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Re: [Tigers] BMW Gas (NOT Gasoline)

To: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] BMW Gas (NOT Gasoline)
From: Chris Thompson <chris@cthompson.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:31:00 -0400
An acquaintance  of mine who is a big-shot at one of the leading 
gas-supplying companies has been buying up all the methane resources 
around the world he can for years now.  It's such a cheap resource, it's 
normally burned off as waste.  They are convinced that methane, not 
hydrogen, will fill that sector void...

Chris

Steve Laifman wrote:
> Scott,
>
> Discovery Channel, Myth Busters, claims that their extreme test would 
> NOT ignite even when highly combustible thermite was over-loaded into 
> the aluminum paint.
>
> That may be "common wisdom", but a reading of the referenced article, 
> concluded that massive amounts of the pyrotechnic THERMITE, might have 
> been a contributer, but the actual paint did not contain THERMITE.
>
> The hydrogen did burn when air was present.  There were reports of some 
> gas bags leaking into the interior spaces, mixing with the air.  There 
> might have been a static electricity discharge in the aft end of the 
> interior, which would burn from rear to front.
>
> http://www.powerset.com/explore/semhtml/LZ_129_Hindenburg?query=Hindenburg
>
> I was a day when the air was charged with static electricity, and the landing 
>cables were conductive.
>
> Food for thought, and it has been since May, 1937.
>
> Steve
>
> ___
> Steve Laifman
> Editor - TigersUnited.com
>
>
>
> Scott Hutchinson wrote:
>   
>> I think the common wisdom is now that the silver nitrate (could have the 
>exact compound wrong) in the fabric covering of the Hindenberg was what caused 
>the fire and not the Hydrogen. 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Scott Hutchinson
>> Director of Operations
>> Netjets Large Aircraft
>>     
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