Fuel
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
If you want to know more about Liquid Petroleum Gas or LPG, read this article, which describes the production, composition, advantages and disadvantages of LPG.
Conserve Energy with Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Today, prospective car buyers do not only look for performance and aesthetics in the vehicle they intend to buy. They specifically want a fuel-efficient engine that will allow them to save on gas, especially with today’s unpredictable fuel prices.
Go For LPG, The Greener, Cleaner & Cheaper Fuel
With Claims of tenfold increase in inquiries, and a quadrupling of sales, while dealers are claiming that LPG cars are guaranteed to sell used. Vehicle auction giant BCA recently reported a groundswell of interest in alternative fuelled vehicles with strong prices being paid at sales.
How to be an Eco Driver and Save Fuel and Money
Find out how to drive more economically, saving fuel, money and the environment.
Make a DIY Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Run Cars on Water
So if you are looking for ways to improve gas mileage on your vehicles you should definitely consider making a DIY hydrogen fuel cell. Not only will you be able to run cars on water and save hundreds of dollars on gasoline bills, you will also be doing your bit to help the planet by cutting down on the exhaust emissions you create when driving.
Brazilian Case Study - Solving Automotive Energy Dependence
We all know that a solution to the energy crisis is necessary. The argument is over how to do this. Let's take a look at one of our neighboring countries for insight - Brazil.
Will the oil price stop hiking up?
After experiencing a much needed sell off, there is the potential for the FTSE to stabilise over the next week said BetOnMarkets.com traders, especially if (big if) oil manages to go a week without making a new record high. With that in mind a bull bet on the FTSE to be higher than 5900 on the 9th of June could yield around 19%.
Will rising fuel prices make road trips a thing of the past?
Will our last road trip be our last road trip?
The Bakken Oil Field: The Next Oil Boom?
The Bakken Oil Field was discovered over 50 years ago but now there is a good measure of media hype surrounding the supposed massive scale of oil deposits in the area. With the cost of oil spiraling and the promise of huge profits and cheap gasoline on the table, why should we be cautious about investing in Bakken Oil companies?
Using the Price Range as a Way of Seeing the Crude Oil Future
There are many forms of fuel that we can use for our lives and businesses. These sources include electricity, solar energy, fossil fuel and of course oil. The oil that we use originally comes from crude oil.
Fuel Protesters Threaten Demos at Refineries
Fuel protesters threatening demonstrations this weekend at refineries and depots warned motorists and haulers yesterday to 'fill up by Saturday' and promised a winter of discontent unless ministers moved to cut prices
RAF Chiefs Blame Fuel Errors for Fatal Crash
Failures in maintenance and inspection identified · Surveillance plane crashed in Afghanistan killing 14
Sunken Oil Tanker Still Leaking on Sea Bed
The sunken oil tanker Prestige had begun to release some of its potentially lethal cargo of about 60,000 tonnes of fuel oil from the bottom of the Atlantic ocean yesterday, according to Portuguese officials.
What Does 2008 Hold For The Automotive Industry?
Rising fuel prices, unstable financial markets and taxation changes with the apparent aim of getting us to use our cars less often (or at least pay more to use them) have been just some of the issues that have affected the automotive industry in the past 12 months.This article looks at what 2008 may hold for the automotive industry and road users in general.
Fuel Rationing Sparks Tehran Unrest
Motorists set fire to petrol stations in Iranian capital in backlash against government decision to impose petrol rationing.
Fuel Rationing Sparks Tehran Riots
Motorists set fire to petrol stations in Tehran today in an angry backlash against the Iranian government's decision to impose rationing.
Israel Restores Fuel Supplies to Gaza
The Israeli company that provides fuel to the Gaza Strip today restored supplies amid fears cutbacks would hurt ordinary Palestinians.
