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To: Howlin
Sure gasoline engines are known for not burning completely, because of their design. Everyone has seen tail pipes dripping gasoline at one time or another.

But in reality.... it's pretty difficult to feed a coleman stove with propane and not burn all of the propane. In fact... I'm not sure how you would accomplish that if you really tried to.

2,568 posted on 09/22/2005 2:57:48 PM PDT by kjam22
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To: kjam22
..Everyone has seen tail pipes dripping gasoline at one time or another.

I never have.

2,575 posted on 09/22/2005 2:59:43 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: kjam22
Everyone has seen tail pipes dripping gasoline at one time or another.

That's condensation you see in cold weather. Hydrocarbon (gasoline) + oxygen -> CO2 + H2O (water) + energy to move the car.

The car exhaust has got a lot of water vapor in it. On cold days, it condenses in the tail pipe

2,608 posted on 09/22/2005 3:13:37 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Never try to teach a pig to sing -- it wastes your time and it annoys the pig)
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To: kjam22
Everyone has seen tail pipes dripping gasoline at one time or another

Ummm, that's H2O, not gas.

2,671 posted on 09/22/2005 3:33:10 PM PDT by dfwddr
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To: kjam22
Everyone has seen tail pipes dripping gasoline at one time or another.

That's condensation, not gasoline. If you have raw gas dripping from your exhaust pipe, get out of the car and run.

2,730 posted on 09/22/2005 3:53:28 PM PDT by meyer (The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
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