[Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up?

[Black]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video...rsey-video

[Black]

Hmmm... could have done better on that subject line maybe...
What has 6 wheels and fries?

[Racer X]

Charlie Sheen lit one on fire once.

[mrlynn]

Increasing numbers of vehicles are powered by natural gas (and locomotives, too, are being tested). I wonder how likely this kind of explosion is.

/Mr Lynn

[OWC Jamie]

so are we advocating a knee-jerk reactive banning of natural gas or garbage this week ?


cool explosion !!

glad no one was hurt

[cbelt3]

mrlynn wrote:
Increasing numbers of vehicles are powered by natural gas (and locomotives, too, are being tested). I wonder how likely this kind of explosion is.

/Mr Lynn

CNG "Explosions" are FAE explosions. They require the fuel tank to be ruptured, a gas plume to exit, and then the cloud of gas to ignite. Otherwise you get a torch effect. I'd expect that this was a rare occurrence, but I also expect there will be a design review. The local transit authority uses CNG buses, but the tanks are on the roof.