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As younger people seem to say:
duh?
Ever heard of 'naked flame'?
Yippy Ki Aye Ay - mutha .......etc. (tsk, tsk)(from the movie Die Hard)- You need a lighter for the trail of gas ignition bit. - Also -Please remember to discharge any static electricity from you when you get out of the car - you zot at the gas pumps and blamo! P.S. I have no IDEA how to spell that cowboy phrase correctly.
What junk for a news story, now we´ll have everyone smoking at petrol station pumps. Scientists me arse!
Flick a cigarette on the ground if your lucky or unlucky enough the lighted tip will hit the ground first, resulting in a spray of lighted throw-off (sparks) these burn through the air receiving a good O2 mix for maybe a couple of milliseconds enough time to ignite a gassy mix.
The problem with petrol is that at normal air pressure it tends to evaporate at relatively low temp. This gas is then highly explosive and VERY easy to ignite. Ever spill a drop of petrol in your garage?? Yes, well then you know what I mean.
Secondly, there was no mention of what type or mix of petrol was used by the AFT boys, the petrol one buys in summer is quite different to the petrol on sale in winter, additives are used to increase or decrease the volatility (petrol has a quite high ignition temp. (Throw a lighted match into a pool of petrol which is cooled under 7o and not much will happen . With unadulterated petrol in Iceland you´ll remain cold, in sunny Spain you´ll have a fireball at your feet.) Also as any smoker would know when you pull on a cigarette it glows bright, so the burning core is not always protected inside a coat of ash. But I must admit it would be a stupid arsonist to pull on the cigarette with his head down in a pool of petrol.Anyway my point being that petrol is indeed very very ignitable when volatile (i.e. in a gassy state). open a container of petrol in a moderately warm closed room . After 20 min. turn the lights on (the smallest spark) and you will know what´s what!
And we have seen many such tragedies, last summer at a family bar-be-Q a man used petrol to get the grill going, later that night he fetched some beers from the garage with fag in mouth, PUFF. The petrol container wasn´t closed.
I fear petrol big time, especially at road traffic accidents. Good morning to all. Jock Mc. Fire Officer
The other nonsense is the exploding petrol station. Even if the petrol was not pumped up from below ground, the amount of oxygen available in a tank of petrol will not substain a fire, let alone an explosion. Just as well considering that every fuel gauge uses electricity to measure the fuel level.BUT, it does make for great film effects.
'Researchers at America's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms'
Sounds like the best job in the entire world.
Duh!
My fellow petrolhead chums & I know this 25 years ago!How much was the research grant?
"Cigarettes dont damage your health."
"We need to invade as they have weapons of mass destruction."
"I never had sex with that woman."
"There is no evidence to suggest burning fossil fuels results in global warming"
"A cigarette end cannot set petrol alight"
America is a beautiful country. However, it's troubled by a vast number of open empty spaces.
Invariably surrounded by teeth!
Mmmmmmm now theres a thought which scientists are right and which are wrong. dont think I will test this one.
