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dupedyesterday at 3:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

Poorly stored gasoline can spontaneously combust, though. So more like a firebomb.


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not_the_fdayesterday at 4:40 PM

No it can't. To combust it needs ~ 500F. If you left it out uncovered in the open and allowed the it to vaporize with a spark nearby, it might explode, but thats not spontaneous combustion. Gasoline sitting in a sealed container wont spontaneously combust.

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ridgeguyyesterday at 4:56 PM

Gasoline doesn't do that. Perhaps you're thinking of the following?

What it does do is slowly polymerize, becoming useless as an ICE fuel in time, typically in a year or two. This is why backup generators should run on propane, which has no degradation mechanism.

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