Comment by tryagainian
11 hours ago
> Which would ignore that jet fuel is going to be a multiple of the gasoline price.
That doesn’t sound right. If my Duck Fu is any good, jet fuel is currently going due US$3.00 per gallon, avgas (leaded petrol) at $3.30, and gasoline at $2.88 gallon.
There’s nothing much special about jet fuel, it’s just kerosene, same as RP1 (Rocket Propellant), heater fuel, and lamp oil you can buy from the hardware store, with a touch of something to stop it gelling at low temperature if I understand correctly, but also jet fuel tanks are heated if I recall correctly.
I believe standard diesel fuel will also works in jet engines, but kerosene is cheaper.
I’m not in the US, and if I understand correctly their gasoline (petrol) price can vary greatly from state to state, California being the worst? Is that right?
in 2012 i owned a car that could run 100 octane fuel, and that was $9 a gallon. a few more octane and you get Jet-A minus the additives.
according to jetfueltracker jetA is about $2 more than 87 octane right now and about $1 more than 93 octane. and still somehow cheaper than diesel.
I'm not used to seeing jet fuel this cheap, luckily there's none near me to waste money on.