How to improve hydrogen Fuel Safety??

Question

In many cases, hydrogen is safer than the fuel we currently use to power our cars. Carbon-based fuels tend to spread as liquids (as you well know if you've ever spilled gasoline on yourself at the pump). When it burns, conventional fuel produces hot ash, creating radiant heat. This isn't the case with hydrogen. In its pure form, hydrogen burns no carbon and produces no hot ash and very little radiant heat [source: RMI]. What's more, when hydrogen leaks, it ascends rapidly into the atmosphere, so it has less time to burn [source: Princeton].

So what about the Hindenburg? Both proponents and opponents of hydrogen fuel have latched onto the ill-fated blimp in their debate. While opponents point to it as a cautionary tale, proponents view it as exoneration for hydrogen.

Answer 1

Just like a propane car you would not be able to safely park a hydrogen car in a garage.  Hydrogen leaking from the car would build up and become dangerous.  It's not really an explosion hazard but the fire hazard is very real.  

Plus high pressure gas tanks are dangerous on their own.  When breached they can launch themselves through walls.

Read the MSDS if you don't believe me.

They need to figure out a good way to store it bonded to a solid or liquid.

Answer 2

It's a scare tactic. The pure volume of gas in the Hindenburg was over 7 MILLION cubic feet. Hydrogen would need to be carried under pressure as a liquid to be anywhere near the explosive potential as ordinary gasoline.

Fact: A single gallon of gasoline has the explosive force of a stick of TNT. A liquid gallon of hydrogen has a little less than half that - Add in that it would turn to gas as soon as it is pressurized and you have a far less dangerous situation than current technology - the good old internal combustion engine..

The real issue in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the cost. People claim there isn't enough of an infrastructure to support potential demand. My answer? Maybe the oil companies should invest some of their record breaking profits in building an infrastructure so they can get in on the market instead of sticking to being a one trick pony.