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submitted 1 year ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you will burn the hydrogen to release the energy in some form. That would seem to indicate some form of combustion would it not?

[–] ghterve@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Fuel cells don't burn the hydrogen. There is no combustion.