Pretty much title. I never got a full understanding of what gas is. Is it short for gasoline? Does it mean something else? Is it a solid, like oil? Or is it a gas, like… gas? What goes in my car and what runs my oven? Are they different? Are they the same? Is natural gas the same as oil…?
You get the idea, and I would love to finally understand what gas is. Thanks!
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gas, in this context, is short for refined petroleum products. the point of refining is two-fold. they want to create a stable fluid (won’t catch fire without help) with as long a chain of carbon atoms as they can. the carbon atoms are what you want to burn and produce carbon dioxide, everything else is pollution. there are different types of gas for different types of engine, like a turbine in a plane or a diesel in a truck, but these are minor variations and the goal is the same. they can also make a similar fuel into a gas (the state of matter, not shorthand) that is easier to transport long distances and burn that in power plants, but again, we are talking about the same basic concept.
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