Water and oil don’t mix but calcium carbide and water is totally different. It produces acetylene. Add a 55-gallon drum barrel to it and you are ready to launch barrels into the sky. You can have your own backyard skud missile launcher. Acetylene is extremely flammable, so use caution.

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