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To: chajin

As opposed to propane being piped directly into your house?

Or a 500 gallon propane tank sitting right in your backyard on your home out in the country?


11 posted on 01/22/2021 12:02:12 PM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: chaosagent

My propane tank is 150 ft away from my house, just saying.


12 posted on 01/22/2021 12:05:12 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: chaosagent

“Or a 500 gallon propane tank sitting right in your backyard on your home out in the country?”

A 500 gallon propane tank will not blow up. It will likely rupture or the blow off valve will open spewing LPG into the air which will create one hell of a fire.

For it to blow up it needs to be mixed with O2.

A few years ago there was a garage fire that held two 20 lb propane tanks. They did not blow up.

I regularly use these small disposable propane tanks (like those for small grilles) for target practice. I also shoot at MAP gas bottles and diesel engine starting fluid cans. They do not blow up or catch fire. They rapidly vent.

I suspect likewise for hydrogen. The Hindenburg did not blow up, as the gas mixed with oxygen it rapidly burned.


32 posted on 01/22/2021 2:32:36 PM PST by redfreedom (Member of Agent Orange Health Club Since 1969)
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