{"677968":{"#nid":"677968","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why do we use gasoline for small vehicles and diesel fuel for big vehicles?","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/us\/topics\/curious-kids-us-74795\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECurious Kids\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you\u2019d like an expert to answer, send it to \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:curiouskidsus@theconversation.com\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ecuriouskidsus@theconversation.com\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. The most recent questions is below and was answered by Michael Leamy, Woodruff Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy do we use gasoline for small vehicles and diesel fuel for big vehicles? \u2013 Methdini, age 15, Sri Lanka\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGasoline fuels most light-duty vehicles, such as passenger cars and pickup trucks. Heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, delivery trucks and long-haul tractor-trailers, typically run on diesel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth fuel types are needed because gasoline and diesel engines have different strengths. As my \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/leamy\u0022\u003Eautomotive engineering students\u003C\/a\u003E learn, this makes them suitable for different uses.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-10-29 17:29:02","changed_gmt":"2024-10-29 17:30:30","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Conversation ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-do-we-use-gasoline-for-small-vehicles-and-diesel-fuel-for-big-vehicles-235084","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675460":{"id":"675460","type":"image","title":"conversationmichaelleamy102024.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConversation image of a petrol pump for an article on \u0022Why do we use gasoline for small vehicles and diesel fuel for big\u0026nbsp;vehicles?\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1730222947","gmt_created":"2024-10-29 17:29:07","changed":"1730222947","gmt_changed":"2024-10-29 17:29:07","alt":"Conversation image of a Petrol Pump ","file":{"fid":"259087","name":"conversationmichaelleamy102024.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/29\/conversationmichaelleamy102024.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/10\/29\/conversationmichaelleamy102024.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":258565,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/10\/29\/conversationmichaelleamy102024.jpg?itok=xm2HCyOh"}}},"media_ids":["675460"],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188853","name":"go-seiinthenews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}