[53657] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Even the New York Times withholds the address
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Tue Nov 19 18:24:09 2002
From: "Petri Helenius" <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: "Scott Granados" <scott@wworks.net>,
"Johannes Ullrich" <jullrich@euclidian.com>
Cc: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:23:23 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> Diesel can even exstinguish flame in some cases. It is a much different
> anamal than aircraft fuel.
There is no single thing as "aircraft fuel". Commercial jet aircraft are usually
fueled
with Jet A1 which has a flashpoint of 38´C (100´F). So it does not take that
much
to get it going. For less flammable alternative, use JP5, which has a flashpoint
of
60´C and is generally used on shipboard military operations.
If you´d like extra margin on your diesel safety, order JP5 instead of the usual
junk.
Pete
>
> There are concerns yes but not a good compairison.
>
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Johannes Ullrich wrote:
>
> >
> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/19/nyregion/19FUEL.html
> > ...
> > > While almost everyone on this list knows which building is the subject
> > > of the article, we can discuss the issue without discussing the
> > > particular building.
> > >
> > > On-site fuel storage is one of those double-edge swords.
> >
> > The article is comparing the relatively 'inert' diesel fuel to
> > the aircraft fuel that caused the devastation at the WTC.
> > Did the authors of this article ever hear about heating oil tanks?
> >
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