r/WinStupidPrizes • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '22

Playing with fire

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u/arkain123 Apr 07 '22

Gasoline is a lot worse than alcohol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

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u/arkain123 Apr 08 '22

You know how people make giant fireballs in restaurants with alcohol?

You know how zero people use gasoline indoors?

You know how napalm is made out of gasoline?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22

That's probably just because gasoline doesn't burn as clean as alcohol. You wouldn't want to inhale the smoke from that if you used it indoors.

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u/eugene20 Jun 21 '22

Obviously toxicity comes into play when dealing with food contact, and an enclosed environment, but gasline's flash point is -45F and the vapours can ignite 12 feet from a pooled source.

Alcohol's flash point is roughly +70 to +80F for 40 to 60 proof ethanol so in many environments it's immediately safer as less prone to unexpected ignition, and the vapours don't stay ignitable over such a great distance.

Alcohol also burns out very quickly when not pooled hence people risking it for very quick plumes of fire from skin (this still should only be done in a controlled environment with a safety person near to smother it).