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wellard · 10-03-2005, 04:20 AM

Unlike petrol or LPG, which would be totally safe eh!

When you say the "word is out" have you got a link to a rescue worker like an ambulance driver or a fireman that would not try and rescue a person in a burning hydrogen car yet would do so for a petrol car? :1ponder

If hydrogen was to leak from a ruptured tank, being a lighter than air gas it would not form a dangerous pool like petrol, but disperse very quickly into the atmosphere. Also burning hydrogen does not heat the surrounding area anywhere near as bad as petrol with its hot soot resulting in less danger for the rescue worker.

Now of course I’m not saying hydrogen is totally safe, any stored energy source has inherent problems, but the 'phurphy' of exploding tanks does need to be regarded with the contempt it deserves.

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10-03-2005, 04:20 AM	#9
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	Unlike petrol or LPG, which would be totally safe eh! When you say the "word is out" have you got a link to a rescue worker like an ambulance driver or a fireman that would not try and rescue a person in a burning hydrogen car yet would do so for a petrol car? :1ponder If hydrogen was to leak from a ruptured tank, being a lighter than air gas it would not form a dangerous pool like petrol, but disperse very quickly into the atmosphere. Also burning hydrogen does not heat the surrounding area anywhere near as bad as petrol with its hot soot resulting in less danger for the rescue worker. Now of course I’m not saying hydrogen is totally safe, any stored energy source has inherent problems, but the 'phurphy' of exploding tanks does need to be regarded with the contempt it deserves. : __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years