Am I in a minority of one in this regard?
Since you ask, NO! If this scenario is a real possibility (I'm not qualified to say) then I am absolutely shocked! In fact, since seeing it posted I have been busy designing an alternative fuel system.
Even the design with the mouse inside a spirit level running over a rocker switch seems better than the current set-up. Black humour, sorry this is very upsetting, I think everyone has gone a little quiet since this was proposed. Please tell me it does not work like that!