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ridgeguyyesterday at 4:56 PM1 replyview on HN

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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dupedyesterday at 5:40 PM

No, I'm thinking of improperly stored gasoline evaporating and combusting.

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