mondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThere's 3000 cars on fire in the North Sealemmy.mlimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1253arrow-down1imageThere's 3000 cars on fire in the North Sealemmy.mlmondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square90fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCegorach@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agogood luck doing it with a burning gas powered car!
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minus-squareCegorach@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agothat’s the fun thing - unless you remove every last drop, emptying the gas tank makes it MORE dangerous, not less. liquid gas in enclosed containers is actually pretty harmless. But leaking fluids mixtures of gas and air are explosive.
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf they’re brand new cars they shouldn’t have gas in them yet. All of the final touches are done after they unload them at port.
minus-squareCegorach@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agohow do you think those cars were loaded into the ship? by crane?
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFuel and other hydrocarbons float on water, which makes them very difficult to extinguish.
minus-squareCegorach@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoand a burning car is a whole lot of burning material it’s not a tiny piece of wood - in many cases you’ll detect it first, when there’s actually a whole lot and flames/smoke escaping from the car.
good luck doing it with a burning gas powered car!
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that’s the fun thing - unless you remove every last drop, emptying the gas tank makes it MORE dangerous, not less.
liquid gas in enclosed containers is actually pretty harmless. But leaking fluids mixtures of gas and air are explosive.
If they’re brand new cars they shouldn’t have gas in them yet. All of the final touches are done after they unload them at port.
how do you think those cars were loaded into the ship? by crane?
Duh?
Fuel and other hydrocarbons float on water, which makes them very difficult to extinguish.
and a burning car is a whole lot of burning material
it’s not a tiny piece of wood - in many cases you’ll detect it first, when there’s actually a whole lot and flames/smoke escaping from the car.