Eli5: Why is it safe to cook food over propane but poisonous if cooking over gasoline/diesel etc…
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Propane is basically a pure substance made of a single hydrocarbon that converts into carbon dioxide and water when it combusts.
Gasoline contains hundreds of different hydrocarbons and chemicals that combust to form any number of other kinds of chemicals to include carbon monoxide and other harmful things.
Also, I’ve never seen a gasoline tank that will dispense gasoline in the same way that propane is dispensed for a cooking stove so there is the safety issue of how you get a controlled gasoline fire to begin with.
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