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What are the advantages of using fossil fuels?

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The primary advantages are that fossil fuels

* have a higher energy density - more energy per volume unit - than alternatives like hydrogen (much smaller fuel tank for the same range)
* are simpler and safer than alternatives like nuclear power
* are safer than hydrogen as well, cfr. the Hindenburg disaster
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