What do pine trees and jet fuel have in common?

Well we've just finished that time of the year, the time when some of us bring pine trees into our homes to hang out with us for a few weeks. Sounds fine right? Nothing risky, it's just a tree right? Unless maybe that tree secretly has a notable similarity to jet fuel. Then maybe it could have a chance of being a problem.
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Well we've just finished that time of the year, the time when some of us bring pine trees into our homes to hang out with us for a few weeks. Sounds fine right? Nothing risky, it's just a tree right? Unless maybe that tree secretly has a notable similarity to jet fuel. Then maybe it could have a chance of being a problem.

References from this episode
  1. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cen-v089n049.p035
  2. https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/p/alpha-pinene.html
  3. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-industry-crafty-terpenes/97/i29?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN
  4. https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Aroma-of-Christmas-Trees.png?ssl=1
  5. https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/19/christmastrees/
  6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283914717_Basic_Plant_Taxonomy_Basic_Essential_Oil_Chemistry_Extraction_Biosynthesis_and_Analysis
  7. https://edu.rsc.org/feature/terpenes-not-just-for-christmas/2000116.article
  8. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c00274
  9. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-industry-crafty-terpenes/97/i29?utm_source=mostread&utm_medium=mostread&utm_campaign=CEN
 


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