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In response to "2300. Airplanes, Ships use much that same gas -- nm*" by budice

Jets use Jet A or A-1, which can be used in place of diesel but shortens the lifespan of diesel engines. Piston planes use avgas, which is leaded. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Apr 11 '23, 15:11

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avgas is also usually very high octane. we couldn't leave it in accessible fuel dumps or it'd disappear into people's snowmobiles over the winter. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 16:24
(Which means, yes, much of the infrastructure will have to stay - but not all of it. A large percentage will be able to stand down.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:12 13
- how in the world would you know this? -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 11, 15:21 12
  - for me it's because a weirdly large part of mineral exploration is fuel logistics. -- nm - mafic Apr 11, 16:21
  - This is a good question, because in fact, I don't know. Not at all. But Wikipedia does, sort of. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:24 10
    - hee! -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 11, 15:25 9
      - Until I looked it up, I thought they used hydrazine - but that's rocket fuel. Kerosene was the word I was actually looking for. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:28 8
        
        You'd definitely want to clear the airspace of a hydrazine powered plane. -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 15:31 7
        
        Hydrazine is bad news -- nm - JD Apr 11, 16:02
        
        "I wanna go FAST!" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:35 5
        
        LaGuardia International Impact Crater -- nm - Reagen Apr 11, 15:42 4
        
        Hey, it would be an improvement at least -- nm - Literally anyone that’s flown through LGA Apr 11, 15:52 1
        
        But what about the airport sushi?? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:58
        
        Don't Go Chasing Manhole Covers -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 15:49 1
        
        (This is a Pascal-B joke.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 11, 16:02

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