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Given that you can smell the jet fuel downwind from an airport, I’d be greatly suspicious of those studies. They don’t seem to pass the smell test.
by jounker 5y ago
Given that you can smell the jet fuel downwind from an airport, I’d be greatly suspicious of those studies. They don’t seem to pass the smell test.
- marcosdumay 5y agoOn one hand, benzene goes much farther than any lead-containing organic compound, and the dispersal is exponential, so it's really much farther. On the other hand, the thing is literally being dispersed from the high-up, so who knows. It is really a strange result, as one should expect detectable differences even if not large enough to matter. Is water carrying it away?
- sojournerc 5y agoLeaded gas used in general aviation is not jet fuel. Slightly higher octane than "car" fuel, but definitely not jet fuel which is basically kerosene. I could be wrong, but I don't think you could smell the difference between leaded and non-leaded fuel in exhaust.
- kortilla 5y agoIf you can smell jet fuel, it’s because there is a jet fuel leak somewhere. That has zero relationship to exhaust from avgas.
- hadlock 5y agoJet fuel is kerosene, a close relative to rocket fuel (RP-1) and would probably run in a diesel engine for quite a while if you tried (don't try this). Avgas is.... automotive gasoline with some additives, specifically lead based octane booster. They're very different products.