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Old 10-12-2023, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy View Post
diesel flashpoint is in the 130 degree+ range.
if you have a cup of diesel at 70 degrees, you can put a match out in it.

diesel has to be hot to burn /

gasoline flashpoint below zero, gasoline ignites very easily

so diesel doesn't spontaneously combust,
but a hybrid with a battery, diesel might be irrelevant
Plus, diesel is nearly identical to home heating oil. Many people in the North have tanks full of it in their basements.