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Man Invents Alternative To Cooking Gas

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the human-invention-will-find-a-way dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gazan resident Abed Ar-Rahman has revealed what he is claiming as an alternative to cooking gas that he developed since Israel has prevented deliveries of cooking gas to Gaza. He invented a device using chemical substances available in Gaza, which burn when mixed and brought into contact with oxygen. The first component is a metal filter that controls the interaction between 40% of the oxygen in the surrounding air, the inflammable substance and some other substances."

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  1. i smell bull... by iocat · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From TFA:

    The first component is a metal filter that controls the interaction between 40% of the oxygen in the surrounding air, the inflammable substance and some other substances. He refused to reveal the exact substances used, fearing that they will not be allowed into the Gaza Strip.
    The second part of his invention is an electronic board that regulates the percentage of air and oxygen entering into the appliance, and the third component is an air pump using electrical power.
    The metal cannister could be refilled with the inflammable substance for no more than 40 NIS, which would make the home cooking device functional for up to 40 days, according to Farajallah.

    This would be neat if true -- a garbage disposal sized obvject providing 40 days of cooking gas for 40 NIS, but just reading alerts every single "perpetual motion" bullshit detector in my head -- the 40% figure, the secret ingredients, etc.

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    Dude, I think I can see my house from here.

    1. Re:i smell bull... by RealGrouchy · · Score: 5, Funny

      This would be neat if true -- a garbage disposal sized obvject providing 40 days of cooking gas

      Another Hanukkah miracle!

      - RG>

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      Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
    2. Re:i smell bull... by Flavio · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If the prevelence of 40 as a figure is what turns you off, note that semetic languages commonly use the number 40 as a non-literal figure meaning "many" and somewhere around that order of magnitude. However, translations commonly take this literally. Hence, the prevelence of "40 days" for Noah's ark, "40 years" in the desert, etc.

      Sufficiently accurate for a religious text, but not at all appropriate for a technical description.

  2. Available in Gaza by Bryansix · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know what they have a lot of in Gaza which will burn nice and hot? Solid state rocket fuel.

  3. Re:Flamebait Summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Flamebait for sure.

    The entire coastline of Gaza is barricaded by Israel, and has been so for a very long time. Not only that, but anything coming into or going out of Gaza, whether by land or sea, is controlled by Israel. (The only exception to this would be things smuggled back and forth via tunnels, etc., between Gaza and Egypt.

  4. Re:A Brief Politically Incorrect But Truthful Hist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you care to read the Balfour declaration of 1917, stating that the British government "view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people", you would realize that there was indeed a land called Palestine since 1917. Go back even further, the crusades, where do you think they were headed? Read an accurate history book for a change. And let me enlighten you one last time, Winston Churchill, before the Palestine Royal Commission, said the following: "I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." In effect, Palestinians are the dogs in your manger, been there for 2000 years give or take. It is interesting to see how you chose to dispose of them.