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To: energyplay who wrote (52472)8/21/2004 10:20:21 AM
From: Tommaso  Read Replies (3) of 74559
 
After the first hydrogen powered school bus blows up, there may be second thoughts about hydrogen as a fuel.

The thinking seems to be, "Oh hydrogen! You burn it and you are making pure water! How lovely!"

Because it consists of a tiny molecule (two protons, two electrons, two atoms with a covalent bond), it leaks through the tiniest holes--right through the latex in a balloon, for example. Anything added to it to give it a scent would be much higher atomic weight, so such leaks would be odorless. It is explosive in a wide range of mixtures with air.It would be very difficult to handle in compressors and tanks. And, finally, any process that makes hydrogen can just as economically make some other fuel--or the hydrogen can be used as a feedstock in carefully controlled conditions.

For the government to get into hydrogen technology is about as sensible as if it got into promoting personal strap-on levitation units.
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