University & Galot Motorsports, Benson, N. Carolina 15,200 mpg - PAC Car II Swiss, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 14,573 Imp mpg 2005 Zero (net) emissions - sustainable blue economics or growth ZEWT - Zero Emission Waterbourne Transport
LINKS & REFERENCE
http://jules-verne.org/
Contemporary, great classic writers & kindred spirits: Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne and Herman Melville.
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