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Filled my gas tank up a millimeter from full today.
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2019-10-06 at 7:33 PM UTC
Originally posted by SHARP You really are dense, aren't you…
Now let me break it down for you real quick:
1. Needledick doesn't want to drive around with a full tank, fearing an explosion.
2. I tell him there's very little chance of that happening, and that en empty tank is a lot more dangerous.
3. You disagree and mention your ham-fisted buddy burning down his garage, as an argument.
4. Then you post a video proving my point exactly.
And now you want to argue about what, exactly? Do you even have a point, or do you just want to disagree to argue? Know what, I don't really care, as always you're a waste of time…
The first part of #3 is incorrect. I never disagreed with what you posted, I just disagreed with the "gasoline in itself isn't flammable" part. You're off on a lark. -
2019-10-06 at 7:38 PM UTC
Originally posted by SHARP You really are dense, aren't you…
Now let me break it down for you real quick:
1. Needledick doesn't want to drive around with a full tank, fearing an explosion.
2. I tell him there's very little chance of that happening, and that en empty tank is a lot more dangerous.
3. You disagree and mention your ham-fisted buddy burning down his garage, as an argument.
4. Then you post a video proving my point exactly.
And now you want to argue about what, exactly? Do you even have a point, or do you just want to disagree to argue? Know what, I don't really care, as always you're a waste of time…
Originally posted by SHARP You really are dense, aren't you…
Now let me break it down for you real quick:
1. Needledick doesn't want to drive around with a full tank, fearing an explosion.
2. I tell him there's very little chance of that happening, and that en empty tank is a lot more dangerous.
3. You disagree and mention your ham-fisted buddy burning down his garage, as an argument.
4. Then you post a video proving my point exactly.
And now you want to argue about what, exactly? Do you even have a point, or do you just want to disagree to argue? Know what, I don't really care, as always you're a waste of time…
U have been successfully trolled...again. 'He' noticed your emotional response, you got all bent out of shape and started typing a whole bunch more... that's what motivates 'him'...Thats 'his' only objective. -
2019-10-06 at 7:39 PM UTC
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2019-10-06 at 7:44 PM UTC
Originally posted by SHARP Worked as a certified pyrotechnician for 10 years, and in special effects for 15, just to get that out of the way.
Don't worry about explosions etc. while driving with a full tank. if you get in a car crash, and the tank ruptures, and the fuel ignites, your car most likely won't explode. The reason why gas tanks explode when they do, is usually because while gasoline in itself isn't flammable, gasoline vapor is, and if you've got an almost empty, but intact tank, you will have a lot of vapor in a confined space. When this vapor is heated (for example by a burning car) to the auto-ignition temperature, it will ignite, causing an explosion. No open flame in direct contact with the gasoline is needed. I've seen this demonstrated when I got my pyro license. With a full tank, the gasoline might start boiling, but that doesn't mean it's reached the critical temperature in order to ignite it.
If you die in, and because of a car fire, you'll most likely be slow-cooked. Or, "roasted" is probably a more accurate description. If the smoke doesn't kill you first. But don't worry about being blown up. If memory serves, about 90% of the people who dies due to a car fire could have been saved, if the bystanders had gotten their thumbs out of their asses and helped the victim out of the burning wreck, but because of Hollywood's portrayal of what happens when a car catches on fire, by far most are too scared to get near the wreck.
Yes, cars explode, but they do so very rarely. -
2019-10-06 at 8:06 PM UTCnigger
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2019-10-06 at 8:22 PM UTC
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2019-10-06 at 8:36 PM UTC
Originally posted by whoami Even a mostly empty tank isn't likely to explode because for gasoline vapour (or most any flammable substance that doesn't carry its own oxidzer) to explode it needs to be mixed with oxygen (or another oxidizer) in a proportion that falls within its explosive limits (something like 2-10% for gasoline in air IIRC). Normally a car's fuel tank won't have much air in it even when nearly empty, so if it's ruptured and ignited in a crash at most you'll get a small fireball with very little blast overpressure.
This why I never believed the explanation for TWA flight 800.
Every car with an electric fuel pump in the tank is producing sparks ALL the time. -
2019-10-06 at 8:48 PM UTC
Originally posted by -SpectraL The first part of #3 is incorrect. I never disagreed with what you posted, I just disagreed with the "gasoline in itself isn't flammable" part. You're off on a lark.
Disagree all you like, you're still wrong, anyone can look up the info, although everyone should know I'm right. -
2019-10-06 at 8:56 PM UTCHey Spectral DO YOU DRIVE A CAR?
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2019-10-06 at 9:11 PM UTC
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2019-10-06 at 10:21 PM UTC
Originally posted by SHARP I'm doing ok, I don't keep spiders anymore though, it took too much of my time and I kind of lost interest, on the other hand, I started spearfishing instead, and have been doing that for some 6-7 years now, resulting in a healthier lifestyle. Apart from all the beer, of course.:-D
I don't remember how I found this place, probably through Google, in an attempt to figure out what happened to everyone after Zoklet went down. You wouldn't happen to have seen Morb around somewhere?
bring back morb and mandyThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
