Toast Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 It seems like an awesome idea, but how can it be an efficient fuel if it's "non flammable"?
charlie8575 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Saw that a few minutes ago. God-awful expensive, but hey, if it gets you out of a bind.... Charlie Larkin
1930fordpickup Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 It says it lasts 10 years ? We will think it is pricey but if it gets you off the road at 3:30 in the morning (on the way to a model show) it is not so bad.
Modelmartin Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 It sounds like it dilutes the remaining fuel in the tank and lines and depends on it for volatility. I wonder if an engine can run only on "magic tank".
David G. Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 It seems like an awesome idea, but how can it be an efficient fuel if it's "non flammable"? "Explosive" is technically "Non-Flammable" David G
Fabrux Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 They claim you can pour this stuff over a burning match and it will not ignite. Liquid gasoline does the same thing; it is the vapour that is flammable.
iBorg Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Just fix the stupid gas gauge and look at it..... If you get stuck by the road because you ran out of gas maybe that's a life lesson you need.
Harry P. Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 If a "non-flammable" fuel can power an "internal-combustion" engine, that truly is magic!
Fabrux Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 I think the term they are looking for is non volatile .
Rob Hall Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Sounds like a scam. I've never run out of gas in over 25 years of driving, never the tank go below 1/4.
Danno Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 It sounds like kerosene, a Class II combustible liquid.
Danno Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 I think the term they are looking for is non volatile . If a "non-flammable" fuel can power an "internal-combustion" engine, that truly is magic! With a flashpoint of 105 degrees F, it is a Class II Combustible Liquid. Flammables have a flashpoint of over 73degrees F. Gasoline is a volatile ignitable liquid and its flashpoint is anything above -38 degrees F. You can readily see why gasoline is more dangerous to deal with than flammables or combustibles.
Harry P. Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 So it's combustable but not flammable? Because its flash point is higher than the flash point of a "flammable?" So that's why it's considered "safe" to carry around in your trunk (because technically it's not rated "flammable"), yet a car engine can still run on it?
Danno Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 So it's combustable but not flammable? Because its flash point is higher than the flash point of a "flammable?" So that's why it's considered "safe" to carry around in your trunk (because technically it's not rated "flammable"), yet a car engine can still run on it? Correctamundo. Pretty much a nutshell version, but good enough for the girls we go with. Add vaporization, containment, and compression, and then you have the conditions necessary for that (internal) combustion. The real 'money' difference between volatile ignitable liquids and flammable liquids and combustible liquids is not so much their flashpoints or ignition temperatures but their rate of oxidation (or burning, or combustion). In basic terms, gasoline vaporizes more readily and ignites much easier than kerosene or diesel fuel, but they all vaporize and reach an ignition temperature sufficient to produce self-sustaining combustion. Gasoline also combusts faster and generates more heat (calories) and light (lumens) than the others, but they all burn.
Sport Suburban Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 20 for a 1/2 gallon. How far will that get you? I think I'll keep my gas can.
slusher Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 I have never ran out of gas since I have been driving.
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