stefanie
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I store diesel and petrol in plastic containers, no chance of sparks
My car has a plastic diesel tank
Are the metal tanks I see in the back of pickups not safe?
I store diesel and petrol in plastic containers, no chance of sparks
My car has a plastic diesel tank
The volume of air required for that cup of gas has got to be huge especially compared to a 5 gallon gas can. Thinking maybe weather balloon size. Getting the ratio to where the mix will explode is not easy but it can happen without trying too.
There is a middle ground here without resorting to fear mongering.
Fear mongering (or scaremongering or scare tactics) is the use of fear to influence the opinions and actions of others towards some specific end.Fear mongering is not relevant to my post. Gasoline is volatile and under more than common circumstances, liquid can become airborne all too easily. It doesn't take near a cup's worth to change your life. Burn wards are populated with souls that never thought it would happen to them. I'm simply amplifying the danger of gasoline. The comment that seemed to suggest that putting a lit cigarette out in a cup of gasoline was fine, motivated my post.
I've worked tankers and oil refineries and unfortunately in the latter, have experienced severely burned workers the result of volatile fumes having ignited. Do you want a graphic description of the results of these burns to just take a little extra caution? I hope not because I don't want to go there. If you want to PM me for documentation of my position and a private description, please do. By the way, neither of the two incidents were massive, industrial failures. Both were maintenance related accidents caused by mis-handling of small quantities of gasoline.
Gosh. I think you took my signature in context to the post. I am just a little annoyed at seeing similar lines appended by cell phone apps."Sent from my..... Why would anyone care!" I do because I care about you and don't want to see you burned.
Your agenda is you want to increase peoples fear of gas. It is not wrong but we are not 5 year olds.