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To: Lurker

Here are some numbers:
“Now a pound of propane is roughly equivalent (in energy) to a gallon of gasoline...”

Propane: 1 pound = 21,500 BTU
Gasoline: 1 gallon = 125,000 BTU
Diesel: 1 gallon = 139,200 BTU

So 1 gallon of gasoline has about 6 times the energy content of propane, and Diesel has even more energy than gasoline.

I misunderestimated the low density of Propane or I would have been closer.

19 posted on 07/31/2012 4:57:55 PM PDT by BobL ( It's easy to be a saint when you have nothing on the line)

To: BobL

Diesel has even more energy than gasoline.

Diesel is louder and harder to start in the winter.

35 posted on 07/31/2012 5:50:40 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)

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