Every propane tank i've ever "blown up" wasn't any more violent than gasoline fumes in a contained environment. There will always be a 'boom' followed by a flame shooting out of the hole you created. I don't condone experimentation on this one.... It's good to be young : )
-Craig '85GL turned WESTY BOSTIG in the back. On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com>wrote: > > When the tech attempted to open > > the gate to the propane port, he found the gate rusted closed!! The > reason > > that the university had those dual fuel vehicles was that the state > (Texas) > > required that state owned vehicles run on both gasoline and either > propane > > or CNG. I don't know if that is still true or not. > > Gate? > > > Compressed gases are no more dangerous than gasoline as transportation > fuel. > > Yes, they can go boom. Gasoline can't? Hmmmm. > > The difference here is that when a gasoline car burns it goes at most > POOF (that's a bit more violent than WOOF). Gasoline cars don't > explode, Hollywood/Bollywood notwithstanding. > > A propane or natural gas car goes BOOM and you don't want to be > anywhere in the vicinity. I've seen a video of an old CNG Holden > Commodore is Australia that caught fire... spectacular when the tank > blew. > > > > -- > Regards > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > Fossil preparator > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic > |
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