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Gasoline

Volative flammable fossil fuel (liquid hydrocarbons) derived from crude petroleum by processes such as distillation reforming, polymerization, etc.


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Surviving cannibals

... reaction has 100% efficiency. Some of the energy is always released as heat. For example, an average car only converts about 15% of the energy in gasoline to the moving of the car, the rest is released as heat. By comparison, cellular respiration converts about 38% of the energy in a glucose molecule ...

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by MrMistery
Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:33 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Surviving cannibals
Replies: 3
Views: 1660

Tolerance to gasoline exhaust?

... (of course, damage is often good enough to increase one's risks of cancer). And back to the topic question - does this tolerance develop for gasoline, something that most of us are exposed to on a daily basis? It seems that a lot of people have to deal with gasoline as part of their lives.

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by inquilinekea
Thu May 15, 2008 6:41 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Tolerance to gasoline exhaust?
Replies: 0
Views: 938

Re: What is the primary energy source for cells?

Ok, let's suppose that you were asked the question; what is the primary source of energy for an automobile? Would you answer gasoline, or crude oil?

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by MichaelXY
Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:46 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is the primary energy source for cells?
Replies: 14
Views: 2842

Nuclear Power?

... we only borrowed it from them" I've read a recent research it seemed viable it has lesser waste than the nuclear powered one it runs on a gasoline which turns the turbine the turbine with the generator provides large amount of electricity a fraction of the generated power will be used ...

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by volcob
Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:04 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Nuclear Power?
Replies: 33
Views: 6498

Need urgent advice

You should have their amounts in terms of moles of molecules. Frankly it's not exactly that interesting, it's like testing diesel vs gasoline. If you're comparing them, at least do something like under what conditions do these two catalysts perform better?

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by mith
Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:16 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need urgent advice
Replies: 4
Views: 612
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