[Gasification] Fwd: For Your Safety from Shell Oil Company - THIS IS NOT A JOKE! Clash of technologies.

[Rolf Uhle]

In Europe, many filling stations already suck the fumes at the tank's opening 
and recondense them or whatever.
Most stations are going to be converted in a near future, I heared.

Rolf




Am Sonntag, 18. März 2012 08:34:32 schrieb Thomas Reed:
> > Dear EVERYONE OWNING A CELL PHONE!
> >
> > (I presume this will reach thousands of people.  If each of you sends the
> > warning to your friends, it will reach millions, and third round could
> > reach more billions than there are on earth!
> 
> WHEN YOU FILL A FIFTEEN GALLON FUEL TANK, FIFTEEN GALLONS OF HIGHLY
>  COMBUSTIBLE GASOLINE POUR OUT ON YOU AND THE GROUND.
> 
> > READ THE WARNING below from my friend Michele LeJeune, and KEEP YOUR CELL
> > PHONE AWAY FROM HYDROCARBON FUMES WHEN REFUELING YOUR CAR!
> >
> > Pass it on to your lists of friends and we will save thousands of lives!
> >
> > Thomas B Reed
> > The Biomass Energy Foundation
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >> From: Michele Lejeune <lotsokittycats at gmail.com>
> >> Date: March 17, 2012 11:58:42 PM EDT
> >> To: Michele Lejeune <lotsokittycats at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: For Your Safety from Shell Oil Company - THIS IS NOT A JOKE!
> >>
> >> AGAIN!  THIS IS NOT A JOKE!
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Ilse Falkenburger <sathya108 at yahoo.com>
> >> Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM
> >> Subject: Fw: For Your Safety from Shell Oil Company
> >> To: sathya108 at sbcglobal.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> KEEP THIS IN MIND WHEN THOSE 'REALLY IMPORTANT' PHONE CALLS COME IN!!
> >>
> >> Warning From Shell Oil Company
> >>
> >> Please send this information to ALL your family & friends, especially
> >> those who have kids in the car with them while pumping gas. If this were
> >> to happen, they may not be able to get the children out of their car in
> >> time to save them.
> >>
> >> MUST READ, EVEN IF YOU DON'T OWN A CAR.
> >>
> >> Shell Oil Comments - A MUST READ!
> >>
> >> Safety Alert!
> >> Here are some reasons why we don't allow cell phones in operating areas,
> >> propylene oxide  handling and storage area, propane, gas and diesel
> >> refueling areas.
> >>
> >> The Shell Oil Company recently issued a warning after three incidents in
> >> which mobile phones (cell phones) ignited fumes during fueling
> >> operations
> >>
> >> In the first case , the phone was placed on the car's trunk lid during
> >> fueling; it rang and the ensuing fire destroyed the car and the gasoline
> >>  pump.
> >>
> >> In the second , an individual suffered severe burns to their face when
> >> fumes ignited as they answered a call while refueling their car!
> >>
> >> And in the third , an individual suffered burns to the thigh and groin
> >> as fumes ignited when the phone, which was in their pocket, rang while
> >> they were fueling their car.
> >>
> >> You should know that: Mobile Phones can ignite fuel or fumes.
> >>
> >> Mobile phones that light up when switched on or when they ring release
> >> enough energy to provide a spark for ignition.
> >>
> >> Mobile phones should not be used in filling stations, or when fueling
> >> lawn mowers, boat, etc.
> >>
> >> Mobile  phones should not be used, or should be turned off, around other
> >> materials that generate flammable or explosive fumes or dust, (I.e.,
> >> solvents, chemicals, gases, grain dust, etc...)
> >>
> >> TO sum it up, here are the Four Rules for Safe Refueling:
> >>
> >> 1) Turn off engine
> >> 2) Don't smoke
> >> 3) Don't use your cell phone - leave it inside the vehicle or turn it
> >> off 4) Don't re-enter your vehicle during  fueling .
> >>
> >> Bob Renkes of Petroleum Equipment Institute is working on a campaign to
> >> try and make people aware of fires as a result of 'static electricity'
> >> at gas pumps. His company has researched 150 cases of these fires.
> >>
> >> His results were very surprising:
> >>
> >> 1) Out of 150 cases, almost all of them were women .
> >>
> >> 2) Almost all cases involved the person getting back in their vehicle
> >> while the nozzle was still pumping gas. When finished, they went back to
> >> pull the nozzle out and the fire started, as a result of static.
> >>
> >> 3) Most had on rubber-soled shoes.
> >>
> >> 4) Most men never get back in their vehicle until completely finished.
> >> This is why they are seldom involved in these types of fires.
> >>
> >> 5) Don't ever  use cell phones when pumping gas
> >>
> >> 6) It is the vapors that come out of the gas that cause the fire, when
> >> connected with static charges.
> >>
> >> 7) There were 29 fires where the vehicle was re-entered and the nozzle
> >> was touched during refueling from a variety of makes and models. Some
> >> resulted in extensive damage to the vehicle, to the station, and to the
> >> customer.
> >>
> >> 8) Seventeen fires occurred before, during or immediately after the gas
> >> cap was removed and before fueling began.
> >>
> >> Mr. Renkes stresses to NEVER get back into your vehicle while filling it
> >> with gas. If you absolutely HAVE to get in your vehicle while the gas is
> >> pumping, make sure you get out, close the door TOUCHING THE METAL,
> >> before you ever pull the nozzle out. This way the static from your body
> >> will be discharged before you ever remove the nozzle.
> >>
> >> As I  mentioned earlier, The Petroleum Equipment Institute, along with
> >> several other companies now, are really trying to make the public aware
> >> of this danger.
> >>
> >> I ask you to please send this information to ALL your family and
> >> friends, especially those who have kids in the car with them while
> >> pumping gas. If this were to happen to them, they may not be able to get
> >> the children out in time. Thanks for passing this along.
>