Hydrogen is much safer than petroleum. The Hindenberg caught fire because of the paint used, not because it used hydrogen.
If a hydrogen tank catches fire, just let all the hydrogen out into the atmosphere. You get water. Not to mention hydrogen burns at a much lower temp than petroleum. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, March 13, 2003, 12:29:32 PM, you wrote: BB> And, remember the Hindenberg?? BB> Gasoline is a pretty volatile substance. BB> However, at normal environmental temperatures, it's mostly liquid, which is BB> less hazardous than the vapors. BB> Not so with hydrogen. BB> The "refueling infrastructure" needs to somehow mitigate the chance of BB> explosion or fire, without resorting to cryogenics. BB> Won't be easy. BB> -Ben BB> At 09:20 AM 3/13/03 -0400, you wrote: >>The main reason is cost. Hydrogen cars are expensive. No one wants to BB> pay for them. Of course the reponse will be, if they make more, they won't BB> be as expensive. Yes, that's true, but if no one buys them, it's still BB> doesn't matter. Of course, give them tax rebates. Yes, good idea. So now BB> they are making more Hydrogen cars, giving rebates, I buy one! Yay! Oh, BB> uh, where is the nearest Hyrdogen station? I'm in the middle of Nebraska? BB> Well, better start pushing. >> >>There is more to Hydrogen cars, than just the cars themselves. There is BB> no infrastructure to support refueling. The amount of time and effor and BB> money it will take to upgrade these gas stations makes it a long term deal, BB> not just something where tomorrow the government can say everyone must have BB> a Hydrogen car. >> BB> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
