[TheForge] Re: Petrogen torch yak

[Ralph E Douglass]

debmiller at fuse.net wrote:
> 
> Makes on think............
> 125,000 BTU/gal versus propane at 91,600 BTU/gal.
> 
> You are looking at something like 35% MORE btu content per gallon, and pricing locally has gasoline around $1.90 per gallon, and propane is still under $1 per gallon. Then with the added cost of oxygen, I don't think you can compare them. Plus there are all the issues of combustion by products with liquid fuels versus propane or natural gas for a forge.
> 
> It would make a really big flame, however!!!
> 
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati

Around here gas is going for about 2.00 per gallon and propane is about
1.70 or more......

Near Portland Oregon
Ralph

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