ssiguy2
Senior Member
Service is important but remember guys we have a thread for GO service and this is an electrification thread.
Hydrogen technology is safe and is currently used throughout the world in many different applications including chemicals, transit buses, European trains, ferries, and even trams in China. There are over 2500 hydrogen cars in Japan alone. Hydrogen is highly flammable but there are many safeguards already in place which is why it is safe. In fact many state that hydrogen is safer than diesel of natural gas because those products have to be transported over very long distances to get to their respective fueling stations but this is not required with hydrogen as it can be produced at source using electrolysis. If hydrogen wasn't safe to use than none of these application would be currently in use.
The reality is that hydrogen is already used in many applications all over the world and just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Unfortunately for the industry, hydrogen {until recently} has a negative reputation because you still have morons who think everything with hydrogen is going to blow up because it happened on the Hindenburg 85 years ago. This is much like monorails which stupid people think can't work because they heard it on a Simpson's song but try telling that to the 400,000 who use their new system in Sao Paulo or the 900,000 who use monorail everyday in Chongqing.
Hydrogen technology is safe and is currently used throughout the world in many different applications including chemicals, transit buses, European trains, ferries, and even trams in China. There are over 2500 hydrogen cars in Japan alone. Hydrogen is highly flammable but there are many safeguards already in place which is why it is safe. In fact many state that hydrogen is safer than diesel of natural gas because those products have to be transported over very long distances to get to their respective fueling stations but this is not required with hydrogen as it can be produced at source using electrolysis. If hydrogen wasn't safe to use than none of these application would be currently in use.
The reality is that hydrogen is already used in many applications all over the world and just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Unfortunately for the industry, hydrogen {until recently} has a negative reputation because you still have morons who think everything with hydrogen is going to blow up because it happened on the Hindenburg 85 years ago. This is much like monorails which stupid people think can't work because they heard it on a Simpson's song but try telling that to the 400,000 who use their new system in Sao Paulo or the 900,000 who use monorail everyday in Chongqing.