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Chemistry / Re: What is the difference between diesel fuel and petrol (gasoline)?
« on: 27/05/2008 20:04:24 »Deisel is like kerosene and it is not as explosive as gas, so it doesn't have as much energy potential as petrol, whereas the gas has a higher energy potential.
Diesel has a higher energy content than Petrol.
1 gallon of gasoline = 124,000 Btu
1 gallon of heating oil or diesel fuel = 139,000 Btu
If you have to make a point please get it right and the above quote doesn't allow for the newer European low sulphur fuels which now have helped evolve diesels in Europe so far that they now cannot be sold in the USA due to the poor quality fuel sold in much of the USA. It is almost the same grade as used in farm vehicles (called Red Diesel in the UK) and the stuff used in 3rd world countries.