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Gold/Mining/Energy : SOFC vrs PEM Fuel Cells (Debate Forum) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sleeperz who wrote (43)	7/9/1999 1:50:00 AM
From: blue_chip	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 79

So tell me what happens to compressed or liquified gas when the pressure drops, would a hole in a tank not cause the gas to decompress??? expand??? EXPLODE???? (assuming there is an ignition source - i.e. a spark)??? Your right, its not the Hindenburg, its the "Ballardburg". Sorry, but the United States is not shall I say the safest country in the world to live in, it has a very long history of terrorist attacks against both its citizens and its property, at home, and abroad. Seriously though, I would like to hear some honest and frank comments about what kind of explosion or force those tanks would create in either an accident, or possible terrorist act. I honestly would not want to step foot on one of those buses.

To: Sleeperz who wrote (43)	7/9/1999 2:03:00 AM
From: CH4	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 79

Are you a licenced gasfitter or apprentice? I guess you wouldn't mind sharing with us your qualifications. The idea of crispy critters is too stark of a reality for you, well imagine how the rescuers felt, the fresh smell of barbecued human meat wafting through the air Any gas exerts pressure in all directions. If this wasn't true your tire would be flat on one side. Try an experiment, take a kids balloon fill it full of pure hydrogen then place it above your stove element let it float up to the fan hood then turn your stove elements to simmer. Any fire requires only 3 things to work it is called a combustion triangle :- 1)Fuel...2)Source of Ignition...3)Air Just because the specific gravity of a gas is lighter than 1.0 that does not mean that when a gas explodes it only goes in one direction remember any gas exerts pressure in all directions. When a gas is compressed into a container you should be able to introduce a source of ignition into it and it won't catch on fire because the air part of the combustion triangle has been displaced from the container by the gas. Now go into the kitchen and stick a lit match into the balloon ... I hope your new fangled sensor can be wired to auto dial 911 and your phone doesn't melt because it's not made out of platinum.