Probably not because it’s extremely useless for 99% of people lol
Does the average person know that a stalagmite is mostly calcium carbonate?
Well no, why would they remember that? They’ve got to remember the chemical formula for one or two quartzes
I need that brain space for the Windows XP activation code
I knew both! AuDHD for the win.
Umm…what were we talking about again?
Maps, I think? Or ships. Possibly trains…
I swear it was neutron stars.
What if life were to evolve on a neutron star?
Gamma-based life. Worlds full of hulk strength insectoids.
Read Flux by Peter F Hamilton if you want to find out.
I was thinking of Dragon’s Egg by Robert L. Forward. I’ll add Flux to my reading list. I enjoyed the one, so I’ll probably enjoy the other.
Thanks for the suggestion
Or that tooth plaque is calcium phosphate?
I think you mean tooth enamel, not plaque
Say it ain’t so!
does that mean you could use a chunk of a stalagmite as a tums in a pinch? (I think that’s what tums is maybe its a different calcium)
No. Most people think you can throw a lit cigarette or lighter on it and it will go up instantly too because of movies. I think Die Hard 2 was the worst lol, he like threw a zippo in the puddle of her fuel and then it followed the plane in mid air to blow it up.
I don’t think people know how octane level works either. I think they assume higher octane is easier to combust when it’s the exact opposite.
And octane doesn’t grant magical horsepowers to your engine if you pour a can of octane boost in the tank.
Especially the octane talk I had many times…
Does the average person know that it costs $2500 in fuel to get a boeing 747 off the ground?
So like four people in Business class cover it…
Its high flash point also makes it hard to ignite making it safer than gasoline.
Damn, forgot my lighter…
*Pulls out electric baton
*Gas station explodes
From a comic by MoringMark about Knights of Guinevere characters
The entire point of jet fuel is that it DOESN’T “blow up easily”, though.
unlike gasoline, It actually takes quite a bit of effort to ignite avgas in it’s liquid form because it’s designed to be aerosolized before being ignited.
I thought Avgas was 100ll, not jet fuel?
I can’t remember the which is which. I just remember that Avgas and 100ll are the two types of aviation fuel. My brain doesn’t have the ability to remember which is which. Which is probably why it’s a good thing I’m not a pilot…
I bet the average person knows it can’t melt steel beams.
I knew, but only because I read a lot of cold war stories, and for war becomes hot stories. Running a jet on cooking kerosene was a plot point in one
I have since read about just engines and jet fuel
I don’t work in that industry at all. I’m an IT systems analyst
I don’t think they do. I’m a person that likes aviation and I never think about jet fuel.
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Likely not. I thought it was highly volatile until I learned it was basically kerosene.
It’s taxed differently as well
The average person probably has no idea what cracking is to begin with.
The average person probably has no idea what cracking is to begin with
How many non-industry people do you know that know what a long chain hydrocarbon is?
No. I wager the average person thinks its some kind of super dangerous super powered liquid explosion magic, because the average person is kind of an idiot.
I, however, did know its fancy kerosene
I was in school training to be an aircraft mechanic when I learned that. I remember thinking, “that’s crazy”
Red to orange hot and the fucker will bend.
