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On Jul 21, 6:41 am, Caesar Romano wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:14 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote Re Transporting 20 gallons of
gas in your trunk and storing in your back yard in the open air
question:

I wouldn't want my neighbor to put twenty gallons along my fence.
Especially if it is within 100 feet of any structures of mine. **it does
happen. He may be a royal PITA, but he does have somewhat of a point. And
you have to live next door to him. I also personally wouldn't carry that
much gas in the trunk. Too many idiots on the road, and if they rear-end
you, it's going to be nasty. Or there's just a spark from the lights

+1 on that.

-1 on that.

It's been PROVEN time and again that those "gasoline explosions" you
see in movies are not realistic. They are staged using pyrotechnics.

The expose of Dateline NBC's "expose" of the 73-87 GM truck tanks is a
classic example.

In a collision that breaches the fuel tank, the fuel dribbles out on
the ground and nothing happens. The fumes are too concentrated to
ignite, and they quickly dissipate to where there aren't enough fumes
to ignite.

reply: Well, folks, that's it. mkirsch1 has said it, so it must be so.
There has never been, nor will there ever be an accident where gasoline
being transported has ignited during a crash.

In case you did not read the post, I was not talking about pyrotechnic
gasoline explosions, but the ignition of gasoline vapors during a vehicle
crash.

But, like you said, that never, ever, happens.

Steve

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