Gas cars exploding from pumping gas. 500 gas cars catch fire annually

Stations: Some Facts, Some Statistics and Some Prevention Tips!

Gas stations are fire-prone areas, that’s a fact, there is no argument about it!

According to the National Fire Protection Association, every year more than 5000 gas station fires are reported in the US.

These fires cause plenty of damage.

Talking in numbers, on an average, gas station fires cause 48 civilian injuries, 2 civilian deaths, and $20 million in property damage every year.

What types of fires usually occur at gas stations?
The fire breakout patterns at gas stations have continuously varied across the years. There was a time when structure and outside fires were quite common at gas stations. Today, vehicle fires dominate.

Citing the NFPA’s Fires at US Service Stations report:

61% of gas station fire incidents involve vehicle fires;
27% are structure and outside fires;
And the remaining 12% are outside trash fires.

Go buy an EV

Oh, come on now!!!
2 deaths per year?!?

There are over 40,000(!?!) deaths per year from all motor vehicle accidents.

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https://www.nsc.org/in-the-newsroom/nsc-statement-on-new-cdc-data-showing-a-rise-in-accidental-death

And you are using the saving of 0.005% of these deaths to justify dumping all gas stations?

Though I think EV's are great (potentially, if their price EVER comes down so the masses can easily afford them).

Find another angle.
This one is beyond lame.
 
The slaughter of innocents by gunfire is constitutionally protected, almost encouraged, and in a polarized political environment, the constitution cannot be amended.
It's part of the insanity that is America today, and if we choose to keep America, we're keeping the gun mayhem as well. Learn to fucking duck, folks.

As for electric cars, it's our own failure to control the human population that's making them necessary.


I would hate to be a young American today.
Their only prospects other than dystopia are early deaths.
Maybe by gunfire, ironically.

One can only guess from what kind of shitholes the undocumented immigrants are coming if they're trying to come here.
I guess Denmark, the Netherlands, and other actually civilized places are just out of reach for them.
You know that their next move is Canada if they can pull it off.
It will just take them a while to figure it out.

Europe has its own share of illegal migrants as well, except that theirs come via boat across the Mediterranean or via land from the middle east. I suppose if you live in a place where cartels or gangs or tinpot despots regularly shoot ppl, living in the U.S. sounds less violent.
 
Stations: Some Facts, Some Statistics and Some Prevention Tips!

Gas stations are fire-prone areas, that’s a fact, there is no argument about it!

According to the National Fire Protection Association, every year more than 5000 gas station fires are reported in the US.

These fires cause plenty of damage.

Talking in numbers, on an average, gas station fires cause 48 civilian injuries, 2 civilian deaths, and $20 million in property damage every year.

What types of fires usually occur at gas stations?
The fire breakout patterns at gas stations have continuously varied across the years. There was a time when structure and outside fires were quite common at gas stations. Today, vehicle fires dominate.

Citing the NFPA’s Fires at US Service Stations report:

61% of gas station fire incidents involve vehicle fires;
27% are structure and outside fires;
And the remaining 12% are outside trash fires.

Go buy an EV

No don't
 
Oh, come on now!!!
2 deaths per year?!?

There are over 40,000(!?!) deaths per year from all motor vehicle accidents.

table.png

https://www.nsc.org/in-the-newsroom/nsc-statement-on-new-cdc-data-showing-a-rise-in-accidental-death

And you are using the saving of 0.005% of these deaths to justify dumping all gas stations?

Though I think EV's are great (potentially, if their price EVER comes down so the masses can easily afford them).

Find another angle.
This one is beyond lame.

The green crowd is completely off their nut.
 
Wrong! A car-type lead-acid battery will simply stop working.

You should tell your theory of magical batteries to the car makers. They include fuses in cars to avoid shorts. You realize that magic means shorts are not possible.

It produces only 12 VDC, which is insufficient to do anything like spark in water. In fact, it's quite harmless.

You should test out your theory with a car battery and a bucket of water. The whole point of a car battery is to create sparks. Anyone who has brought jump cables too close to each other knows that it sparks.

I really do not know what to say beyond that.

