I feel this should be EE, but I'd probably get shouted at.

Interesting potential (pun what pun?) debate on Design Spark concerning the=
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subject line.

Not much actually debate as yet, mainly people not answering the topic=20
but...

http://www.designspark.com/content/will-my-mobile-phone-blow-petrol-station

There doesn't seem to be easily findable authoritive works on the interweb,=
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a lot of just repeating received wisdom.

There is this from the Australian Mobile Telecomms Association.

http://littleurl.info/1ax

and this from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, but they are talking=
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about mobile phones exploding due to fumes and static electricity rather=20
than petrol stations exploding due to phones.

http://www.esdjournal.com/static/Static_Fires.pdf

There is this from a research piece by Kent University UK,=20

http://littleurl.info/yav

Personally I ignore programs such as featured in the YouTube embeddedment=20
(new verb) for absolute truth, but as a catalyst for further research, they=
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can be OK.=20

More comment by me in OT.


Colin

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