You have company. Of course, for every person who finds the smell of gasoline pleasant, there are likely as many who find it nauseating. But those people who like the smell of gasoline really like the smell of gasoline. To understand the psyche of a fuel fanatic, we need to dig deeper into the source itself.
Gasoline is a chemical cocktail comprised of many ingredients, including de-icers, lubricants, anti-rust agents and hundreds of chemical compounds known as hydrocarbons. Benzene is added to the gasoline to increase octane levels, which improves engine performance and fuel efficiency.
Benzene has a naturally sweet smell that most noses are particularly sensitive to. Throughout the s and early s benzene was added to after-shaves and douches to give these products a sweet aroma. It was also used as a solvent to decaffeinate coffee. What's new. New posts. Log in. Install the app. Please note, some of the links on our site are affiliate links Learn More. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
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Jun 14, at pm Edited. Went in the basement today and it smells like lighter fluid that you put on a bbq. The food will taste better and they will spend less money on lighter fluid. SirStan, butane ain't lighter fluid.
It's a gas used in cigarette lighters. Most lighter fluids are liquid petroleum distillates, fancy term for leftovers from distilling crude, kinda like what makes it into the hot dogs from the slaughterhouse.
Generally speaking for effects on humans, you can consider it a slightly more friendly version of gasoline vapor. Which is to say not all that friendly. Bugsoup, out of curiosity, do you know why your condo banned propane in favor of charcoal? Most places I know it's the other way around due to how incredibly easy it is to start an uncontrolled fire by a charcoal grill getting knocked over Response by poster: Thanks, everyone, for the answers so far.
SirStan, I think barc said what I was thinking about butane. As for denatured alcohol, I hadn't heard of that being used for starting charcoal. Do you have experience using it?
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