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Re: Fuel Cell resources

Great, thanks for reminding me what a death trap my Samurai is. ;)

I realize Hydrogen gas isn't *that* dangerous.. but it's still a flammable
gas.. I would feel a little nervous with a canister of coleman fuel
on my lap for the same reason.

-Paul
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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Andrew Plumb wrote:

> At 08:19 AM 05/06/99 -0400, R. Paul McCarty wrote:
> >Is it me, or would it be a little unnerving packing a canister of hydrogen
> >gas on your waist? Otherwise, it looks like something out of a sci-fi
> >movie.. Just wish it wasn't so expensive for Hydrogen gas ($55/500watthour
> >canister).
> >
> >If I had a million dollars...
> >
> >-Paul
> >--
> >R. Paul McCarty /  / x52059
> >317 Lattimore Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627
> >Computers don't make errors; what they do, they do on purpose.-Dale/KOTH
> 
> Is it any worse than all these tanks-of-napalm-type-liquid we drive around
> at higher-than-animal speeds?  Or backpacking with a Coleman stove? (the
> latter's a better example)
> 
> At least the hydrogen won't stay and burn on you, unlike the liquid fuels
> we're used to dealing with.  Remember, the Hindenburgh zeplin disaster was
> only ignited by the hydrogen; it was the burning carcass of the machine
> that caused the bulk of the deaths.  Most of the hydrogen followed it's
> laws of physics and went up.
> 
> Just my two cents...
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> 
> Andrew Plumb
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