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A comment on Ask HN: Is hydrogen likely to be a major source of power in the next 10 years?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Is hydrogen likely to be a major source of power ... by TylerE on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:25PM (#24574948)
So you're admitting the problem exists, which is my entire point.

It's hardly a theoretical-only problem, either:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_span_replacement_of_th...

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Re:Ask HN: Is hydrogen likely to be a major source of power ... by Hypx on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:38PM (#24575006)
In the same sense all chemicals have handling issues. In practice, it is basically solved.

That's probably due to them using a vulnerable alloy, and was likely exposed to hydrogen while at a high temperatures. This is nothing like a gas tank filled will hydrogen.

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