Re: Hydrogen Leakage

a1call wrote: 
Hi Don W.,

Thank you for picking up this thread. Please note that I am far from
being an expert on hydrogen, but my understanding is that the
combustible zone for a hydrogen leak has a lower volume than that of a
equivalent gasoline leak. There are some obstacles to be overcome
before hydrogen is used as common as gasoline but being more dangerous
for combustion than gasoline is not one of them.



the fact that you're not even wrong aside, there were about 5 more objections which speak against hydrogen on the large scale.

The only transportation use I see for hydrogen is with blimps, and we'll all recall now how well that turned out.

On the plus side, they could achieve high altitude without wasting as much energy as jets do, and loft some rather heavy things up with them...
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