Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure)

Wed Sep 15 19:44:38 UTC 2021

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 12:32 PM Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> wrote:
> Oooof. I've seen someone at a gas station do something similar --
> I cannot remember if it was putting diesel in their gasoline car,
> or gas in their diesel pickup, but I *do* remember the sudden
> yelp and look of dismay when they suddenly realized what they
> were doing. It must be really easy to get wrong in a car (operating
> on autopilot), but that's a much less bad failure than a generator...

The diesel nozzle has a larger diameter than the gasoline one. It
doesn't fit in the filler neck of a normal gasoline-powered car.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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