could someone 'splain... Propane tank
Warriors, Noted today my empty grill propane tank had a "must be recertified" 12 years after born on dating of Apr 99. Simple cipherin' indicates I am in violation of Federal Statutes... the m...
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Double WOW????
For what it's worth, I make sure there is no propane left in my 20 pound tanks when I trash them. But anyone who thinks propane bottles actually explode like they do in the movies is not being realistic.
Now a landfill emits methane gas like crazy.
Those landfills that capture the methane easily run a half dozen internal combustion engines (connected to electrical generators) for 25 years or more on the methane that continues to come from the decaying old, old garbage. If a whisper of propane ever came out of one of my old tanks it would be insignificant beyond calculation.
Those landfills that have no "waste to energy" facilities let the methane percolate into the atmosphere, or maybe burn it off, neither of which is desirable in my mind. Same goes for composting my grass clippings. Just plain dumb, and harmful to the environment.
Waste to energy is the way to go. I have seen city parks and little league ball fields sitting on top of landfills that were constructed, operated and monitored properly. They also monitor the ground water.
But my propane tanks will not hurt any people or the environment.
For what it's worth, I make sure there is no propane left in my 20 pound tanks when I trash them. But anyone who thinks propane bottles actually explode like they do in the movies is not being realistic.
Now a landfill emits methane gas like crazy.
Those landfills that capture the methane easily run a half dozen internal combustion engines (connected to electrical generators) for 25 years or more on the methane that continues to come from the decaying old, old garbage. If a whisper of propane ever came out of one of my old tanks it would be insignificant beyond calculation.
Those landfills that have no "waste to energy" facilities let the methane percolate into the atmosphere, or maybe burn it off, neither of which is desirable in my mind. Same goes for composting my grass clippings. Just plain dumb, and harmful to the environment.
Waste to energy is the way to go. I have seen city parks and little league ball fields sitting on top of landfills that were constructed, operated and monitored properly. They also monitor the ground water.
But my propane tanks will not hurt any people or the environment.
