Why can’t you just put put hydrogen and oxygen in a tank (with a 2:1 ratio) and make water? What would water be without both?

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Why can’t you just put put hydrogen and oxygen in a tank (with a 2:1 ratio) and make water? What would water be without both?

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The tank would explode from a small spark or a catalyst metal present, the water vapour would violently spread without any use to you. You also need to obtain the hydrogen first somehow. In nature hydrogen is already attached to oxygen or other elements.

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