WITAF.

At best, he doesn’t understand what a Hybrid Car is.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    No… No, that’s not true. Yes, hydrogen and helium are both lighter than air. But that’s pretty much where the similarities end. Hydrogen is unstable, which is why it can explosively combust when mixed with as little as 4% oxygen. Helium is stable, helium won’t burn. So if it had been filled with helium, it might have crashed. But it definitely wouldn’t have been a catastrophic fireball…

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      1 month ago

      The Hindenburg’s skin was also highly flammable. Regardless of what gas it contained it would still have burned as fast.

      The leaking hydrogen was just the initial fuel that the static arc ignited.

      One the skin was burning it was over.