Actually, isn't benze(i)ne a main component of gasoline?
--R
Christopher McCann wrote:
well, it was called that, but not b/c of Benz. It was sold as a cleaning agent
which you bought at the pharmacy/apothecary.
Is not gasoline still benzin in German?
Chris
Rich Thomas [EMAIL
There is a hydrocarbon called benzene, but it is not the same as benzin.
Chris
Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, isn't benze(i)ne a main
component of gasoline?
--R
Christopher McCann wrote:
well, it was called that, but not b/c of Benz. It was sold as a cleaning agent
A few paragraphs I'll copy/paste here, just some doom and gloom...
The cost of diesel has eased in recent weeks, but U.S. diesel prices
still remain significantly higher than gasoline prices as refiners
struggle to meet global demand for the fuel after hurricanes Katrina
and Rita. The
time to switch to gas cars again.
John M McIntosh wrote:
A few paragraphs I'll copy/paste here, just some doom and gloom...
The cost of diesel has eased in recent weeks, but U.S. diesel prices
still remain significantly higher than gasoline prices as refiners
struggle to meet global
Once you try vegetable oil, you will never go back :-)
-Dave Walton
94 S350, 99 E300
On 11/28/05, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
time to switch to gas cars again.
John M McIntosh wrote:
A few paragraphs I'll copy/paste here, just some doom and gloom...
The cost of diesel
This make more gasoline and less diesel claim puzzles me. From what I learned
that at different temperatures different product such as gasoline and diesel
are generated during the crude oil refinery process. That means the percentage
of each product can be distilled out of the crude should be a
thats what I always thought.
Kerr Tung wrote:
This make more gasoline and less diesel claim puzzles me. From what I learned that at
different temperatures different product such as gasoline and diesel are generated during
the crude oil refinery process. That means the percentage of each
I'm not a petrochemist, but I did work with some (and I stayed at a
Holiday Inn Express).
The refinery can use catalysts to break apart longer carbon chains and
alter the mix a bit. The downside is that these molecules are not as
stable as their naturally occurring counterparts. The best example
Kerr Tung wrote:
This make more gasoline and less diesel claim puzzles me. From what I learned that at
different temperatures different product such as gasoline and diesel are generated during
the crude oil refinery process. That means the percentage of each product can be
distilled out of
I thought it ran on Benz-ine!
--R
Marshall Booth wrote:
It is claimed that the automobile that Benz assembled in the 19th
century was powered by gasoline because it was the major unused waste
product after fuel oil was extracted from crude so was rather inexpensive.
Marshall
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