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To: snopercod
"I can only begin to list all the safety hazards of dealing with LH2."

Don't forget that it is 11 times less dense (as a liquid) than plain old gasoline. It delivers 3 times as much energy per pound but that still leaves you 11/3 = 3.6 times LESS efficient (volumetrically) than gas. In other words, for the same range your fuel tank must be almost 4 times larger.

If you try to use compressed hydrogen gas, it becomes even more absurd.

--Boris

38 posted on 03/24/2002 5:44:51 AM PST by boris
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To: boris
Exactly.
40 posted on 03/24/2002 6:04:11 AM PST by snopercod
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