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To: Para-Ord.45

diesel fuel contains 138000 BTU per gallon


52 posted on 09/28/2007 12:54:41 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer; Para-Ord.45
diesel fuel contains 138000 BTU per gallon
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Heavy fuel oil(heating oil) is higher. I don’t know for sure, but I would bet that tar and rubber are higher yet. Crude probably is too. But the problems with these thick, black, goopy fuels is that they have very low volatility and flashpoints. It’s hard to make them burn reliably and cleanly.

56 posted on 09/28/2007 3:46:25 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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