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frctm58 months, 2 weeks ago
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hydrogen is more volatile and more inclined explode than gasoline. Gasoline only burns at a one to sixteen air to fuel ratio and is in a liquid state at room temperature. Hydrogen, as I pointed out already, can burn or explode in a far greater range of fuel to air ratios and will be in a gaseous state the moment it comes out of its enclosure therefore making it much more likely to explode like a bomb. Hollywood creates the impression that cars are rolling bombs, but in reality cars rarely explode. It takes an extraordinary combination of circumstances to make this happen. The tank would have to be nearly empty and something like a spark would have to ignite the fumes while they were in an enclose space. The mixture couldn't be too rich or too lean. Plenty of cars catch fire but almost none actually explode.
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