Diesel will degrade with exposure to oxygen, but a diesel engine can burn pretty much any flammable liquid that you can meter out. It really comes down to the engine itself and if it can handle less-than-perfect fuel.

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whatever1 3 days ago | parent [-]

It can even burn its own lubricant oil and die in a screaming runaway fashion!

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rob_c 3 days ago | parent [-]

I'm sure a nuclear reactor can manage that too if it's a competition :p

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whatever1 3 days ago | parent [-]

Not sure it will sound as nice though. In fact I don't think I have heard the sound of a runaway nuclear reactor. Maybe due to the turbines it can sound exciting?

	▲	M95D 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe the silence of the turbines when the water runs out ...