misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGM’s hydrogen ‘power cubes’ will be used in cement mixers and terminal tractorswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down16
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minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIt is, but a leak could kill you. So 🤷♂️
minus-squareNommer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoSame could be said for hydrogen since it’s a tiny bit flammable.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, but ammonia chemically burns the eyes, lungs and skin of everyone that comes into contact with the resulting gas in a wide radius.
minus-squareCrimeDadAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah that’s a problem. However, it might make more sense on balance if we have big nuclear power plants generating clean ammonia while off peak electric demand.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhy not clean hydrogen? Just the handling issues?
minus-squareRailison@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAmmonia is wayyyyyyyy easier to store and contains more hydrogen. Pity about the environmental and health dangers
It is, but a leak could kill you. So 🤷♂️
Same could be said for hydrogen since it’s a tiny bit flammable.
Yeah, but ammonia chemically burns the eyes, lungs and skin of everyone that comes into contact with the resulting gas in a wide radius.
Yeah that’s a problem. However, it might make more sense on balance if we have big nuclear power plants generating clean ammonia while off peak electric demand.
Why not clean hydrogen? Just the handling issues?
Ammonia is wayyyyyyyy easier to store and contains more hydrogen. Pity about the environmental and health dangers
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