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Re: Science and Society: Anatomy of a Techno-Myth -- Economist.com

Thomas A. Horsley (tom.horsley@att.net)
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:40:11 GMT

> I don't think the scare of using cell phones while pumping gas ever
> got too far. It'd be a very easy thing to check -- what were the
> causes of gas station fires and technically could a cell phone cause
> that? As an all-electronic device, cell phones normally don't
> generate sparks.

There is certainly no evidence that cellphones can start gas station
fires (and a lot of evidence against it from MythBusters episodes to
research by the peteroleum safety institute), nevertheless every gas
station I go to has an official looking sign near the pumps telling
you not to use cellphones :-).

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