You cannot, however, do that with gasoline.
Yes, you can. A match or a lighter will ignite gasoline vapors. A smoldering cigarette will not.
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iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 3 days agoYou can drop a lit cigarette in kerosene and it will just put the cigarette out. You can also so that with diesel. You cannot, however, do that with gasoline.
Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I ain’t gonna test that, but yeah, I believe you.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
A cigarette won’t usually light gasoline, if you’re quick and it’s cold enough you can plunge a lit match into gas. Diesel is practically difficult to ignite, I mix it with gasoline for a good, safer firestarter with a longer burn
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Kerosene is definitely not gasoline. Kerosene is far more volatile.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Kerosene is far less volatile. Gasoline evaporates more easily.
iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That is not a skill am willing to practice in order to get good at.