You need at least 28 VAC--Not DC--to even have enough voltage to shock someone.

I have a masters degree in Computer Engineering, a subset of Electrical Engineering. I could waste hours of my time explaining how you do not know what AC and DC is, but it would be a waste of time.


You can easily put out a gasoline or fossil fuel fire on water with a water fog.

Gasoline fires are incredibly difficult to put out.
 
Nah. Fire departments will typically just put lots of water on whatever's burning. They don't care about necessarily saving what is burning, they are just trying to stop anything else from burning with it.

One of the worst ideas ever with a gasoline fire. Night does not believe this, but oil and water do not mix. Gasoline (a specific type of oil) floats, so if you pour huge amounts of water onto a car fire, it will spread the burning gasoline around, which will spread the fire.

Cars don't have enough fuel on board to bother with foam.

You know how proud you are that gasoline cars have longer ranges than battery cars... That is because they have far more energy that will be released in a fire. Just a thought to think about.
 
You should tell your theory of magical batteries to the car makers.
Since you consider a battery magical, you obviously have no idea how a battery works.
They include fuses in cars to avoid shorts.
Battery packs do not have fuses in them. Lead-acid batteries have no fuses in them either.
You realize that magic means shorts are not possible.
Shorts are possible.
You should test out your theory with a car battery and a bucket of water.
No need. Indeed, washing sulfate deposits from a car battery is done by rinsing it with water. You can do this while the battery is in the car.
The whole point of a car battery is to create sparks.
WRONG. The whole point of a car battery is to run the starter. Once the engine is running, the battery is no longer providing power for anything. It is being recharged instead.
Anyone who has brought jump cables too close to each other knows that it sparks.
You can cause an explosion that way. Be careful, dumbshit.
I really do not know what to say beyond that.
You've said quite enough for me to know how little you understand anything about battery technology, electrical circuits, or battery ignition systems.
I have a masters degree in Computer Engineering, a subset of Electrical Engineering.
I don't believe you. You have demonstrated otherwise. You are functionally illiterate in battery technology, electrical circuits, or battery ignition systems. You are also illiterate in computers and information science.
I could waste hours of my time explaining how you do not know what AC and DC is, but it would be a waste of time.
You cannot teach what you do not know.
Gasoline fires are incredibly difficult to put out.
Nah. Pyrotechnicians put out gasoline fires with plain old water. It's why we load a dragon's breath device with water first, than gasoline on top of it. When the device fires, the water pushes the gasoline out of the device and the flame piercing the water mist ignites the gasoline (now atomized). Most of the gasoline burns, but some reaches the ground. The water coming after the gasoline puts it out, limiting or eliminating unwanted ground fires spreading from the device. The result is a spectacular fireball and very little if any ground fires.

Fire departments will put out class B fires using a water based foam. The purpose of the foam is to prevent the water from flowing, which would spread the fire, not put it out. After the fire is out, the foam deteriorates on it's own. The mixture does cause corrosion though, so for expensive stuff like aircraft, carbon dioxide is the preferred method. Either method puts out a class B fire pretty quick. The water fog that T.A. Gardner mentioned is another very effective method.
 
One of the worst ideas ever with a gasoline fire. Night does not believe this, but oil and water do not mix.
You obviously are unfamiliar with a detergent like Dawn dishwashing liquid. Guess how Dawn 'takes the grease out of the way'?
Gasoline (a specific type of oil) floats, so if you pour huge amounts of water onto a car fire, it will spread the burning gasoline around, which will spread the fire.
Not necessarily. If the gasoline is already spread around, it won't spread it any further.
You know how proud you are that gasoline cars have longer ranges than battery cars... That is because they have far more energy that will be released in a fire. Just a thought to think about.
So NOW you say that EVs don't have as long a range as gasoline cars. I guess you want to contradict yourself. Paradox. Irrational.
Gasoline cars don't just start a fire while parked in a parking lot. EV's do.

Even in an accident, it's pretty rare for a gasoline fire to start.

If a gasoline car is flooded (or even floats away down a river or into a lake!), no fire will start. An EV will catch on fire.
 
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