[TAG] Hydrogen fuel (non-Linux)

[Ben Okopnik]

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:24:39AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ben Okopnik (ben at callahans.org):
> 
> > Hydrogen is very stable. It can be dangerous to gather large quantities
> > of it in a single storage vessel, but that's not what's being proposed.
> > Oxygen, believe it or not, is a _lot_ worse (highly flammable, unstable,
> > and _very_ corrosive.)
> 
> Well, hydrogen might be a reasonable risk for automobiles if it were the
> case that we go around storing tanks of explosive substances in the latter.
> 
> {blink}  Oh, right, then. 

[grin] Yeah. I definitely see a hunk of, say, solid aluminum filled with
hydrogen in the atomic interstices as orders of magnitude safer than a
dozen gallons of sloshing gasoline just a foot away from a smokin' hot
exhaust pipe. Say, is that a rusted-through spot in that pipe?...


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