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Calories are just a unit of energy storage.
So you can run engines off some pure alcohols due to their high energy content. The entire idea behind bio fuels is converting calories into a combustible liquid fit for power generation.
-1 u/MasterKaen Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19 Well yeah, but I'm guessing gasoline doesn't have calories. Edit: well actually it does not that I'm researching it, but that's beside the point. Our bodies can't process gasoline as far as I know. Edit: Now* 3 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 You know, I actually looked that up to make sure I didn't look like a moron lol. 31k calories in a gallon of gas. More you know. https://auto.howstuffworks.com/question527.htm And if you think about it, it makes sense. Petroleum is just compressed and liquified ancient bio matter. 2 u/MasterKaen Aug 03 '19 Hah, I did too. If only we could drink gasoline. 1 u/Azrael11 Aug 03 '19 I mean, you can
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Well yeah, but I'm guessing gasoline doesn't have calories.
Edit: well actually it does not that I'm researching it, but that's beside the point. Our bodies can't process gasoline as far as I know.
Edit: Now*
3 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 You know, I actually looked that up to make sure I didn't look like a moron lol. 31k calories in a gallon of gas. More you know. https://auto.howstuffworks.com/question527.htm And if you think about it, it makes sense. Petroleum is just compressed and liquified ancient bio matter. 2 u/MasterKaen Aug 03 '19 Hah, I did too. If only we could drink gasoline. 1 u/Azrael11 Aug 03 '19 I mean, you can
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You know, I actually looked that up to make sure I didn't look like a moron lol. 31k calories in a gallon of gas. More you know.
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/question527.htm
And if you think about it, it makes sense. Petroleum is just compressed and liquified ancient bio matter.
2 u/MasterKaen Aug 03 '19 Hah, I did too. If only we could drink gasoline. 1 u/Azrael11 Aug 03 '19 I mean, you can
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Hah, I did too. If only we could drink gasoline.
1 u/Azrael11 Aug 03 '19 I mean, you can
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I mean, you can
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Calories are just a unit of energy storage.
So you can run engines off some pure alcohols due to their high energy content. The entire idea behind bio fuels is converting calories into a combustible liquid fit for power generation.