Gas/Petrol
OK, you put gas in your cars rather than petrol, but what do you guys cook with over there (other than electric!), and is the word `petrol` used in any context?
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We cook with "gas". The utilities/paperwork often call it "natural gas". We rarely use this full term in speech -- if I mentioned "cooking with natural gas", someone might think I fart a lot.If you...
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> LPNLicensed Practical Nurse?According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, www.ferc.fed.us/about/doing/acronyms.htm
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Oops. I suppose I was conflating (read: butchering) the first two. And I don't suppose they're at all the same, so I'll state further that I suppose it was the first ONE (LNG) that I intended.In fact,...
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> In fact, the second one (LPG) sounds like automotive> gas -- is that its official name? I could see how the US> and UK came up with "gas" and "petrol" then.No, in the vernacular LPG is...
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Hmmm...now you've got me thinking...people talk about their "propane tanks", don't they? Aside from a blowtorch, where is this used? BBQ grills?Are *both* LNG and LPG used in the house? Is one used...
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1907, Seattle1908, Pittsburgh1912, ColumbusAll laying claim to having the world`s first service station? Maybe Fox could get the mayors to slug it out on TV.
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Liquefied Nattural Gas has a rather high vapor pressure except under conditions of extreme cold. Methane or natural gas is transported in ships from the point of origin, to a point of distribution....
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So in a nutshell, dr: those tanks-at-home are LPG, whereas LNG is some in-house stage at the refinery? Have I got that right?You also reminded me that "natural gas" is also called "city gas" in some...
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The term `service area` is used on the motorways. `Filling station` is what I normally use, but `petrol station`, `service station` and just plain `garage` are all equally popular. And I recall when...
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When did "electric" become a noun? At some point, people stopped paying their "electric bills: and began to pay their "electric"; probably around the same time, homes stopped being warmed by "electric...
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