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2018 1 Month 1 Day.

An explosion occurred at a hydrogen refueling station on the outskirts of Oslo, the capital of Norway.

More than 10 people were injured in the accident, and no fatalities were reported yet.

According to local media reports, the explosion did not cause any deaths.

However, due to the huge shock wave of the explosion, the airbags of many non-hydrogen fuel cell vehicles near the hydrogen refueling station were deployed.

More than 10 people were injured as a result.

Afterwards, the hydrogen refueling station supplier issued a statement saying:

"Until the cause of the explosion is unidentified, the operation of more than a dozen hydrogen refueling stations in the country will be stopped to prevent similar incidents from happening again."

The day.

Another Norwegian company also announced:

"Until the cause of the accident is identified, all local hydrogen refueling services will be completely suspended."

F-Tian Motors has a different view on this, and its spokesperson continues to insist:

"This hydrogen refueling station explosion will not change our view of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles..."

"Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are as safe as regular fuel vehicles."

1 month 10 day.

An explosion occurred at a Mitsubishi Chemical plant in Japan.

The accident killed at least 17 workers and injured many others.

After the accident.

The company held a press conference and revealed to the media that the accident was caused by a hydrogen explosion.

And why does hydrogen explode?

According to Mitsubishi, workers were cleaning the heat exchanger when the accident occurred.

As soon as the heat exchanger cover was opened, an explosion occurred. The source of the explosion was hydrogen.

Further reasons.

It may be that residual flammable materials in the heat exchanger exploded after contact with hydrogen.

The bodies of the 17 deceased were transported to the police station.

The grieving family members of the deceased met with the body there.

Police suspect that the accident was caused by operator error.

An on-site investigation is planned to determine the cause of the accident.

But this takes a relatively long time.

F-Tian Motors has a different view on this, and its spokesperson still stubbornly believes:

"The Mitsubishi Chemical Plant explosion will not change our view on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles..."

"As long as they are operated compliantly, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are as safe as regular fuel vehicles."

"In fact, since the launch of hydrogen fuel vehicles in 2015, there have been no safety incidents caused by hydrogen leakage..."

"It has a very high safety factor and reliability and will not explode even if it collides."

Half a month later, it will be January 1th.

2:30 pm.

In Delaware County, North America, a car collided with a hydrogen energy truck and then exploded.

"According to the on-site surveillance video, an explosion occurred about 30 seconds after the impact."

Local firefighters who came to the rescue said:

"And it exploded not once, but over and over again, without stopping."

"I saw the crash, it happened very quickly and then it exploded, it was horrific..."

A nearby resident witnessed the whole process of the crash and explosion with his own eyes:

"The truck was loaded with 420 kilograms of hydrogen. It exploded and caught fire after the crash, damaging nearby traffic signals and circuit signals..." a highway patrol officer said:

"Due to the collision, the explosion occurred very suddenly. The drivers and one passenger in the two vehicles died on the spot..."

"Another passenger suffered severe burns and is being treated in the hospital."

When a reporter asked whether the vehicle was speeding, the highway patrol officer said with certainty:

"No. According to the surveillance, neither vehicle was speeding, but the truck had other violations."

On January 1, accidents happened one after another.

North America again.

January 1 at 29:4 pm.

In Santa Clara, California, two explosions and a three-alarm fire occurred at an Air Products chemical plant in Silicon Valley.

Several hydrogen tank trucks caught fire inside the factory.

According to local firefighters.

After the accident, they immediately evacuated all businesses in the two blocks nearby.

It took 45 firefighters more than an hour to extinguish the blaze.

They used thermal imaging technology to ensure safety when putting out the fire.

To detect air quality and hydrogen content.

As for the reason.

"Workers were loading hydrogen into a large drilling tanker," firefighters said.

The accident caused serious injuries to 10 workers and the death of 2 workers.

Just two months.

There have been five hydrogen energy safety accidents.

Four of them were vicious accidents, causing casualties.

This has triggered concerns around the world about the safety of hydrogen energy.

In North America, Washington.

January 1, the day after the explosion at the Air Products chemical plant in Silicon Valley.

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Washington, DC.

A wave of demonstrations against hydrogen energy was launched.

The crowd, waving North American flags and holding anti-hydrogen slogans, surrounded the White House...

They shouted loudly, denouncing the President's "clean energy" plan.

“Hydrogen energy is unsafe”

"No Hydrogen"

“We don’t need hydrogen”

Simultaneously.

Anti-hydrogen demonstrations also broke out in London, UK, Berlin, Germany, Paris, France and other places.

This series of protests highlighted people's deep concern for their own safety and sent a strong message.

F-Tian Motors has a different view on this, and its spokesperson still stubbornly believes:

"This hydrogen refueling station explosion will not change our view of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles..."

"Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are as safe as regular fuel vehicles."

Although Japan and South Korea have repeatedly emphasized that hydrogen energy is safe, accidents mainly result from illegal operations.

But no one cares about what they say.

Some media have even accused them of having ulterior motives:

butche!

executioner!

Some media have counted hydrogen energy safety accidents that have occurred in recent years, totaling 105.

Causes of the accident: Involving factors such as design, seal failure, equipment failure, illegal operation, and traffic accidents.

Among them, accidents caused by illegal operating factors accounted for 8%;

Accidents caused by design problems accounted for 17%;

The accidents caused by problems such as seal failure and equipment failure accounted for 65%;

Traffic accidents account for 10% of accidents.

This shows that the issue of hydrogen energy security is not within human control at this stage.

There are too many accidental factors.

Facing a series of accidents.

The Norwegian government took the lead in taking response measures:

From now on, the sale of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be completely banned.

A spokesman for the Norwegian government said at the press conference:

"We don't want to fall victim to hydrogen technology! It's not mature enough yet."

Following closely behind are the three Nordic countries.

Denmark, Sweden, Finland and other countries have also made similar decisions.

"We don't want our country to become a battlefield..."

Then there are Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland...

Then there are Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Austria….

These EU member states have stated:

Be cautious about hydrogen energy.

As for Germany, the United Kingdom, and France, they have no unnecessary actions.

Because they didn't make any big moves in the first place.

Germany’s hydrogen energy plan will only be implemented in 5 years;

France’s hydrogen energy plan will be implemented one year later, six years from now;

As for the UK.

Faced with the recent spate of hydrogen energy safety incidents, their parliament decided to suspend research and discussion on this thing.

From beginning to end, they had nothing to lose and could only use lip service.

Some MPs have taken to sleeping on the benches of Parliament.