<3 u isobutylbenzene

All this talk about hydrocarbons and nothing about silanes 😔

what the f**k is a silane (all my knowledge is in organic chemistry. anything other than carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and a few lil silly sulfurs and phospors is outside of my understanding.)

So you know what methane is
Replace carbon with silicon
That's the simplest silane, SiH4
Then there are other more complex ones
And they have multiple applications, from adhesives to being used to make solar panels to potential use as a rocket fuel on the Moon

ohhh

sounds unstable. might be better fuel than hydrocarbons since when burned It doesn't produce co2. only sand and water

sand being one of its reactants means that hypothetically you could imagine it landing on the surface of the Moon and it would instantly create a landing pad for itself

that sounds cool. just a lil hill of sand to land on