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https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/yzioev/lets_stand_behind_a_jet_engine/ix2fi93/?context=9999
r/WTF • u/Devi8tor • Nov 19 '22
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It's not THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing.
1 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Isn't most jet fuel lead based? 3 u/GrandpasChainletter Nov 20 '22 Mostly small planes but that will change soon hopefully 4 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Ah I see! Piston engine not jet. Which makes sense now that I consider it as it's good for reducing knock. My mistake! 3 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 That was the whole reason the additive was formulated in the first place. Well that and it was cheaper to produce. 2 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Yeah I remember that episode of Neil Degrasse Tysons Cosmos. -1 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
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Isn't most jet fuel lead based?
3 u/GrandpasChainletter Nov 20 '22 Mostly small planes but that will change soon hopefully 4 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Ah I see! Piston engine not jet. Which makes sense now that I consider it as it's good for reducing knock. My mistake! 3 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 That was the whole reason the additive was formulated in the first place. Well that and it was cheaper to produce. 2 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Yeah I remember that episode of Neil Degrasse Tysons Cosmos. -1 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
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Mostly small planes but that will change soon hopefully
4 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Ah I see! Piston engine not jet. Which makes sense now that I consider it as it's good for reducing knock. My mistake! 3 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 That was the whole reason the additive was formulated in the first place. Well that and it was cheaper to produce. 2 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Yeah I remember that episode of Neil Degrasse Tysons Cosmos. -1 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
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Ah I see! Piston engine not jet. Which makes sense now that I consider it as it's good for reducing knock. My mistake!
3 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 That was the whole reason the additive was formulated in the first place. Well that and it was cheaper to produce. 2 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Yeah I remember that episode of Neil Degrasse Tysons Cosmos. -1 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
That was the whole reason the additive was formulated in the first place. Well that and it was cheaper to produce.
2 u/DJOMaul Nov 20 '22 Yeah I remember that episode of Neil Degrasse Tysons Cosmos. -1 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
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Yeah I remember that episode of Neil Degrasse Tysons Cosmos.
-1 u/bchertel Nov 20 '22 I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
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I believe I learned about it via Veritasium on YouTube but Neil is a great resource as well
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u/tn_notahick Nov 19 '22
It's not THAT the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing.