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Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel (news.mit.edu)

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 3 months ago

Whoever came up with this just went after the carbon buzzword. Ammonia is BAD.

There’s a good reason industries opt for R134a instead of ammonia in industrial cooling applications. Ammonia is fantastic in its physical properties, but dealing with storing ammonia and possible leaks is a nightmare. And that’s in a closed cycle! I can’t imagine the absolute cluster it would be to have that on a moving vessel that needs to be refueled all the time.