# General car talk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-car-talk/970611>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 30, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-car-talk/970611 "2022-08-30T15:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-car-talk/970611/521 "2026-09-23T00:20:03Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> IIRC the US Army burns jet fuel in their diesel trucks. Saves them having to supply two kinds of fuel to the field that are interchangeable enough. They don’t want to run their turbine helos on truck diesel, so they do it the other way.

At an installation I worked at, this was the case and the logistics office only had unleaded gas and jet fuel available. But we also had a large number of emergency generators that were operated under air quality permits and required low sulphur diesel. A lot of fun getting those refuled, paperwork wise.

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