Re: Congress Passes H-Prize

Jim Richardson <[email protected]> Sun, 14 May 2006 13:48:05 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.technology.erps
Organization Erisian Claw
Message-ID <1147639686.5698.21.camel@dragon>
>> um, natural gas is heavier than air, and pools in the low spots, that's
>> what makes it so dangerous when it leaks. Hydrogen simply floats
away,
>> even in enclosed spaces, it sticks around for less time thanks to the
>> small molecule size "leaking" out of the container.
>>
>> The rest of the points seem valid to me, in my limited knowledge, but
>> this one stuck out. Am I missing something?

> You are incorrect - methane, the principal ingrediant of natural gas,
is 
> less dense than air. I imagine you are thinking of propane, which is
more 
> dense than air.

> Dave McCue

Correction noted. so  does that mean that leaking hydrogen *wouldn't*
leak out, and up and away? 

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Jim Richardson <[email protected]>
Erisian Claw