tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post2163720803568141495..comments2024-03-28T18:03:15.049-04:00Comments on FOLIO OLIO: THURSDAY #2958Ralph Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05079364726250352589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234783319349274920.post-77839908143209263792017-01-29T23:11:49.635-05:002017-01-29T23:11:49.635-05:00"How can five pounds of gas produce 20 pounds..."How can five pounds of gas produce 20 pounds of carbon?"<br /><br />You Americans with your strange vocab and measurements.<br /><br />I'm assuming the 5 pounds of "gas" is actually the liquid us Aussies call "petrol". Now, when you buy "gas" by the pound, is it weighed or measured as the space occupied (volume)? <br /><br />I know you have fluid ounces, but not so sure on fluid pounds. Your whole system makes little sense to me.<br /><br />Assuming fluid pounds are a thing, then it's not hard to see that 5 fluid pounds of "gas" in liquid form could become 20 fluid pounds of carbon in gaseous form (e.g. carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide etc).<br /><br />20 fluid pounds of pure carbon seems unlikely though, as it would be a solid, so I recon their wording is misleading.<br /><br />tl;dr - makes sense for volume, not for mass.smk762noreply@blogger.com