Today Tonight Exploding Petrol Stations

[Kissing Lettuce]

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

 

[Daran Murphy]

does this mean we must all get naked to fill up with fuel???



"Kissing Lettuce" <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:42CA1FD4.7822E5E9@internode.on.net...

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

 

[gyro]

Daran Murphy wrote:

does this mean we must all get naked to fill up with fuel???



Only the women.

 

[S Roby]

In article <42CA1FD4.7822E5E9@internode.on.net>, Ilovehotchocolatewithadobofcoldmilk@hotmail.com wrote:

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

I quite often take a very dangerous device into service stations.
It has 6 special units whose sole porpose is to create sparks.
It has a very high current battery & alot of wiring, much more dangerous than
any cellphone battery.
Sparks can come out of the end of it, especially if it misfires.
It hold 10 gallons of highly flamable liquid.
& when I get out of It I get a spark from a build up of static from bum on
seat.

Surely such a dangerous device is more of a danger to petrol stations than
cellphones etc & should be banned.

 

[RB]

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

Didn't ACA run this story last night, or is it tonight?
They also featured it as an "Exclusive" I believe.

 

[David L. Jones]

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

They don't just watch it, they have the rights to it. They claimed it's
the "Channel 7 Mythbusters" this time and re-ran all the Mythbusters
footage.
Loved the host saying "static causes even more explosions than mobile
phones" at the start, and then the segment goes on to say mobile phone
don't do anything.
ROFL!

Dave

 

[RodP]

In article <Atrye.12964$U4.1567701@news.xtra.co.nz>,
S Roby says...

It has 6 special units whose sole porpose is to create sparks.
It has a very high current battery & alot of wiring, much more dangerous than
any cellphone battery.
Sparks can come out of the end of it, especially if it misfires.
It hold 10 gallons of highly flamable liquid.
& when I get out of It I get a spark from a build up of static from bum on
seat.

Mine has 8 special units.

Cheers,
Rod.

 

[Matthew(He Who Walks Behi]

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 07:32:50 GMT, email@gooble.gooble (S Roby) wrote:

I quite often take a very dangerous device into service stations.

Children?

 

[bruce varley]

Kissing Lettuce <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:42CA1FD4.7822E5E9@internode.on.net...

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

As anyone who's worked in the hydrocarbon industries will know, all this

stems from the regulatory framework that's involved. In order to get
insurance, a company needs to comply with the CENELEC, or SAA (ergo CENELEC
rebadged), or whatever standards. These standards define various levels of
hazard, depending on, amongst other things, the probability of flammable
vapour mixtures being present. A petrol tank being filled turns out to be
something around 'Zone II', or maybe 'Zone I' very close to the fill point.
Within both those areas, electrical devices or other potential sources of
ignition are subject to some degree of restriction. Whether they can really
cause a bang is irrelevant, it's the rules.

Yes, given the right conditions a static electricity spark could cause an
explosion while you're filling your tank. The risk is a lot lower than that
of having a fatal prang on leaving the station. And you could smash your
cellphone with a hammer a foot from your fuel tank filler and most likely
get away with it 9999 times out of 10000. But rules are rules ........

Something I've never followed through, does anyone know what the legal
basis is behind hazardous area standards??

 

[Allan]

"RodP" <rodp@hotmail.com.nothere> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d34f551134dee2f9899eb@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

In article <Atrye.12964$U4.1567701@news.xtra.co.nz>,
S Roby says...

It has 6 special units whose sole porpose is to create sparks.
It has a very high current battery & alot of wiring, much more dangerous
than
any cellphone battery.
Sparks can come out of the end of it, especially if it misfires.
It hold 10 gallons of highly flamable liquid.
& when I get out of It I get a spark from a build up of static from bum
on
seat.

Mine has 8 special units.

Cheers,
Rod.

Mine has 4, and a turbine on it to suck in the cold air real quick...:>

Helps to put out the fire....

 

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

Seems likely. Also, surprise, surprise, ACA and ray dickweed did
exactly the same story, using the exact same yank video clips. A couple
of years ago it was the same ray dickweed who "exposed" the danger of
using cell phnes at servos.

