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To: Mark Adams who wrote (27376)	11/24/2003 8:15:10 AM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (3) of 206092

The hydrogen molecule (H2) is much tinier than methane (CH4) and escapes through much tinier leaks. You cannot even keep a rubber balloon filled for long with hydrogen because it escapes through the latex. Hydrogen is violently explosive over a wide range of mixtures with air. It is the most volatile and flammable substance known. People who tout hydrogen as a fuel for automobiles have never dealt with it as an actual substance. Its very carefully controlled use in space stations and as a rocket propellant is a very specialized use. The effort to use hydrogen as a fuel for ordinary vehicles is likely to lead to numerous explosions, especially in closed garages where such vehicles are parked. The occasional natural gas explosion (which can level a city block) is a model of what would happen much more commonly with hydrogen. Even now, there are people who will not allow natural gas to be piped into their houses because of memories of more common earlier accidents. There is hardly any mystery about the "cogeneration" of hydrogen that needs to be demonstrated by a new nuclear plant. All you need to make hydrogen is electricity from any source. But I will study your links. Thank you for supplying them.

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