a litre of which would provide more power petrol or diesel?

Subject: a litre of which would provide more power petrol or diesel?

Date: Tue Sep 11 11:20:21 2007
Posted by Paul
Grade level: undergrad School: Colchester Institute
City: Colchester State/Province: Essex Country: England
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 1189534821.Eg

Message:


An argument between my brother and i has arisen. i believe diesel contains more
power than petrol, my brother says that if that were the case formula 1 race
cars would use diesel. I agree that they would however it is too difficult to
extract the power, and that the teams would have to develop the engines at a
cost that is not viable.

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