In article , I, Don Klipstein wrote:
In , J. Zappacosta said in part:

How to make a soda bottle explode (slow motion):
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/991622...eps_on_how_to/

Why is it so popularly mentioned on the web how to blow up soda bottles
with caustic chemicals? (This is far from the first time I have heard on
the web and in Usenet how to do that with caustic chemicals of one sort or
another.)

If someone has to make a big bang and maybe attract attention of the
police, would it not be more wise to use something not so caustic, such as
vinegar and chalk, or better still water and a bunch of Alka-Seltzer
tablets, or a long hose and an air compressor or a long hose and a bicycle
pump made to achieve higher pressures used in road bikes and track bikes?
Get someone good and strong to operate the bike pump if much more than 150
PSI is needed to get the cars coming in with red and blue flashing lights?

Maybe I was a bit premature - other links in the article that I
responded to did show soda bottles being blown up by an air compressor
and apparently also by a bike pump.

- Don Klipstein )