Posted on 05/13/2021 7:22:21 AM PDT by cann
Officials are warning people not to pour gasoline into plastic bags amid panic over a shortage of gas in southeastern states. The shortage comes after a massive hack of Colonial Pipeline, which supplies about 45% of the East Coast's total fuel, by a Russia-based criminal group.
From Maryland to Florida, social media posts show vehicles waiting in long lines for gas. At least two tweets — a photo of a car trunk holding clear bags filled with gasoline and a video of a woman pouring gas in a plastic bag — suggested panicked customers were storing gasoline in bags. While the posts were found by Snopes to be several years old, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission nevertheless posted a flurry of tweets advising people not to carry gasoline in plastic bags or any other container not approved to carry fuel.
"Do not fill plastic bags with gasoline," the agency tweeted Wednesday.
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Milk comes in bags so what’s the problem ,LOL
Probably how they do it in India or Mexico so why not here.
A trash bag will not hold gasoline. The gas will melt the plastic. Those pictures showing clear trash bags full of “gas” are bullsh*t
NOW they tell me.;-)
here’s a video of someone doing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHYElBwJIZ4&t=1s
Idiocracy................. it’s a prophecy................
and dont put your poodle in the microwave
Hamas fills plastic bags with gasoline, ties them to helium balloons and floats them over the border into Israel for detonation. Just sayin’...
Yep!
“Idiocracy................. it’s a prophecy................”
A stupid public can be easily manipulated and led. This is not an accident.
What a horrible idea to put gasoline in plastic bags.
Plastic is not environmentally friendly .
Do the right thing and instead use paper bags to store gasoline .
“use styrofoam coolers instead , they hold more ! ☻”
Excellent idea! Thanks for the tip!
In India you just hire street kids to suck up a mouthful of gas, run back to where you need it, then spit it out.
So why bother warning them? As far as I'm concerned natural selection is kicking in and these idiots are being eliminated from the gene pool.
Notice how the bag is immediately gushing from the bottom.
What could possibly go wrong?
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