Anthony R. Gold wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:55:39 +0100, Max Demian
wrote:

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:36:52 +0100, "Anthony R. Gold"
wrote:

Diesel and kerosene are essentially the same but with different tax rates.
No they're not. You're thinking of DERV (white diesel) and gas oil
(red diesel). The latter carries no fuel duty and can be legally used
in a generator, though I don't know how difficult it is for an
ordinary joe to get hold of. I expect marine suppliers have it.

Sorry, what I meant was only that the relevant issues of equipment cost,
fuel storage and noise are very much the same.

28 seconds burning kerosene (used for home heating and JetA) and 35 seconds
burning diesel have somewhat different specifications such that kerosene is
less viscous and less prone to freezing at low temperatures but more likely
to vapour lock at higher temperatures. In fact they are sometimes
interchangeable and in cold weather vehicle fuel suppliers often add some
kerosene into their diesel to improve the low temperature performance.

Tony
A certain person I know adds 50% of '28 second' to every 1/2 tank of
diesel he buys.

It runs..smokes a bit.