 

[Charles]

"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1120552684.357971.250220@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Loved the host saying "static causes even more explosions than mobile
phones" at the start, and then the segment goes on to say mobile phone
don't do anything.
ROFL!

Yeah exactly..what an idiot!

And later on in another story they were whining about the Americanisms
creaping into our language and their stupid reporter in the exploding servo
story referred to "gassing up" a car (i.e. filling it with petrol)

Geez I wish I hadn't been too involved to stop assembling my computer, walk
into the other room and change the channel to something sensible like SBS
news.

Charles
--
If some days are diamonds & some days are stone --
Then some days I live in a quarry!!

 

[nva]

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:21:16 +0930, Kissing Lettuce wrote:

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how static electricity on your
clothing can cause a petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

I got up five minutes into the segment. I don't watch TT at the best of
times due to the rampant stupidity, but tonight it took the cake.

 

The only person at risk of catching fire at a servo is Naomi with all
that fucking hair spray she wears.

Next week they are having a story about full-strength beer being more
prone to ignite due to its high alcohol content

 

[ferret]

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

Maybe its seven dream to put a Mythbusters segment into
every show it screens.

Their advertising Mythbusters more than SBS !

 

[Krull]

Kissing Lettuce wrote:

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Don't you mean "A Current Affair" ? Or, don't tell me, TT ran
the same story as well? Wouldn't surprise me.

 

[David L. Jones]

bruce varley wrote:

Kissing Lettuce <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:42CA1FD4.7822E5E9@internode.on.net...
OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

Have they been watching Mythbusters?

As anyone who's worked in the hydrocarbon industries will know, all this
stems from the regulatory framework that's involved. In order to get
insurance, a company needs to comply with the CENELEC, or SAA (ergo CENELEC
rebadged), or whatever standards. These standards define various levels of
hazard, depending on, amongst other things, the probability of flammable
vapour mixtures being present. A petrol tank being filled turns out to be
something around 'Zone II', or maybe 'Zone I' very close to the fill point.
Within both those areas, electrical devices or other potential sources of
ignition are subject to some degree of restriction. Whether they can really
cause a bang is irrelevant, it's the rules.

Yes, given the right conditions a static electricity spark could cause an
explosion while you're filling your tank. The risk is a lot lower than that
of having a fatal prang on leaving the station. And you could smash your
cellphone with a hammer a foot from your fuel tank filler and most likely
get away with it 9999 times out of 10000. But rules are rules ........

If I remember rightly, on the Mythbusters episode they interviewed some
head guy from the US petroleum association or some such who
investigates all these things. He said there are at least a couple of
incidents a year where fires start at gas pumps due to static
electricity. Zero due to mobile phones of course.
A pretty low number sure, but it does happen.

Dave

 

It was TT. Didn't watch it, but kept hearing promos for it on radio,
whilst at the petrol station.

Must soon gave another "cure-all" bottled water segment lined up.

 

[F1refly]

"gyro" <gyro@world.com> wrote in message
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Daran Murphy wrote:
does this mean we must all get naked to fill up with fuel???



Only the women.

Only the hot women!

 

[F1refly]

"Kissing Lettuce" <sittingbythepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:42CA1FD4.7822E5E9@internode.on.net...

OMG Who told them about this?

Tonight on TT they are running a story on how
static electricity on your clothing can cause a
petrol pump at a petrol station to blow up....

It was on ACA as well for some reason. I liked some of their facts. "Most of

the time the static electricity is caused when you get into your car while
refuelling". Yes, might be true in the USA but in Australia they take off
the little latch that allows you to leave the nozzle unattended. In
Australia you have to keep your hand on the nozzle or jam your petrol cap
under the lever. The problem with that is the petrol cap isn't big enough
and it reduces the fuel flow.

They also said Australians fill up 9 billion times a year yet, with the
exception of one clip from WA, all of the clips were from overseas. Even the
one in WA was nothing to do with clothing. The fire was caused by static
buildup on the tarpaulin covering the back of the ute.

Despite the fact that we fill up 9 billion times a year they didn't cite
even one example of it actually happening.

MYTH BUSTED!