Comment on Wunscherfüllung

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think crude oil burns quite well

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• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It super does though the specific characteristics vary depending on wheee it was extracted (iirc crude from the canadian oil sands is borderline explosive)

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  • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s US domestic crude which is famously volatile. I’d be curious to see what Venezeula’s oil is like. I’ve heard it’s similar to the shitty heavy crude from the Middle East, which the US has facilities to process, unlike the domestic oil they produce which has to be processed elsewhere.

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• Ach@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oil has a high flash point. You can throw a lit flare in an oil drum and it will take a surprising amount of time for the oil around it to heat up enough to ignite.

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There is no one kind of oil.

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• ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is only if you’re talking absolute pressure.

  At one atmosphere in air, diesel will burn. It just won’t self ignite.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What do you mean? You can throw a lighted match into a diesel tank and nothing will happen.

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    • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Just because a match goes out doesn’t mean it won’t burn.

      Also a tank keeps the oxygen level low.

      Pour some in a cup. Then present a lit torch (not British torch) to the top of the diesel.

      Unless it’s way too cold out, it’ll light up.

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