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Old 03-28-08, 05:13 AM   #21
Platapus
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Originally Posted by siber
You don't start getting diesel explosions until it's heated, vapourised and/or compressed (as inside an engine). Compared to petrol it's relatively stable because it's not at all volatile.

Which, as we all know, is one of the advantages of diesel engines in Submarines

Less boom, more varoom.
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