Who among us hasn't fielded comments from our diesel snob acquaintances about the danger of our gasoline engines? Have you ever heard the magnificently clever slur Atomic Bomb? Of course you have. What about the highly regarded featured contributor on another forum who once wrote (and I quote) "The one good thing that I have heard about gas engines in sailboats is that they don't need as much warm up so that, if you need power in a hurry in a tight spot, you can just turn the igni...BOOM!"
For years I've had a stock response locked and loaded for these times that goes something like this:
Yeah, well tell me, what cooking fuel do you have on your diesel powered boat? Propane? It has roughly the same explosive force as gasoline, its vapors are heavier than air like gasoline but unlike gasoline it is stored under pressure which is not a property in its favor. You'd never set foot on a gasoline powered boat yet you cook merrily away on your "safe" diesel powered boat don't cha?
Here is something that makes the point in spades
(I don't know why it starts over half way through, you'll have to slide the progress bar to the beginning on your own)
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For years I've had a stock response locked and loaded for these times that goes something like this:
Yeah, well tell me, what cooking fuel do you have on your diesel powered boat? Propane? It has roughly the same explosive force as gasoline, its vapors are heavier than air like gasoline but unlike gasoline it is stored under pressure which is not a property in its favor. You'd never set foot on a gasoline powered boat yet you cook merrily away on your "safe" diesel powered boat don't cha?
Here is something that makes the point in spades
(I don't know why it starts over half way through, you'll have to slide the progress bar to the beginning on your own)
Sorry about the ads
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