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Re: Speculative Trade

By Bart Massey ·

TML message #247From bundle 23Read the whole thread (5 messages)All messages with this subject

In reply to #246 Speculative Trade by MARK A. POWER Replies: 
In Archive-Message-Number 246, [email removed] ("MARK A. POWER")
writes the following about shipping grain:
> Explosive: Air in hold must be filtered to remove grain dust, or any spark
> or flame will cause an explosion.

Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't shipping grain in hard vacuum be almost
ideal??  Keep the pesties down, as well as reduce the explosion hazard...  I
know it was just an example -- I was mostly curious if I'm missing
something...  (e.g. popping corn probably should be kept pressurized, although
using an inert gas would still seem to be easier than filtering :-)

					Bart Massey
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