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Old 31st Jan 2007, 19:56
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Son of the Bottle
 
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There's also a reduction to the risk of fire to consider.
OTOH, diesel is denser than petrol. Not sure about avtur, but I'd imagine that is the same - they both come from the same fraction.
Edit: Actually, diesel oil is a slightly heavier fraction than kerosene, if anyone is interested, see here.
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