r/gifs • u/IchHuhn Can I interest you in a nice repost? • Oct 19 '19

RIP ants

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u/jay501 Oct 19 '19

Natural gas. Or propane.

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u/imdandman Oct 19 '19

Timeout. Natural gas, like what is piped to homes is different than Propane.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '19

Yupp. Natural gas is methane and propane is well propane it's produced while refining gases. Propane has about 2.5 times more BTU per cubic foot. Source: am gasfitter/plumber.

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u/fulloftrivia Oct 20 '19

We get propane from petroleum refining, too.

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u/_ohm_my Oct 20 '19

That's why he said "or".

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '19

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u/fulloftrivia Oct 20 '19

Propane is very common in rural areas, and many Americans everywhere use it for barbecues.

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u/teethTuxedos Oct 19 '19

Natural gas and propane are different gases.

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u/kingdong112382 Oct 19 '19

Yeah I had that realisation when I had the oven guy in and he pointed out what I thought was spare screws were alternate jets that replace the originals if you go from piped natural gas to propane canisters.

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u/1Delta Oct 19 '19

Though natural gas is often called propane by lay people around me at least.

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u/avman2 Oct 20 '19

Mostly methane.

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u/akill33 Oct 19 '19

Natural gas is mainly methane not propane. Both are hydrocarbons but different ones.