Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 09/12/2024 09:51, D wrote:

So with that in mind, what would be the advantage of a car battery bomb over regular gun powder plus a pipe?

  It's easier and legal to get a car battery.
These gentlemen are not very scientific.
Making gunpowder from chickenshit is quite complex.
Did you know that acetone - a highly useful solvent used extensively by people who make glass fibre  components, is also used by people who brew up and purify various drugs. Beware ordering a gallon of it...
The IRA used ammonium nitrate, because it was at that time a legal fertilizer. Today it is controlled and comes mixed with something that stops it going bang.
We used to use sodium chlorate - a weedkiller that is now also banned
Terrorist and criminals use what they can get their hands on
Only the government gets to use the good stuff.
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