Capacitors generally release all of their energy all at once if you short them, which is very bad. Gasoline is flammable, but it needs the right fuel air mixtu

Capacitors generally release all of their energy all at once if you short them, which is very bad. Gasoline is flammable, but it needs the right fuel air mixture to actually explode. Car fires are relatively common, but as far as I know car explosions are not.