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sphulcrum t1_iy8v2ze wrote

Reply to comment by Desperate-Strategy10 in Rolls-Royce successfully tests hydrogen-powered jet engine | Britain's Rolls-Royce said it has successfully run an aircraft engine on hydrogen, a world aviation first that marks a major step towards proving the gas could be key to decarbonising air travel. by yourSAS

> would it be any more dangerous than a regular engine fire?

Not exactly what you were asking for, but it was already tested long ago : Difference between a hydrogen and a petrol car on fire

I forgot which YouTube video talked about the bad perception of the Hindenburg disaster. People saw it in flames, as one of the first video news stories. But what they didn't see is that it burned out very quickly.

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Desperate-Strategy10 t1_iy916ba wrote

This was so helpful, thank you! So it wouldn't necessarily be any worse, it would just be faster and very different.

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KechtmutAlTunichtgut t1_iy93r20 wrote

Hm nice plan, but in Scandinavia there where exploding hydrogen petrol stations.

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sphulcrum t1_iy9xc6h wrote

For those wondering, it was a plant in Norway that was preventable :

The company has previously said it took responsibility for the incident, which it said was caused by an assembly error of a specific plug in a hydrogen tank in a high-pressure storage unit.

Yes, it can explode.just like natural gas/petrol stations/chemistry plants. Never refuted that. But hydrogen at least burns up, unlike oil spills,

And disperses since hydrogen floats upwards unlike the forever burning hole

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