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

[Henri Naths]

Hi Ronald
Please read my post carefully.
Thank you
Henri

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On 2012-03-19, at 4:58 AM, Ronald Hongsermeier <rwhongser at web.de> wrote:

> Dear Henri,
> 
> Please carefully read the articles at snopes.com
> 
> What you are talking about is an urban legend. If someone cannot under experimental conditions where they are actually trying to ignite gasoline with a cell phone succeed in this attempt, why does the error persist that you can do it by mistake?
> 
> http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp
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> http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/static.asp
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> Also, excuse me, but what motivation does a fuel multi have by supposedly covering something like this up? If it was simply true, it wouldn't harm either their business nor their profit margin. (The person using the phone is the responsible one) Same thing with the mobile phone companies. And with most service providers providing flat-rates, they aren't even motivated to get more people to call by having everybody talking on their phone whilst filling 'er up. Oh, I get it, phone users don't want to be inhibited in their use of the cell phone while tanking. So they're covering up the danger. Now I get it. Not.
> 
> Let's talk about producers and related issues here, this myth has been floating around, unsupported by facts, since 1999.
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> Ronald von Almostninedollardieselland
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> 
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> On 19.03.2012 06:19, Henri Naths wrote:
>> Hi Mark , Tom and all
>> Your right Mark 150 deaths that may or may not be caused cell phones is not a problem for the oil companies. If you look at the billions of gallons of gasoline sold in that time period and take a wild guess at the stats it could be in the neighborhood of .0000001% . Not a problem. But if it's you or your wife and kids in that small insignificant % than its a huge problem. Just saying.
>> Henri
>> Any statisticians want weigh in ?
>>