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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Thermoelectric - SOFC Fuel cells (GLE:TSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: EIGHT-N who wrote (2681)	7/20/1999 6:18:00 PM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6016

I agree with you; hydrogen is dangerous and there are hydrogen explosions daily in the US, and they often kill. DCH makes hydrogen sensors that have prevented tragedy, and if more of the industry that uses hydrogen would secure their operations, there would be less of them; but I have found that businesses know they should be taking greater care; but don't want the expenses associated with safety. I am not an expert on hydrogen; far from it, but I have seen the statistics that show hydrogen is less dangerous than gasoline in accidents, provided there isn't a fire. I witnessed a train slice a Hess truck in half in Ft. Lauderdale in 1993. The gasoline spilled out under several cars waiting for the train to pass, and the screeching brakes ignited the gas. it was the scariest thing I ever saw, and I ran like hell, as I was close enough toi feel the heat,and feared the building would explode. If it were hydrogen, the chances are that the hydrogen would have already evaporated into the atmosphere, before the sparks from the brakes would have had a chance to ignite it; thus fewer people would have died. All you would need to have seen was the people trying to run away from their cars, and watching the fireball that consumed their lives because the ground was soaked with fuel. Some didn't even get the chance to get out of their cars to make a run for it. So believe me, I understand the dangers on both sides. but the reality is, energy demand is increasing, and unless we begin to burn cleaner fuels, the air will get increasingly more dangerous to breathe. I just recently returned from 4 days in Tel Aviv. The air was so polluted as I walked down the street that it was making me sick. I am lucky, I live in Palm beach where the air is relatively clean. But I also see the power plant at Port Everglades sending tons of pollutants into the air in the early morning. It isn't pretty.