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To: MPJackal

Methane is a far less volatile than jet fuel. The energy needed to ignite methane is quite large. I’m serious as to what the risk of ignition could possibly be during refueling.


32 posted on 07/23/2018 7:28:43 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: outpostinmass2
Uh, inflammability of methane vs. [basically] kerosene?

Methane, for the win.

Of course, throw in some other factors, actual concentration of the methane. One bowel's worth of methane in a small compartment mixed with a couple of cubic feet of air, of which only ~20% is O2, compared to a steady supply of potentially evaporating kerosene out in the open...

53 posted on 07/23/2018 8:09:01 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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