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minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months agoIt is, but a leak could kill you. So 🤷♂️
minus-squareNommer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoSame could be said for hydrogen since it’s a tiny bit flammable.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoYeah, but ammonia chemically burns the eyes, lungs and skin of everyone that comes into contact with the resulting gas in a wide radius.
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoYeah that’s a problem. However, it might make more sense on balance if we have big nuclear power plants generating clean ammonia while off peak electric demand.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWhy not clean hydrogen? Just the handling issues?
minus-squareRailison@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAmmonia is wayyyyyyyy easier to store and contains more hydrogen. Pity about the environmental and health dangers
It is, but a leak could kill you. So 🤷♂️
Same could be said for hydrogen since it’s a tiny bit flammable.
Yeah, but ammonia chemically burns the eyes, lungs and skin of everyone that comes into contact with the resulting gas in a wide radius.
Yeah that’s a problem. However, it might make more sense on balance if we have big nuclear power plants generating clean ammonia while off peak electric demand.
Why not clean hydrogen? Just the handling issues?
Ammonia is wayyyyyyyy easier to store and contains more hydrogen. Pity about the environmental and health dangers