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Gold/Mining/Energy : Strictly: Drilling and oil-field services
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To: Tommaso who wrote (75398)10/3/2000 10:03:04 AM
From: Think4Yourself  Read Replies (2) of 95453
 
An accident involving compressed NG would be MUCH worse than an accident involving gasoline. In the case of gasoline only the gasses in the tank are potentially explosive. As the small amount of gasses dissipate they rapidly lose their explosive power.

Compressed NG would create an explosive cloud around the ruptured tank. The cloud of explosive gasses would grow as the tank emptied into the atmosphere. If the gasses ignited before the tank emptied, the tank itself could easily act as a bomb.

Of course you can always be burned to death by gasoline soaked clothing, if there is a spark.

I think the long term solution will not involve storing anything explosive. Hydrogen will be created on demand, probably from an inert storage device or relatively safe compound (like gasoline). The storage device could be safely recharged by consumers, possibly from a NG pipeline or (less likely) by electricity.
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