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Re: Now:Power/Generators (Was: Re[2]: telehouse - 25 broadway)
From: Lincoln Dale <ltd () interlink com au>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 17:16:40 -0700
At 07:20 PM 16/09/2001 -0400, David Lesher wrote:
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Lincoln Dale said: > > - Gas is typically harder to store lots of than Diesel. LOTS harder. > one of the 'nice' properties of Diesel is that it doesn't catch fire > easily. (except under extreme > temperature or extreme pressure, or both). > you most definitely cannot say the same thing about Gas. Yes, Diesel is more benign that gasoline/petrol or LPG/natural gas. (It's not clear which you mean given international variations in English..)
yes - i went back and re-edited parts of my message to make it more american. i guess i missed some. my bad.
in this part of the world: what we call "Petrol", you call "Gas". (likewise, what we call "Petroleum", you call "Gasoline").what we call "Gas" typically means "Natural Gas" or "LPG". not "Gas" in your sense (Petrol/Gasonline).
But note Diesel is the close brother to another substance... Jet fuel is literally #1 Diesel /aka kerosene. So once it's lit, the flashpoint is equally moot.
Jet Fuel is a fuel with very tight specifications (by the IATA no less). it is a mix of Kerosene with other materials (Gasoline and Naphtha typically) such that it has particular net-calorific values, specific flash-point and freezing values and vapour pressures.
these are a lot more regulated than what you'd find with Diesel. it is NOT Diesel.yes, one could call Diesel and Jet Fuel cousins of one-another. but that is like calling Lubricating Oil a cousin of Diesel.
cheers, lincoln.
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