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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by ars on Thursday June 18, 2015 @01:18AM (#9736948)
> What happens if your tank leaks on the dive boat next to an engine?

Nothing much would happen, the hydrogen would rapidly rise up and away.

You'd have a hard time intentionally causing a fire with a low level leak of hydrogen near a closed fire like an engine, never mind by accident.

A small amount of safety precaution (and diving is quite full of safety precautions, so I think they could handle it) is all you would need to make it safe.

Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by nradov on Thursday June 18, 2015 @11:32AM (#9739197)
You're kidding right? I tell you what, how about you mix up a tank of 18% O₂ / 45% H / 37% N₂ pressurized to 230bar. Then open the tank valve next to an old outboard motor or a deckhand smoking a cigarette.

Sport diving with flammable mixes is something that only works in hacker fantasy land, not the real world.

Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by ars on Thursday June 18, 2015 @01:41PM (#9740357)
Smoking would be bad because the fire would be amongst the tanks, but you'd have to open it almost on top of the motor to cause a fire that way, because the fire in contained, and the hot part (the exhaust) is under water. Plus the motor is not located where the people/supplies are.

So simply don't carry the tank over to the motor and open it there, and don't smoke. Even the most basic of safety practice would make this not a problem.

Do you not carry any fuel onboard? Hydrogen is safer than gasoline, yet people carry it without a second thought.