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Gasoline’s ONLY
proper use is …
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….to power engines.
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Most
of us never give it much thought when we accelerate away from a traffic light
or watch a NASCAR race on TV, but where does all that speed come from? It
comes from explosions of course, which are continuously sparked inside the
small confines of an engine. These explosions transmit huge amounts of energy
to auto drive shafts.
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The same explosions that drive race
car engines can happen many other places. They can cause injury or death if
gasoline is ignited by any flame source or spark when it’s either mishandled
or used for some other purpose than powering an engine. Improved product
designs have reduced these deaths and injuries substantially, but most of the
thousands that still occur could easily be prevented.
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(Bridge) Because gasoline is so
powerful and so commonplace, people try to use it for many other purposes,
often without realizing the risks involved. Can you name any of those
purposes?
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