RE: oh well!(kaboom)

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Robert Myers wrote:

> >Gasoline is 19,000 (roughly) BTU/gal or BTU/lbmass.  I think it is 
> >lbmass.  Bob Myers, you should know that.  Help me out here.
> 
> Your faith is touching, Graydon, but poorly placed.  Ah ain't got no idea.
> But, FWIW, my guess would be per pound rather than per gallon.  As a rough
> estimate, one gallon of gasoline will be about 6.x pounds.

OK, I just checked.  it is roughly 19,000 BTU/lb and roughly 6.1 lb/gal

It depends on the grade and composition of the gasoline though.  Some 
petroleum fuels are higher than  20,000 BTU/lb and as much as 6.7 lb/gal.

:-)

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey

"There's alot more to Jazz than just wrong notes"