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Toymad Occasional Poster Location: Hobart Registered: August 2004	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from? Thu, 15 September 2005 06:22 Finally an outlet for my countless years at university: LPG can be found in reserves where there isn't much crude oil - it is a by product of oil refining, but is also produced from natural gas fields. Diesel is also from crude oil and takes little refining, this is why it is cheaper to produce, but also why traditional diesels stank a lot (they have problems with too much sulphur in the fuel and sulphur stinks!). "Biodiesel" is made from vegetable oils, this is true also of home made diesel fuels which are commonly made from waste vegetable oil from fast-food outlets, hence these fuels don't rely on crude oil reserves at all! Ditto what shraka said about ethanol. Methanol these days is commercially made from methane, which is the major component of natural gas - its a fossil fuel, but as for LPG not dependent on the price of crude directly if that helps. (Though as crude gets more expensive so does every other energy source!) [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	adamaw11	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:12
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	berad	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:19
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	ehendrikd	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:24
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Damone	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:25
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	adamaw11	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:42
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Corona RT142	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:47
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	ehendrikd	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:53
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Shraka	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:54
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Corona RT142	Thu, 15 September 2005 05:55
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Toymad	Thu, 15 September 2005 06:22
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	illuminatus	Thu, 15 September 2005 06:41
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Toymad	Thu, 15 September 2005 07:16
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	illuminatus	Thu, 15 September 2005 06:43
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	BabyZ	Thu, 15 September 2005 06:47
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	ehendrikd	Thu, 15 September 2005 06:51
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	Shraka	Fri, 16 September 2005 07:01
	Re: Where do the different kind of fuels come from?	EldarO	Fri, 16 September 2005 07:26

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