Invisible wrote:

> According to Wikipedia (which, obviously, is never wrong), the specific 
> heat of water is about 4.1 J per g per degree, whereas for parafin wax 
> (the only organic compound I could find) it's 2.2 - roughly half.

Actually, 2.5 for parafin wax, 2.2 for ethane, and 2.2 for gasoline. So 
the only three organic substances present show a remarkable [and quite 
possibly coincidental] correlation.

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