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    RE: Hydrogen in Aircraft

    By: Laurence Evans , an hour ago
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    Although we tend to think about vehicle, by nature of this group, it is not the best use of hydrogen. Roughly 2% of global GHG emissions come from air travel. You are looking at ~8% of global GHG emissions ...

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    RE: Hydrogen in Aircraft

    By: Patrick Jennings , 3 hours ago
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    In addition to electrolysis being very energy intensive, H2 being super hard to contain and very dangerous in quantities, I wonder where all this water is going to come from? In a world of decreasing ...

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    RE: Hydrogen in Aircraft

    By: James Gammon , 9 hours ago
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    It depends on the mix. Pure hydrogen leaking from a container can mix with air and become explosive. So can kerosene jet fuel and gasoline, but they do not vaporize and mix as easily with air as ...

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    RE: Hydrogen in Aircraft

    By: James Gammon , yesterday
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    Agreed, Making Hydrogen and handling it, consumes a LOT more energy than it produces - and every process releases heat. One has to remember, the whole goal was less heat released into the atmosphere. ...

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    RE: Hydrogen in Aircraft

    By: Jose Gros-Aymerich , yesterday
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    Hallo!: I'm not that sure about Hydrogen exploding rather than burning, the Zeppelin that burnt on USA had a very fast rate of burning, but no explosive activity seen on images. Blessings + ------------------------------ ...

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