Is hydrogen more dangerous than gasoline, diesel and/or jet fuel?
When hydrogen is handled with care appropriate to any gaseous fuel, it is safer than fuels in standard use. Hydrogen is often used as a gaseous fuel, which makes it similar to natural gas and town gas, which have been used in America, Europe, and Asia for heating and lighting for almost two centuries. One difference is that hydrogen is nontoxic, so its not harmful to breathe. Its also so light that it scatters immediately upward when there is a leak, rather than pooling about or polluting groundwater, or soaking into clothes. An example of the difference between gasoline and hydrogen is as follows: Gasoline fire in an automobile can engulf the passenger compartment, burning passengers to death. Gasoline wicks to the skin when spilled on a person. If hydrogen is released, it disperses quickly into the atmosphere. There is no radiant heat from burning hydrogen, so a hydrogen flame will not burn skin unless the body is put directly into the middle of the flame. Further, if the airplanes t
