[s-cars] NAC (other than my S6 is in the barn) How do I

[TMULLANE at snet.net]

Larry, 

Our local recycling center takes gas tanks.  For the 
plastic ones, they must be cut into pieces; metal 
tanks must be poked full of holes to avoid trapped 
vapors.

I usually dump out the gas for use in the mower, then 
punch a bunch of hole with a pick axe.  No explosions 
yet....

TOm

Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:28:50 -0400
From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC (other than my S6 is in the 
barn) How do I
SAFELYdispose of a gas tank?
To: Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com>
Cc: "S-CAR at audifans.com" <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
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Bob confirmed what I planned to do. (although I 
didn't want to do the fan
part until I realized outdoors, there is no way for 
the fuel to get even 
close to stoichometric.

As for the fill water, I guess the environmentalist 
in me (I literally sit
above the aquifer I drink from) doesn't like the idea 
of dumping the
water with trace fuel in it into the ground. My 
background suggests
the ground will be completely unable to filter the 
fuel before the water
gets to the aquifer. And as for the atmosphere, I've 
transferred all
but the trace fuels into an old gas can, which I'll 
take to a recycler
to do whatever they do with it. It's so full of dirt 
and rust and it's 
nearly 2 years old, so I wouldn't even put it in a 
lawnmower. And,
it's only about 2 gallons, so I hardly feel like I'm 
wasting money.

Thanks, one and all.

LL - NY