It amazes me when people tell me they are afraid to use cooking gas.
What are they really afraid of?Afterall,its quite cheap these days.
Nigerians,the federal government is tappin' into her gas reserves by reducing gas flaring.There is nothing to be scared of,it's clean and neat to use.You can say bye bye to smoking kitchens and black pots and pans.
If you're scared of using cooking gas,feel free to post your comments.

Who filled your brain with these bullCrap?

@mama-gee
Everybody knows threads like this are way too complicated for you.
Go to the romance and celebrities section and post your immature thoughts.You don't require a brain in those sections.
Thank you

aieromon:

@mama-gee
Everybody knows threads like this are way too complicated for you.
Go to the romance and celebrities section and post your immature thoughts.You don't require a brain in those sections.
Thank you

You're sooo daft!
I'm asking you, who gave you all these false infos about Cooking gases?
and you're here making a fool out of yourself. . .
Maybe if you knew more, you shouldn't have created this thread instead you should have gone to Google for help. . .

mama-gee:

Who filled your brain with these bullCrap?

mama-gee:

You're sooo daft!
I'm asking you, who gave you all these false infos about Cooking gases?
and you're here making a fool out of yourself. . .
Maybe if you knew more, you shouldn't have created this thread instead you should have gone to Google for help. . .

mama gee u can like to take it easy. . .

SeanT21:

It can explode.

i've never heard of a cooking gas cylinder explosion in nigeria before, however kerosene accidents, you dont want to get me started. . .


@OP
it could be cos of the price, cooking gas was deregulated ages ago so prices can get high at times, also it's more convenient for most nigerians to buy a bottle of kerosene, than it would be for them to lug a gas cylinder about. . .

netotse:


i've never heard of a cooking gas cylinder explosion in nigeria before, however kerosene accidents, you dont want to get me started. . .

You're not the only one.

mama-gee:

You're not the only one.

better behave yourself. . .

netotse:

better behave yourself. . .

Have you ever considered going back to the cave in which you came out from?

mama-gee:

Have you ever considered going back to the cave in which you came out from?

as soon as i find me a missus to drag back to the cave with me. . .u game?

_{next thing you'll be saying you dont have any reason for trying garner so many posts. . .you're not adding anything to the thread.}


@thread
a cylinder leakage is also not likely to cause an explosion, the gas / air ratio is just too low

SeanT21:

It can explode.

seconded!

^^^

@mama-gee
No need to go convulsive.
Seriously,the fear of explosion prevents most people from using cooking gas in Nigeria.
Cooking gas is not as expensive as people think in the long run.People prefer kerosene because it can be bought in small quantities.
Kerosene stoves suck.

I don't know anyone that uses kerosene stoves in Nigeria. So maybe it's not a "Nigerian" thing but financial, like you said kerosene can be bought in small quatities so it's definitely cheaper, kerosene is not safe and probably causese more accidents than gas so I don't see why anyone would intentionally choose it over gas.

many feel gas is way more expensive compared to kerosine

I feel dat the risk in kerosene is more, cos i hear more cases of kero explosion over gas

And mama g pls b mindful of d way u address ppl

What are the alternatives to using cooking gas? Electricity? In Nigeria? Goodluck to you.
I dont think that firewood is practical in this modern day.

I've heard of cooking gas cylinders exploding in PH  MANY TIMES!!.
It may have been a bad batch but they were definitely exploding.
A class mate once told me how his dad had to throw a cylinder through the kitchen
window into the back garden as it had caught  blue fire around the rubber piping.

The cylinder hit the ground and blasted a whole mango tree to shreds.

that's scary.

main reason people don't want to use gas in Nigeria
1. it explodes

2. its expensive

if only they knew better! they'd toss their kerosene stoves to the garbage. nowadays, the rate at which kerosene burns is faster than the blinking eye. people are always complaining that a gallon barely last for a week. gas is neater, faster and cheaper  and it doesn't exhaust deadly fumes like kero. we use our 10kg gas cylinder for up to 2 months before refilling it. refilling costs between 2,200 to 2,500. now lets compare it to kero which can go for about N500 per gallon (pardon me, that's the last price i heard its sold for). how much would have spent by the end of 2 months, do the math.

there are so many wrong notions about using cooking gas. and wrong usage too. we nigerians enjoy being careless and proceed to leave our safety to God

It takes a peculiar set of circumstances for a cylinder to catch fire -
the cylinder may be really old and weak/leaking,
the dispensing gauge may be old and allows gas leak from it, rather than solely through the hose
keeping the cylinder inside a tiny kitchen (where it's easy for leaking gas to create combustible gas-to-air ratios)
gas has a STINK that lets u know when it's leaking. u ignore it at your own peril.

as you can see, someone has to be deliberately careless for it to catch fire. a gas cylinder is designed such that the cylinder outlet is stoppered and gas doesn't escape until it is tampered with. when you combine a 20 year-old cylinder with a 20 yr old outlet and a 10 year old gauge, u're begging for trouble.

secondly, gas has better heat efficiency than other fuels. i don't know how to do the calculations, but there's a study that shows that gas energy efficiency is higher than any other fuel, and way cleaner. however, the reason people avoid it is the high refill cost. people can get kero in small units of say N100, but u can't get that for gas (ok well Oando has started offering that at filling stations)

the point of my long story is, it's not as prone to explosion when maintained properly.

If I may say in one word, the only reason Nigerians are scared of using LPG for cooking is the good old IGNORANCE. If only people knew, if only they knew,

@VIPICO
You're right - Ignorance is the word.

you want to die

guys i beg to differ. close to my house there is a building that got burnt due to cooking gas explosion. althoug i dont know how it happened oo.

@axeman85,
No doubt we ocassionally hear about a fire inferno caused by careless use of cooking gas in homes but if we want to be sincere to ourselves, I'm sure the ratio at which that happens compared to kerosene explosion in this country is like 1:10