Hydrogen fuel cell cars – Will they blow you up?

Last night, while watching Living Green with Ed (Begley Jr.), he visited Jay Leno’s plethora of vehicles in Los Angeles and they discussed the hydrogen fuel cell and its future for vehicles. Jay mostly made fun of Ed, most likely because he’s a comedian, but their discussion made me think, Wow, look at what happened to the Hindenberg!

For the youngsters out there, the Hindenberg blew up in May of 1937 over the shores of New Jersey and yes kiddies, it was powered by hydrogen. Designers did look at helium first, because it was safer (duh!). But, since it was so expensive, more so than human lives I guess, they decided on hydrogen. A total of 36 people lost their lives on this day; 22 crew members, 13 passengers and 1 of the ground crew.

Before you quit reading this and decide to leave me a nasty comment, I really did look into the pros and cons of hydrogen fuel cells and if they are really safe for the future of powering cars.
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