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SenorHat t1_ja9w7ot wrote

Reply to comment by Necoras in This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk: Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment. by nastratin

Only problem is that it's also stupidly dangerous, especially in a confined area with a lot of people like a plane

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Necoras t1_ja9zrye wrote

I mean... jet fuel is highly combustive. Jets explode when they crash. Any highly concentrated storage of energy (fuel tank, battery) is basically just another name for a bomb.

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HexicPyth t1_jaaxxet wrote

Except unlike batteries or gasoline, hydrogen is also colorless and odorless like carbon monoxide. So it's more like an invisible bomb that expands to the size of its container.

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