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Gasoline alone does not contain extractable chemical energy. Gasoline mixed with oxygen does, though, and that mixture makes a pretty good bomb if you have any
by sevenless 10y ago
Gasoline alone does not contain extractable chemical energy. Gasoline mixed with oxygen does, though, and that mixture makes a pretty good bomb if you have any amount of it, like most strong reducers mixed with strong oxidizers. Liquid fuels may burn if they are exposed to air above their flash point and a flame exists, but they will not explode like a bomb.