Re: pinhole diesel and menstruation

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From: NFetter@aol.com
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 20:12:36 PST 

From: NFetter@aol.com
Message-ID: <24.5dcc77.25be7cb4@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:12:36 EST
Subject: Re: pinhole diesel and menstruation

Hi Geoff,
Answer to your first question: The compression ratio of diesel engines is
much higher than gas engines, so the energy obtained from the fuel is more
efficiently used. Also both gas and diesel fuel are mixtures of hydrocarbons,
so the heat energy per gram of fuel should be the almost the same.
Diesel fuel is a low volatility hydrocarbon mix that can only be ignited by
the heat of compression in the diesel engine. Gas engines require a more
volatile mix and use a spark or glow plug to ignite the fuel.
Answer to the second question: Ho, ho--you can't be serious.
Neil Fetter

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