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JockoT · 10-26-2017, 02:45 AM

A US gallon of gas weighs 2.83 kg so you get 41 MJ/kg (link you posted says 44). Considerably less energy per kg. You could use gasoline (or diesel), you just have to pay a weight penalty.

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