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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·50 minutes agoSmoking a cigarette won’t cause a fire at a gas station. Lighting a cigarette, on the other hand, can absolutely cause one.
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·44 minutes agoYep a cigarette cherry is not hot enough to ignite gasoline. Which is how the human race survived for a long time, I very much remember smoking at gas pumps being a norm in the 80s.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 minutes agoNo, it definitely is. It’s just that gasoline is relatively hard to ignite and the right air/fuel mixture won’t reach the hotter part of the ember.
Smoking a cigarette won’t cause a fire at a gas station.
Lighting a cigarette, on the other hand, can absolutely cause one.
Yep a cigarette cherry is not hot enough to ignite gasoline.
Which is how the human race survived for a long time, I very much remember smoking at gas pumps being a norm in the 80s.
No, it definitely is. It’s just that gasoline is relatively hard to ignite and the right air/fuel mixture won’t reach the hotter part of the ember.