Diesel engines can be converted to run on 90% hydrogen

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

It ain't easy, I assure you.

Hydrogen has a rather hard to control combustion. It as well as the ignition timing are extremely dependent on piston geometry and materials.

Engines retrofitted for natural gas (CH4 in a very wide sense) are way easier to use with hydrogen. Especially when they have spark-plugs to control ignition timings better.

We are in the process of refurbishing an all-fuel engine model from Brazil and still scratching our heads often.

[–]Rah 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Nat gas has the same problems than hydrogen, in a smaller scale and hazard levels. Its still much more dangerous than traditional gasoline.

Id argue even electric is far more dangerous given that an explosion can cause a much bigger fire from the battery's components.

[–]chickenz 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

bullshit, you ain't doing nothing..

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They're scratching they heads.

still scratching our heads often

See, doing something.

[–]monks 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

you did not tell us how you came to the conclusion that we are not going to run out of oil for a couple of generations?

even if that were the case, that is a pretty sad situation.

zombeh says that the world will run out of oil in the year _____.

fill in the blank, if you can.

fyi, when we run out of oil and we run out of fresh water, there is no legislation that can fix that problem.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's fairly well accepted that there's about 40-50 years of oil left at our current use based on the known oil fields. A generation is what, 20-30 years? What exactly is wrong with my statement? Or are you just picking a fight? I said there is finite oil on the planet, meaning limited in size or extent, like there is finite water on the planet, are you a retard?