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Hagar said:
Where's my GP?

www.bbc.co.uk

Bristol GP sent to prison for role in Just Stop Oil protest - BBC News

Dr Patrick Hart, 38, caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a fuel station pumps.
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Smashing petrol pumps with a hammer and facing a lengthy stretch.
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The irony is this waste of space could have stopped a HGV delivering needed supplies to say a hospital because it didn't get fuel and had to divert somewhere else which meant deliveries were late and people died. Butterfly effect and all that.

At least he will get to feel what it is like to never work again now he has a criminal conviction.
 
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But if a stretch Adam, it’s not like there are not fuel stations every few miles in the U.K.

But yes, he did the crime and as such does the time.
 
adam cool dude said:
The irony is this waste of space could have stopped a HGV delivering needed supplies to say a hospital because it didn't get fuel and had to divert somewhere else which meant deliveries were late and people died. Butterfly effect and all that.

At least he will get to feel what it is like to never work again now he has a criminal conviction.
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It's unlikely to affect his career since there was nothing that would threaten a patients well being.
 
SpellowHouse said:
It's unlikely to affect his career since there was nothing that would threaten a patients well being.
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Potentially a misplaced spark from a steel hammer head could have blown a pump sky high although with the welcome side benefit of taking the good doctor too.

It is actually a serious breach of trust, he could equally go after the hospital boilers or generating plant next. A loose cannon,
 
Hagar said:
Potentially a misplaced spark from a steel hammer head could have blown a pump sky high although with the welcome side benefit of taking the good doctor too.

It is actually a serious breach of trust, he could equally go after the hospital boilers or generating plant next. A loose cannon,
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Yes, I suppose it did show a remarkable lack of concern for safety.
 
Hagar said:
Potentially a misplaced spark from a steel hammer head could have blown a pump sky high although with the welcome side benefit of taking the good doctor too.
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If this was true, don't you think there'd be a lot more petrol pump explosions? No. Petrol fumes in a petrol station and not anywhere near concentrated enough to cause an explosion from a hammer blow.
 
Mr Jack said:
If this was true, don't you think there'd be a lot more petrol pump explosions? No. Petrol fumes in a petrol station and not anywhere near concentrated enough to cause an explosion from a hammer blow.
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This.

I’m no fan of just stop oil but the volume of utter nonsense from a minority of posters is bonkers and has little basis in reality.
 
Mr Jack said:
If this was true, don't you think there'd be a lot more petrol pump explosions? No. Petrol fumes in a petrol station and not anywhere near concentrated enough to cause an explosion from a hammer blow.
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Very unlikely I agree as pumps will have grounding to reduce this. However considering the laws of unintended consequence, muggins law and **** happens, a customer the other side of the pump filling a plastic container maybe carelessly it is not an impossible occurrence.

The doctor is a fool and got all he deserved, would i seek his opinion. No.

b0rn2sk8 said:
This.

I’m no fan of just stop oil but the volume of utter nonsense from a minority of posters is bonkers and has little basis in reality.
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As above.
 
Hagar said:
Very unlikely I agree as pumps will have grounding to reduce this. However considering the laws of unintended consequence, muggins law and **** happens, a customer the other side of the pump filling a plastic container maybe carelessly it is not an impossible occurrence.
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You could literally stand next to the pump with a lighter and wave it around and nothing would blow up. You could light a dozen candles and leave them next to the pumps until they burn down and nothing would blow up. Even if someone had been filling a container with all the accuracy of a Storm Trooper and by some freak magic he'd managed to land a spark in the puddle left, it still wouldn't have blown anything up.

There's no remotely plausible way he could have caused an explosion during his antics.

The doctor is a fool and got all he deserved, would i seek his opinion. No.
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No argument from me there. Mind you, at least this nobber managed to attack something that can remotely coherently be considered a target for anti-fossil-fuel campaigning rather than vandalising cultural artefacts or stopping trains. So I guess he's one of the smarter ones.

As I've said before: if it turns out that Just Stop Oil is mostly funded by oil interests, I won't be the least bit surprised.
 
Mr Jack said:
You could literally stand next to the pump with a lighter and wave it around and nothing would blow up. You could light a dozen candles and leave them next to the pumps until they burn down and nothing would blow up. Even if someone had been filling a container with all the accuracy of a Storm Trooper and by some freak magic he'd managed to land a spark in the puddle left, it still wouldn't have blown anything up.

There's no remotely plausible way he could have caused an explosion during his...
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Try a welders spark igniter above a pool of petrol or a tin. It is the vapour that ignites, not the petrol. Why a rag in the mouth of a petrol tank does not need to go anywhere near the liquid petrol. Why were boxes of matches, lighters or smoking not allowed anywhere within the boundaries of oil refineries to my certain knowledge if the stuff is that damn safe. An explosion would require confinement but a heck of a fire would ensue.
 
Hagar said:
As above.
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No, hitting a hammer on a petrol pump isn’t going to blow up a petrol. It’s pure hyperbolic nonsense.

See Mr Jack’s explanation, there is nothing to add.

There is no dispute he committed the crime and should do the time. Let’s just cut out the unintelligent clap trap and stick to how things work in the real world.
 
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