> Children sometimes studied by makeshift oil lamps, but these occasionally burned down homes when knocked over by the wind. So a big issue with these is that

> Children sometimes studied by makeshift oil lamps, but these occasionally burned down homes when knocked over by the wind. So a big issue with these is that kerosene has a flash point of 37C to 62C. So at the lower end of the scale, they’re basically like gasoline and capable of lighting up all at once at barely above room temperature (and the burning flame will likely warm it up a bit). Meanwhile diesel is 52C to 93C and would burn more slowly if a lamp burning it were tipped over (and more likely to just get extinguished) There have been cheap “safety” lamps built that don’t explode when tipped over along with other safeguards for developing countries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_bottle_lamp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_bottle_lamp https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/lamp-lustre-1.621831 https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/lamp-lustre-1.621831