Re:A bus that runs on formic acid
by jws on Sunday July 02, 2017 @01:40PM
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Making up a name "Hydrozine" instead of just calling it "formic acid" makes this quite confusing. Maybe it works for marketing.
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Yeah, that was a little too subtle. I had to check it a few times before I realized they weren't talking about hydrazine (toxic, probably carcinogenic if it doesn't kill you right away, and definitely not something you want putting around on public roads).
If I were their marketing, I'd pick something else, fast. Something a good hamming-distance away from anything requiring special suits for handling, and that doesn't include steps in release protocols like "evacuate nearby towns".