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To: dselig

I wonder if JP-8 can be recycled as diesel?

I worked for a company once that had two small refineries and produced most of the military jet fuel used in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico. We used the stock in our rigs, trucks and my car... it made GREAT diesel!


4 posted on 08/28/2010 3:05:14 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half of the population is below average)
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To: Sequoyah101

Maybe my fuel knowledge is old hat but IIRC, JP-4 and JP-5 are aviation fuels (what we put in our UH-1H aircraft).

I’m long since off flight status but in my ground unit we fuel our HUMMVs, trucks, HEMMTs and field stoves with nothing but JP-8 for years now. It initially caused problems as the solvent additives in JP-8 were flushing all the fuel tank rust particles into the fuel filters and clogging them.

Anyway, this massive fuel transfer to the IDF says things vis-a-vis Iran are ready to smoke, sooner rather than later JMHO.


11 posted on 08/28/2010 4:10:51 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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