A moonshiner’s still exploding is when someone spills an accelerant on a fire or a steam explosion. That is contained and doesn’t leave toxic shit everywhere, where as cooking meth is mixing poisons with poison to make a new poison.
you just described the recipe for salt, Table salt
Do you want discuss how many people die each year because of dihydrogen monoxide exposure?
H2OH no i don’t
Tbh, the thing about stills is only a big deal inside, unless you’re the one running the still and are close to it.
Outside? An explosion really isn’t going to fuck anything up. You get a big bang, some burning fuel, and that’s about it unless there’s a drought on. Inside, you can have more fumes built up, and the fire is likely going to spread to the building. So it’s more dangerous.
But meth production? Like previous comments said, that shit just keeps on giving well after whatever starts the process going wrong.
There’s really a massive gap in both danger and duration of the two kinds of fires.
Distilling is dangerous is it goes wrong.
Making meth is dangerous even if everything goes right.
Need toxic chemicals to make meth. So not just fire but a very toxic fire not to mention the presence of addicts, gangs, and likely other drugs.
And the toxic shit poisons where it’s made even if it doesn’t explode.
I’d say the presence of, non law abiding humans, is also a factor when talking illegally manufactured alchohol as well. But yeah the additional toxins etc… is a much bigger factor in meth rather than alchohol.
Non law abiding humans sure if it’s a hard line. But really the number of people who drink and have tried moonshine in states like TN, Kentucky and what not is just as high as the number of people who have drove and ran a stop sign. The number of people who have used meth is far lower. Id bet most every police officer would probably admit to having drank cinnamon apple moonshine or such around here.
