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Fuel literally burns and it is carried by ship - I believe there is a way to safely ferry them in ships.
by amaajemyfren 4y ago
Fuel literally burns and it is carried by ship - I believe there is a way to safely ferry them in ships.
- csunbird 4y agoFuel is also carried by special ships with extra precautions, but electric cars are carried just like normal cars without any extra safety.
- amaajemyfren 4y agoSo you learn no? I'm sure the way fuel was carried during World War 1 is not the way the US Military carries it now. Special ships? That probably depends on the economics. If the Electric Car Industry makes it worth a shippers while - Someone will invest in a special purpose vehicle. So now we are at the first stages of this - in time - if the industry succeeds - the money will come.
- minedwiz 4y agoTo be fair, many (all?) of these ships are burning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil, which is not at all like petrol in that it requires preheating and atomisation to burn.
- amaajemyfren 4y agoThanks for this. It is some really nasty stuff.
- mlindner 4y agoGranted, but after it's pre-heated it burns quite well.
- MertsA 4y agoIt still doesn't burn well unless it's in a fine mist. Even just a puddle of diesel is actually quite difficult to get burning on its own without some other material as a wick of sorts. https://youtu.be/7nL10C7FSbE https://youtu.be/7nL10C7FSbE Great practical demonstration of the different flammability characteristics of some common fuels. For the tar that a container ship burns, it's not going to be very volatile. Coal also burns quite well, but unless it's powdered, good luck trying to ignite some with just a match.
- mlindner 4y agoI said pre-heated. No fuel burns in it's liquid form, it needs to be turned into a gas first. If you heat up diesel it'll light extremely easily as the vapor concentration is high.
- megablast 4y agoDiesel doesn't burn.
- speedgoose 4y agoAre you sure about that?