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  2. Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing - Wikipedia

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    The usage and pricing of gasoline (or petrol) results from factors such as crude oil prices, processing and distribution costs, local demand, the strength of local currencies, local taxation or subsidy, and the availability of local sources of gasoline (supply). Since fuels are traded worldwide, the trade prices are similar.

  3. Liquefied petroleum gas - Wikipedia

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    It burns more cleanly than petrol or fuel-oil and is especially free of the particulates present in the latter. LPG has a lower energy density per liter than either petrol or fuel-oil, so the equivalent fuel consumption is higher. Many governments impose less tax on LPG than on petrol or fuel-oil, which helps offset the greater consumption of ...

  4. Autogas - Wikipedia

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    As of August 2017, LPG is approximately 2 times cheaper per litre than petrol. It is widely available at petrol stations in the cities and along major routes, as well as some dedicated stations. Gas cylinders are painted red so that they cannot be confused with other cylinders.

  5. Alternative fuel vehicle - Wikipedia

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    LPG or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a low pressure liquefied gas mixture composed mainly of propane and butane which burns in conventional gasoline combustion engines with less CO 2 than gasoline. Gasoline cars can be retrofitted to LPG aka Autogas and become bifuel vehicles as the gasoline tank is not removed, allowing drivers to switch ...

  6. Liquid fuel - Wikipedia

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    Gasoline is the most widely used liquid fuel. Gasoline, as it is known in United States and Canada, or petrol virtually everywhere else, is made of hydrocarbon molecules (compounds that contain hydrogen and carbon only) forming aliphatic compounds, or chains of carbons with hydrogen atoms attached.

  7. Gasoline - Wikipedia

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    Gasoline (North American English) or petrol (Commonwealth English) is a petrochemical product characterized as a transparent, yellowish, and flammable liquid normally used as a fuel for spark-ignited internal combustion engines.

  8. Calor Gas - Wikipedia

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    Calor is a brand of bottled butane and propane which is available in Britain and Ireland. It comes in cylinders , which have a special gas regulator . The company was formed in 1935, and is one of the UK's largest suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

  9. Category:Oil companies of the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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