[dkjaudyeqooe]

> A mechanical diesel will run basically whatever you can pump through its fuel system. I assume jet engines are roughly the same.

This is very much not the case. They run on kerosene which is highly refined and pure. It has a lower freezing point, higher flash point and lower viscosity, which are obviously positive characteristics when flying in -45C temps high in the atmosphere.

[devilbunny]

Those are requirements of the use case, not the underlying technology. Turbines are famously adaptable to different fuels.

Mechanical diesels will run on bunker fuel.

[dkjaudyeqooe]

Yes, of course, but we're talking about jet engines, as per the comment I was responding to. No jet engine runs on "whatever".

[devilbunny]

I think you overread it and OP meant turbines generally, but yes, if you mean only jets, that’s different.