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I’ve been stricken with enthusiasm for hydrogen-powered cars since watching a video from the 90s depicting a backyard solar-powered hydrogen generator which hoo
by atweiden 5y ago
I’ve been stricken with enthusiasm for hydrogen-powered cars since watching a video from the 90s depicting a backyard solar-powered hydrogen generator which hooks up to a garden hose [1]. It’s supposedly a lot safer than gasoline:
> “These tanks can be shot at with incendiary bullets, or cut in half with a chainsaw, and you could throw a match on them — they’d just smolder like a cigarette. You can’t say that about a gas tank. Here, only the hydrogen you need is released from the tank. When the tank’s heated, it produces hydrogen and the car burns it. So there’s never much gaseous hydrogen in this system at any given time.”
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX2RxlXCZKA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX2RxlXCZKA
- Hypx_ 5y agoMore info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBzEYduKK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBzEYduKK8
- WalterBright 5y ago> When the tank’s heated, it produces hydrogen The problem is when your garage catches on fire, it heats the tank ...
- atweiden 5y agoStill seems to be safer than a gasoline corrolary [1]. [1]: https://hydrogen.wsu.edu/2017/03/17/so-just-how-dangerous-is-hydrogen-fuel/ https://hydrogen.wsu.edu/2017/03/17/so-just-how-dangerous-is...