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   Message 198,116 of 198,385   
   Dhu on Gate to Loran   
   Re: Argentina's Cold May   
   15 Jun 24 01:29:36   
   
   XPost: can.politics, alt.global-warming   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:58:07 -0600, Loran wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Why? Sulfur is bad for jet engines. In the combustion chamber sulfuric   
   > compounds become sulfuric acid (similar to how some cities used to get   
   > acid rain). That extremely hot acid is then flung against the 1st stage   
   > turbine stator and 1st stage turbine wheel (aka some of the most expensive   
   > parts in a modern turbine engine).   
   >   
      
   They're moving to composite ceramics instead of metals in jet engines,   
   and anyways there's as much energy in sulphur as in carbon ;-)   
      
   Dhu (goodbye, Carbon Monoxide, hello, sulphur dioxide! The air ., ., ., is   
   everywhere!)   
      
      
      
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