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[Fyron]

Tbontob, then you did not get my point. I never said hydrogen was safe, I always said it was not any more dangerous than other explosive gases/liquids.

[Narrew]

Hey!!! Pull my finger ...I will let you decide if it is dangerous or not

[tbontob]

No Fyron, what you did say and I quote:

"Oh no, it will release hydrogen and water will form! Not that! Hydrogen is nowhere near as dangerous as people make it out to be. The Hindenburg and other dirigibles created a very bad impression in the public's eye about hydrogen power..."

There is no mention of other gases. That came later when you tried to shift the topic to make it appear you were right.

[Fyron]

Ever heard of the term hyperbole? Overstatement/exaggeration for effect?

I did not ever attempt to shift the topic, I went along with the flow of conversation.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Ever heard of the term hyperbole? Overstatement/exaggeration for effect?

I did not ever attempt to shift the topic, I went along with the flow of conversation.

Actually, I have heard of hyperbole. In fact, I would suggest I heard of it before you did.

And yes, you did shift it. There is no mention of other gases.

[Fyron]

Why are you so obsessed with the first post? The first post is not the entirety of the conversation, you know.

And no, I shifted nothing. There is plenty of mention of other gases, if you look at the entire conversation. The intial post was not the entirety.

Don't use any arrogant agism Tbontob. All that does is make you look foolish.

Since you know what a hyperbole is, you should be able to recognize that the post you are obsessing over was indeed a hyperbole. I exaggerated it to make a point. It was not written as an end-all, beat-all statement about hydrogen being perfectly safe. You seem to think it was, when it certainly was not.

[tbontob]

Not obsessed. It was a post you made which gave the impression that hydrogen is not very dangerous.

And trying to explain it away by saying it was hyperbole does not make it any less dangerous.

And trying to divert the topic by comparing it to other explosive gases doesn't make it any less dangerous.

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Why are you so obsessed with the first post? The first post is not the entirety of the conversation, you know.

He's not obsessing with the first post in this thread - if nothing else, that should be clear from the simple fact that he is discussing the dangers of hydrogen, which isn't even mentioned until the fourth reply to this thread.

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

And no, I shifted nothing. There is plenty of mention of other gases, if you look at the entire conversation. The intial post was not the entirety.

Actually, you did shift the conversation a bit: you were the first person in this thread to mention combustable gases other than Hydrogen. The other materials listed include: Oxygen (gaseous oxidizer under Standard Temperature and Pressure), carbon dioxide (non-flamable gas under STP), water (liqud under STP, non-flammable), and gasoline (Liquid under STP, flammable) [Edit]geckomlis mentioned a few others that I missed, all solids under STP[/Edit]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

Don't use any arrogant agism Tbontob. All that does is make you look foolish.

Since you know what a hyperbole is, you should be able to recognize that the post you are obsessing over was indeed a hyperbole. I exaggerated it to make a point. It was not written as an end-all, beat-all statement about hydrogen being perfectly safe. You seem to think it was, when it certainly was not.

Funny - I more read Tbontob's Posts as him taking exception to you making fun of Pheonix-D's response that worse things could have happened in Tesco's area than some cut phone lines.

And actually, it would be a relatively simple matter for a broken hydrogen pipeline to cause some serious problems - all it would take is for the Hydrogen to diffuse into the air slightly before encountering a source of ignition.

Besides, even if it just causes a fire, accidental fires usually cause more serious problems for people than broken phone lines usually do.

[ June 01, 2003, 00:56: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

[Phoenix-D]

Can we pretend I never mentioned hydrogen please?

[tesco samoa]

thank goodness the lines were only cut for one day.