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To: neverdem
One word about hydrogen as a motor vehicle fuel: Hindenburg

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14 posted on 12/18/2010 12:16:38 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Good heavens Miss Takamoto, You're beautiful!)
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To: Celtic Conservative
"One word about hydrogen as a motor vehicle fuel: Hindenburg"

Bingo. You win the boob prize. On every hydrogen thread there is always someone who mouths off about the Hindenberg.

The Hindenberg's problem wasn't caused by hydrogen, it was started by a lightening strike on the aluminized fabric of the zeppilin's "skin", which was essentially solid rocket fuel. It takes a high temperature to get started, but once set, it burns like fury. If you've seen the videos of the burning Hindenberg, you will notice clouds of dense black smoke. Hint, hydrogen burning in air doesn't produce smoke. But organics do, specifically the dope used to bind the aluminum to the fabric, and the diesel fuel for the engines. Of course, once the bags were breached, they hydrogen "did" burn, but it wasn't the villain here.

16 posted on 12/19/2010 4:15:13 PM PST by Wonder Warthog
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