Re: Extra Gas cans ?

[andy quaas <realsquash@yahoo.com>]

This is true, so one should keep his can full or empty.  Make a point
of guarding the gas can from impact areas.  A can of vaporized gas
will not explode even if you throw a match into it.  The reason? 
Because there is more gasoline than oxygen in the can.  But as soon as
you open it (or ram into it with a car, etc.) you allow enough oxygen
near the gas vapors to make a perfectly combustible mixture (i.e. run
like mad).

Ever wonder why all new vehicles with an in-tank electric fuel pump
never explode?  This is why.  Just a little nfo

Andy Q

---"Rick Bacon, Site Manager" <camp6museum@wa.net> wrote:
>
> Fuel For Thought...
> 
> 1 cup 87 octane gas vaporized inside a 5 gallon GI gas can will equate
> to the energy stored in several sticks of TNT.  Got Spark... Get
BOOM !
> Get Smart ... leave at home.
> 
> Military experimentation in this area has resulted in above statement.
> I.E.: jeep w/gas can involved in rear-ender. Explosion flipped jeep,
> killed driver and passenger also blew front end off civilian car that
> hit jeep. Driver & passenger were soldiers that worked for me. You do
> not want to try and explain this kind of thing to next-of-kin.
> 
> Remember SAFETY FIRST, then have FUN !
> 
> Rick Bacon
> Tacoma, WA
> 
> PS: Note that on average a speeder is about the same size of the M151
> military jeep and offers about the same amount of
protection......NONE !
> 
> 

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