Steve wrote:
> Pooh Bear wrote:
>
> >
> > Bret Ludwig wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Pooh Bear wrote:
> >><<snip>>
> >>
> >>>I thought trying to extinguish a gasoline fire with water wasn't too
clever in the
> >>>first place !
> >>>
> >>>Doesn't methanol also burn 'invisibly' too ?
> >>
> >> Gasoline, bad idea. Alcohols, water works great because they are
> >>aggressively hygroscopic.
> >
> >
> > Indeed. I thought as much. Don't understand where the previous poster
got their ideas.
> >
> > Just the usual Usenet random noise I guess ?
> >
> > Graham
>
> No, you just misread. Bret was also the "previous" poster, and what he
> said was consistent both times. What he was saying was that since E85
> still has SOME gasoline in it, using water to extinguish it doesn't work
> much better than trying to put out gasoline with water. If it were PURE
> ethanol (or methanol) then water would put it out.
>
> Personally, I'd rather be able to SEE the fire and aim my dry-chem at it
> instead of having to spray water at something I can't see, and can't
> tell if it is or isn't fully extinguished.
Check out hydrogen flames. Yet another nail in the coffin of the 'hydrogen
economy'.
Graham
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