TCBronson
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Lots of misconceptions about hydrogen because of that one incident. It is amazing how one incident can have a lasting negative impression on so many for so long.Remember all the Hindenburg pictures? The huge flames? Hydrogen burns clear.
"I have a great idea, let's make a big blimp filled with a burnable gas."
"And then?"
"And then we'll make sure when it flies that it generates a lot of static electricity."
"And then?"
"And then we'll make sure to coat the whole thing with a nice layer of rocket fuel."
"And then?"
"And then we'll make sure not to dissipate the static electricity before hitting the docking tower."
"And then?"
"And then we'll forever ruin a source of clean burning fuel for a society that forever links the burning rocket fuel to hydrogen."
"And then?"
"No more 'And then'."