The average person probably has no idea what cracking is to begin with.
The average person probably has no idea what cracking is to begin with
How many non-industry people do you know that know what a long chain hydrocarbon is?
- 18 hours
No. I’d guess a lot of people, who don’t work with it, think diesel blows up, even.
What the basic kinds of petroleum are, and which vehicles they go in, is one of those things any reasonably educated person should know, but the majority of the population actually won’t.
- 4 days
Probably not because it’s extremely useless for 99% of people lol
Does the average person know that a stalagmite is mostly calcium carbonate?
- 3 days
Just like how their government works, or what climate change is.
Like, people aren’t actually dumb, but 1% of their attention on anything that they aren’t paid to do can sure give that appearance.
- lagoon8622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish4 days
Well no, why would they remember that? They’ve got to remember the chemical formula for one or two quartzes
I knew both! AuDHD for the win.
Umm…what were we talking about again?
3 daysI was thinking of Dragon’s Egg by Robert L. Forward. I’ll add Flux to my reading list. I enjoyed the one, so I’ll probably enjoy the other.
Thanks for the suggestion
does that mean you could use a chunk of a stalagmite as a tums in a pinch? (I think that’s what tums is maybe its a different calcium)
- im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish4 days
Maybe people do know that?
Drinking / tap water here comes from a limestone aquifer. Tap ware and shower screens and toilets develop a calcium carbonate build up that needs to be chemically removed.
I think anyone who’s been in a cave and heard how stalagmites form would remember that it’s calcium carbonate.
- 4 days
I learned about it in school and have seen them in a caves but still had to look it up for the bit.
How about this…does the average person know that the transport latency of Dante audio is around 150 microseconds?
I don’t think they do. I’m a person that likes aviation and I never think about jet fuel.
- 4 days
I don’t know how easily it blows up, I’m too cool to turn around and watch the explosion
- psud@aussie.zoneEnglish4 days
I knew, but only because I read a lot of cold war stories, and for war becomes hot stories. Running a jet on cooking kerosene was a plot point in one
I have since read about just engines and jet fuel
I don’t work in that industry at all. I’m an IT systems analyst
- Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish4 days
The entire point of jet fuel is that it DOESN’T “blow up easily”, though.
unlike gasoline, It actually takes quite a bit of effort to ignite avgas in it’s liquid form because it’s designed to be aerosolized before being ignited.
- gastroglizzy@piefed.socialEnglish4 days
Avgas and jet fuel aren’t the same thing. Avgas is leaded gasoline used in airplane engines. Jet fuel is specially formulated for use in turbines.
- SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish4 days
Once years ago, I used a few mL of gasoline as a solvent to clean grease from a part. To dispose of it, I put it in a can and tossed a lit match in.
The liquid gasoline extinguished the flame. Even gasoline is hard to ignite.
Um, another one? I am pretty sure I solidified this one.
Are you talking about Second Life, or are you promoting a new MMORPG?
- 4 days
I assume it’s a reference to one of the 9/11 conspiracy theories.
The claim was that jet fuel doesn’t burn at a high enough temperature to melt steel. Therefore a bunch of burning jet fuel alone wouldn’t have been enough to collapse the towers. Therefore someone must have put something else there.
Even XKCD got in on the joke. https://xkcd.com/966/
You are nearly spot on: it isn’t just the heat it will produce, but the lack of ignition due to the oxygen required for ignition.
- 3 days
You’d be surprised at how much things aerosolise when they hit a skyscraper at 500 mph.
Not at all. Seen it with my own eyes. Seriously, the effect mirrors a controlled demolition.
- 4 days
No. Most people think you can throw a lit cigarette or lighter on it and it will go up instantly too because of movies. I think Die Hard 2 was the worst lol, he like threw a zippo in the puddle of her fuel and then it followed the plane in mid air to blow it up.
I don’t think people know how octane level works either. I think they assume higher octane is easier to combust when it’s the exact opposite.
- 3 days
Of all the media out there, action movies might be the worst for rotting brains. People can actually seperate porn or cartoons from reality.
And octane doesn’t grant magical horsepowers to your engine if you pour a can of octane boost in the tank.
- 4 days
Likely not. I thought it was highly volatile until I learned it was basically kerosene.
I was in school training to be an aircraft mechanic when I learned that. I remember thinking, “that’s crazy”
No. I wager the average person thinks its some kind of super dangerous super powered liquid explosion magic, because the average person is kind of an idiot.
I, however, did know its fancy kerosene
- 3 days
Yeah, I thought it was supposed to be the main expense for airlines.
Edit: Oh, that’s literally just takeoff.
- 3 days
Yeah I can imagine the rest of business class pays for the flight and economy is just a cherry on top. I mean they keep making the seats smaller to can in more fish. Some older planes you can tell they were fitted with the modern small seats. Paid for the window view? Enjoy your wall view. Then overbooking. And the kicker, your luggage requirements keep shrinking, so they can ship things.
https://liveandletsfly.com/united-airlines-f35-parts-israel-passenger-flights/
- 3 days
Airlines are going bankrupt all over the place, though, so it’s not like they’re making massive margins. Basically, people just prefer a shitty seat on a cheap flight.
- 3 days
I get that; flying is made to be such a pain now. When I flew ANA, Japan Airlines, or the Redeye; it was nice. Any US flights were torture. Being 6ft tall with back problems, it makes sleeping in cargo feel like a 5 star hotel.
