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ITALIAN926
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Buckets?

Sounds like they were using non-approved gasoline containers? Buckets?

twizlar
I dont think so.
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said by ITALIAN926:

Sounds like they were using non-approved gasoline containers? Buckets?

True, but its not gas its diesel.

ITALIAN926
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Ahhh , Diesel isnt explosive like gasoline, I never knew that.

cdru
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said by ITALIAN926:

Ahhh , Diesel isnt explosive like gasoline, I never knew that.

Diesel only really burns very rapidly if it's atomized and then compressed, as in an engine. You can extinguish a cigarette or match if you drop it in a bucket of diesel fuel. Dumping it on an established fire or dropping a significant burning object (e.g. a rag lit on fire) will ignite it, but not the whooof that gasoline would cause. It just spreads around relatively slowly (as compared to gas) since it doesn't vaporize very fast.
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technically even gasoline is not that flammable. The problem is that its vapors are explosive. In theory a bucket filled with gas on a windy roof would put out a match just like diesel.

But yes Diesel is likely the safest liquid fuel that is made. There is a reason it is used for heating and the transport networks.

Diesel generators also have long life spans because by nature a diesel engine runs very slow compared to its other fueled counterparts. The main kink being is that the fuel takes up lots of space. Like water you cannot compress it.

bbrlogue
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Diesel engines also have long life spans because by necessities they are also build much higher compression ratio.

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said by ITALIAN926:

Sounds like they were using non-approved gasoline containers? Buckets?

diesel needs high compression to ignite
You can not just light a match and expect it to burn