The US Naval Safety Center has an amusing story and photos to help explain why communication for safety sake needs to be clear.
They also have a page that shows the danger of gasoline. Biodiesel does not have the same issue, as it’s not classified as an explosive (no diamond necessary), but it’s still a fuel source and needs to be handled with care.
I found an obscure news story about a man who was recently killed in Idaho while welding a biodiesel tank. And then there was a biodiesel plant fire recently in California. While a lighter or even butane torch might not light up biodiesel, welding a tank full of oil or biodiesel seems like a really bad idea. Safety first.
I found this to be an odd comparison of harmful emissions:
It has been said that the Toyota Hybrid System produces less atmospheric pollution in 50,000 miles than a person painting a room using one gallon of house paint
Said by whom? This makes me feel better about not painting.
Based on information available online from World Resources Institute I have herein pictorially compared the alcohol consumption of Western Industrialized Nations to their consumption of gasoline.
In descending order from the largest amount of alcohol consumed to the least amount they are…
And like any good statistician, the author comes to a wildly speculative (albeit humorous) conclusion about the symptoms:
Americans should take a cue from our neighbors across the lake and spend less time white-knuckling a steering wheel and more time cradling a pint.
Biodiesel has Hollywood backers like actress Julia Roberts and Morgan Freeman, is sung about by country star Willie Nelson but also meets the political correctness of the American right wing which has made the campaign against imported oil a mantra. “It’s better for the engine, way better for the environment, it’s cheaper, but it depends how you price your labor,” said Dan Goodman, an entrepreneur in residence at the University of Maryland Business School who runs his Mercedes on biodiesel.
Good point Dan. How much for some BioDiesel made by Julia Roberts?
The US Naval Safety Center has an amusing story and photos to help explain why communication for safety sake needs to be clear.