Talk:Liquid fuel

Diesel generalisation

Removed text: Diesel fuel, unlike gasoline, is only for use in diesel engines. This sweeping generalisation is not true, yachtsmen in particular use stoves that burn diesel. It is a useful fuel for any situation where the fire risk from stored fuel needs to be minimised. I'm not quite sure what the removed text was trying to say! Andrewa 23:53, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Correct removal. Diesel has a much wider range of uses than appears at first sight. Most people are unaware that (at least in Europe) heating oil (for oil fired boilers) is actually diesel. That it has a different name (and generally no tax) makes little difference. In fact heating oil has a dye tracer that can dectected by the excise people should you try to use it in your diesel car or lorry (where it works faultlessly). Lorries are routinely stopped and their fuel tested. 86.156.154.237 (talk) 16:33, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Alcohol

I don't think, under alcohol, that "they combust rapidly (too rapidly for fossil fuel replacement)" is correct. Alcohols have higher ignition and flash points that hydrocarbons. Or do I not understand what is meant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by David R. Ingham (talk • contribs) 23:17, 16 June 2005 (UTC)

Please sign you posts on talk pages. Andrewa 06:12, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Database glitch

This edit blanked most of the page, perhaps accidentally, I've had similar glitches myself. One further edit was lost in reverting. Andrewa 06:12, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

change

hi just made a change to change a link so it works

where it read alcohol fuels (link) it now reads alcohol fuel (link) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jemodonnell (talk • contribs) 07:44, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

LNG LPG?

Liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas are liquid fuels. While it is true that they are most commonly used as gases, it is also true that gasoline is volatilized before burning. LNG and LPG deserve a mention here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by R Stillwater (talk • contribs) 23:00, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

suggestion...

Hey, you guys'd do well to first give people a rough idea of the difference between these fuels: which one is (roughly speaking) the lighter or heavier distillation fraction, which is more volatile, why do diesel engines need different fuel and why do jet engines need "heavier" fuel etc. etc. (maybe also: what can you with these things for cleaning (household?), which one is dangerous etc.)

Actually I've been searching through Wikipedia (also the german one) and haven't found answers to these basic questions... Sometimes it seems there's too much space in Wikipedia and so the art to say the essence is lost...

Greetings, 212.171.252.118 (talk) 18:53, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Nitrogen

I have deleted the section on nitrogen as irrelevant to an article on fuel. Nitrogen does not burn. The application of nitrogen (actually liquid nitrogen) is solely relying on the expansive properties of the nitrogen as it turns to gas. In this application, the energy is not derived from the nitrogen, but is the energy absorbed to turn the liquid back to a gas. To be really pedantic, the energy required to run the engine comes from the energy used to liquify the nitrogen in the first place. It is the source of that energy which is really the fuel here. 86.150.65.44 (talk) 14:34, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

More examples

More examples of liquid are Water, Petroleum, Kerosene, Diesel, Gasoline — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.139.118.46 (talk) 14:52, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

JP-10

Article should mention JP-10. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 19:31, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Fuel Consumption versus Mode of Transportation.

This article or a related one could have a graphical depiction of fuel consumption versus mode of transportation. A pie chart is an obvious possibility. It would show the fraction of petroleum fuel consumed in aircraft, automobiles, ships, trains and any other significant types of vehicle. Very likely the information is published somewhere but I don't have a citation at present.

What motivates the observation? Well, a friend sent me this link.
http://newatlas.com/shipping-pollution/11526/
It mentions sulphur and sulphur oxides. Nothing about greenhouse gases. So I wonder whether the story is deliberately cooked to give the impression that emissions from personal vehicles are insignificant. It's an important question and the pie chart or tabular data at least, would help. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 20:39, 21 September 2016 (UTC)