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Hot Gas equals Blast

2006 Reader Submission
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Because the gas tax on small propane tanks for home stove use is cheaper than the tax for auto propane, fuel station owners in Poland often illegally shunt gas from the smaller tanks into those for auto fuel-ups.

Our hero had already been caught and fined two months earlier for this practice in Rypin. So in order to hide his illegal activity, he continued to practice his illicit transfers hidden by the darkness of night.

On this one particular night, the January chill was at –10 degrees centigrade or 14 degrees Fahrenheit. The problem with propane gas is that the colder it is the slower it transfers. Not wishing to dally for fear of being seen, our hero used his brain. One could assume this was his first mistake. During the summer the gas transfers quit quickly. So it was a simple matter to come too the bright idea of heating up the smaller propane bottle. A brisk fire should do the trick. It did. That was his second mistake.

The expanding gas rushed from the smaller tank through the shunt into the larger tank. That is until the pressure was too much breaching the tank, or bursting the transfer hose. Who knows what the last thing that went through this fool’s mind, that this was a foolish thing to have done or shrapnel from the tank? The resulting explosion not only removed our hero from the gene pool but apparently also his auto fueling station.

Luckily no one else was hurt even thought there was minor property damage to the neighbors. The resulting fire did take several hours to extinguish.

Submitted on 02/07/2006

Submitted by: Tony
Reference: http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1229

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
A better translation/write-up of a story currently in the slush pile. What say ye, Darwin?

Jack said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I agree. This is the translation/submission that upgrades the story of the "Greedy fuel station owner" to a full DA. Thanks, Tony!

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