> Fuel leaks would be a disaster. Not at all. Fuel leaks are a disaster today. Ammonia is different. It will dissolve into water, get diluted quickly, and b

> Fuel leaks would be a disaster. Not at all. Fuel leaks are a disaster today. Ammonia is different. It will dissolve into water, get diluted quickly, and bacteria will degrade it. A fuel leak on an ammonia fueled ship is just like fish peeing into the water. Admittedly, a whole lot of fish, so it's still a local problem that takes a while to solve itself. Likewise, a fuel spill on land would be a brief local problem. Today, if a truck spill its guts, we have to scramble to absorb the fuel oil before it contaminates soil or gets into the sewage system. With ammonia, we'd just flush it down with an excess of water. In soil, it is fertilizer, and in a sewage treatment plant, it gets biodegraded.