Dallas explosions

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(zenMachine @ Jul 26 2007, 03:16 PM) [snapback]485646[/snapback]</div>

This is why we should ban fossil fuels - they are so dangerous.

 

reminds me of the movie I, Robot - specifically the scene where whats-her-name says to will smith "This thing runs on gas? you know gas explodes, right?" completely ignoring the fact that, under the right conditions, virtually any energy storage medium will explode - like laptop batteries, for example

 

Here is actual information:

Gas tanks explode in Dallas.

"The explosions began around 9:30 a.m. when a connector used to join acetylene tanks during the filling process malfunctioned, Lavender said.

McMurry, a co-owner of the plant, and Bibb tried keeping the cylinders cool with a fire hose in the dock area but a fire ignited.

A trailer at the facility's dock area housed 100,000 cubic feet of acetylene gas in individual containers before the explosion, authorities said."