Needed some more bubble wrap to ship out a few transformers and heavier items. Found a great deal from a nationally known source.
Inside the wrapping was this interesting caution note.
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Oxygen?
That's what I thought. But it would have to be almost 100% oxygen for it to pose a danger.
Maybe this luxury priced bubblewrap chemically breaks down into methane?
Dan Padova posted:That's what I thought. But it would have to be almost 100% oxygen for it to pose a danger.
Nowhere does it say that it has to be based in rational thought, knowledge, or fact. 
In other news, the fish I bought last week was packed in carbon monoxide! Said so on the label. Good thing I never let the kids huff the fish packaging!
I have a 30' round pool. Every couple years I have to replace it. Find a pool owner. They'd be happy for you to hall it off
probably a trace amount of hydrogen.......
Oxygen is not flammable.
John H posted:Oxygen is not flammable.
Correct - it supports combustion.
John H posted:Oxygen is not flammable.
Correct - it supports combustion.
Yes. An explosion (non-nuclear) is rapid oxidation; rust is very slow oxidation.
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Also - all model railroaders "contain a residual amount of flammable gas".
Hmmmmm.......
Makes you wonder, though....
"Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law Senate Bill 1383 to address so-called short-lived climate pollutants – methane gas emissions – generated by concentrations of cattle in places like dairies and feedlots, along with that generated by organic wastes and landfills."
I mean, if you've got to get rid of it to be in compliance, why not ship it?
You know, let the other 49 states deal with it!!
And, so, flatulation => regulation => innovation => commercialization => hazardous bubble wrap!
Clever, eh?
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It could be methane if the bubble wrap is designed to decompose in landfills. Bacteria would start in on it from day one and there could be trace amounts contained within the bubbles. California has weird regulations related to Prop 65 voted into law several years ago. The "Prop 54 Warning" signs show up everywhere -- parking lots, paint stores, home improvement centers, and even grocery stores. In theory, we should have a Prop 65 warning at the club since we use smoke fluid and other items (don't get me started on the paint, cement, resin and solvents).
I guess you can't ship by air with that bubblewrap! 
dkdkrd posted:Hmmmmm.......
Makes you wonder, though....
"Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law Senate Bill 1383 to address so-called short-lived climate pollutants – methane gas emissions – generated by concentrations of cattle in places like dairies and feedlots, along with that generated by organic wastes and landfills."
So does that mean that Buffalo Bill was an environmentalist when he slaughtered all those methane producing buffalo?
No, only domestic livestock produce methane.
Regarding the warning label shown on the original post, I see little to blame environmentalists for. I quote a line from Shakespeare's Henry VI: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers".
wb47 posted:No, only domestic livestock produce methane.
Ruminants produce methane, domesticated or not.
John, I'm pretty sure that was a joke. 
Missed that. I owe you one. We dairy farmers are responsible for global warming, in case you didn't know, so we get defensive.
Yes, still a farmer at heart, could not help adding a bit of sarcasm there, loved my stock cows back in the day. Thus my layout has plenty of them.
