[Tigers] BMW Gas (NOT Gasoline)

[Chris Thompson]

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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