On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 12:59:21 +1000, you wrote:

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>1.Why are they all standing there with their phones to their ears ringing=
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>the hopefully exploding caravan, what do they expect to hear?
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>2. We have no proof that the caravan is full of petrol vapour, and surely =
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>breathing or face mask might be required when entering the caravan due to=
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>alleged vapour concentration in the space shown.
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>3. Discharging static electricity into a rather long wire which is=20
>connected at the other end to what????? is going to ignite the fuel?
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>I have many doubts about the scientific rigor of the experiment.

Many (most)  things on Brainiac are blatantly  fake. Not seen it for a whil=
e but two things that
come to mind are a visible charge on the end of wires in a supposedly self-=
combusting microwave
oven, and flames from an exploding CO2 fire extinquisher

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