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threelonmusketeers
sh.itjust.works
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threelonmusketeers
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-06-10 |
One small launch for rocket, one giant leap for propane and propane accessories! |
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ferret
sh.itjust.works
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-07-18 |
As opposed to SpaceX, which uses “Natural Gas” like the kind your water heater probably uses |
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AeronMelon
lemmy.world
aeronmelon@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-12-26 |
Propulsion and propulsion accessories. |
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MonkderVierte
lemmy.zip
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip Joined: 2025-05-30 |
Ok, but how is propane "clean"? |
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cantstopthesignal
sh.itjust.works
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-06-28 |
Ok, but how is propane "clean"?
That's the neat part about clean energy, it doesn't mean anything. It's a term made up by the energy industry to compete with the idea of green energy so that people conflate the two. What is meant by clean energy in this context is that it doesn't produce unwanted products from side reactions. It just makes CO2 and H2O unlike say coal which can produce SOx and NOx or Bunker fuel used in container ships which creates all sorts of nasty shit when it burns. Green energy on the other hand means that it produces very little if any CO2. |
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WastedJobe
feddit.org
Jobe@feddit.org Joined: 2024-06-23 |
Ok, but how is propane "clean"?
RP1, wich is used by Falcon 9 and others, has more combustion products that aren't just CO₂ or H₂O than propane. Still not 'clean' as in 'no global warming potential' but probably a liiiitle bit better. |
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klankin
piefed.ca
klankin@piefed.ca Joined: 2026-01-12 |
Ok, but how is propane "clean"?
You can technically burn tires for energy. |
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MonkderVierte
lemmy.zip
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip Joined: 2025-05-30 |
RP1, wich is used by Falcon 9 and others, has more combustion products that aren't just CO₂ or H₂O than propane. Still not 'clean' as in 'no global warming potential' but probably a liiiitle bit better.
So, greenwashing? |
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WastedJobe
feddit.org
Jobe@feddit.org Joined: 2024-06-23 |
So, greenwashing?
Pretty much. |
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fake
sh.itjust.works
fake@sh.itjust.worksJoined: 2024-06-19 |
You can technically burn tires for energy.
They absolutely do burn tires in cement kilns. |
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threelonmusketeers
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-06-10 |
Ok, but how is propane "clean"?
Less soot than kerosene. |
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MonkderVierte
lemmy.zip
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip Joined: 2025-05-30 |
Less soot than kerosene.
And kerosene is clean, because it has less soot than raw oil? |
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threelonmusketeers
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-06-10 |
And kerosene is clean, because it has less soot than raw oil?
Relatively speaking, I suppose it would be. Though rocket engines tend to be pretty delicate, and I'm not aware of any which could stomach stright-up raw oil. Even the "kerosene" used in kerolox engines is a riffled form of kerosene known as RP-1. |
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