why does the media do it?

[TLyttle]

Sure propane and natural gas can blow up, just as easily as gasoline. If you are looking for safety, diesel seems to be the least volatile, plus gives better FE. All one has to see is the results of a service station explosion to make one worry about just filling a vehicle, if you wish to take the paranoia to it's limits...

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Sure propane and natural gas can blow up, just as easily as gasoline. If you are looking for safety, diesel seems to be the least volatile, plus gives better FE. All one has to see is the results of a service station explosion to make one worry about just filling a vehicle, if you wish to take the paranoia to it's limits...

i've seen many car fires and never any explosions. except in the movies.

[nemelek]

Originally Posted by thebarber

seems to me that the news media loves to whip the american public into a frenzy....its ~630am and CNN is listing how many people live near some of the nuclear reactors in the US....

doesnt this whole thing (discussing shutting down reactors) seem like such a knee-jerk reaction to whats happening in japan?

however, i bet you couldnt go wrong right now buying some stock in radiation detectors....lol

The boy who cried wolf. Some day when there is real concern no one will pay attention. Just another over blown news article.

[TLyttle]

Clearly I am older than you frownonfun, so my opportunity to witness car explosions has been longer, and yes, I have seen cars explode; VERY exciting. The occurrence is less frequent now, due to more stringent regulations regarding fuel management. Biggest bangs are from nearly-empty fuel tanks.

A service station blast, however, is seldom limited to just a couple of vehicles!

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Clearly I am older than you frownonfun, so my opportunity to witness car explosions has been longer, and yes, I have seen cars explode; VERY exciting. The occurrence is less frequent now, due to more stringent regulations regarding fuel management. Biggest bangs are from nearly-empty fuel tanks.

A service station blast, however, is seldom limited to just a couple of vehicles!

Don't get me wrong I believe that cars sometimes blow up. Just because I haven't seen it happen doesn't mean I think that it can't. It would just seem like it's not something that happens often. I've seen many cars actually burned down to practically nothing without any kind of explosion.

And hey maybe it wouldn't happen that often with natural gas either if executed properly. Either way I'm not all that worried about it because really all I was ever suggesting was upping our usage of natural gas to produce power. If they wanna try to put it in cars and find they can do it in a relatively safe way then that's fine. Seems like we could come up with something better but it doesn't much matter to me. When it comes to car accidents I'm more worried about the collision itself than the aftermath.

But anyway I think I'm done with this thread because it seems like anything short of the Armageddon just isn't worthy of media coverage.

[Kal-El]

For a discussion on natural gas vehicles, I started this thread...

http://yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33788

This way, we can revert back on topic here.

[Freedan]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's all I have to say about this nuclear holocaust the Media is spewing.