Massacres and Paramilitary Land Seizures Behind the Biofuel Revolution
Colombian farmers driven out as armed groups profit - Lucrative 'green' crop less risky to grow than coca
Castro Warns Poor Will Starve for Greener Fuel
The Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, today attacked George Bush's new-found fondness for biofuels, warning that food stocks for millions of people could be threatened.
Ten Facts On LPG Conversions
LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a by-product from processing natural gas and refining crude oil. LPG is a gaseous mixture of propane and butane. Under pressure, the LPG gas becomes a liquid which makes LPG easier to store.
Livingstone Seals Venezuelan Fuel Deal
London mayor signs deal for Venezuela to provide cheap fuel for capital's buses in return for help with urban planning.
Diesel Vehicles, Better in Real-World Fuel Efficiency
Diesel-powered vehicles have higher mpg figures than those displayed on window stickers. The information was revealed by EPA 'YourMPG' database after major comparison.
Discovery Could Lead to Mining of Solid Gas for Fuel
The discovery of a mysterious solid form of natural gas off the east coast of Canada could bring one of Earth's biggest untapped sources of energy a step closer to commercial use, according to scientists.
Volvo Expands Green Model Range
Volvo FlexiFuel cars, powered by renewable bioethanol, will be extended to include the C30. Additionally, the green model range of the automaker will be expanded to reach several European markets this autumn.
Rally To The Call, Help Cut Those Carbon Emissions By Using A Fuel Enhancer
More than ever before in the history of mankind, YOU are definitely needed by your country to rally to the call being put out by world environmentalists to cut down on those toxic carbon emissions from your vehicle exhaust tail pipes.
Wise Fuel Saving Tips For Your Ride
A real budget buster these days is a trip to your local gas station. Where before you could have filled up for perhaps $25, today you probably are paying $40, $60, even $75 or more for every trip to the pump. However, there is hope for you in the form of a pair of fuel saving aftermarket auto parts for your ride.
A Tornado Fuel Saver For Your Chevy
Now there is a way where you can maximize your Chevy’s fuel efficiency and that is with a revolutionary product called the Tornado Fuel Saver. By installing a Tornado Fuel Saver in your car you can increase fuel mileage from 7 to as much as 24 percent in your Celebrity, Camaro, Impala, or other fine Chevrolet. No, you won’t pay a bundle for the Tornado and yes it is an easy to install, must have accessory for every car today.
Jaguar’s XJs Halt Sale Caused By Fuel Leaks
There has been a clamor addressed to all Jaguar car dealers around the world to stop selling some 2006 and 2007 XJ sedans because of their leaking fuel tanks. In response to said clamor, Jaguar notified its dealers of the so called ‘quarantine’, which forbids dealers from selling some Jaguar cars.
Marine Colonel's Iraq Report Fuels Us Gloom
Iraq's biggest province has suffered a total breakdown in law and order in which al-Qaida has emerged as the dominant political force, according to descriptions of a classified US military intelligence review reported today.
Wood Pellets: A Renewable Fuel with Low Emissions Offers Hope for the Environment
Long before oil and propane became the standard for heating residential and commercial buildings, wood provided heat for both cooking and heating.
Fuel Grade - Not Weapons Grade
The Iranians claim to have produced enriched uranium "to the 3.5% level". That is pure enough to use as nuclear fuel, though nowhere near what would be needed to make a bomb.
Oil Shortages - A Solution
Is there a solution to oil shortages? How about the same solution that prevents all shortages? Find out what that is in this article.
Iran Risks International Confrontation By Restarting Nuclear Fuel Operations
· Dispute may be taken to UN security council · Britain considers urgent meeting of atomic agency
Iran to Resume Nuclear Fuel Research
Diplomatic efforts to resolve international concern over Iran's nuclear program were today thrown into doubt when Tehran said it was to resume fuel research.
Tehran Ends Freeze on Nuclear Fuel Research
Iran announced yesterday that it was ending a 30-month freeze of its research into nuclear fuel days before senior Russian officials are expected in Tehran to try to succeed where US, UN and European officials have failed in defusing a worsening nuclear crisis.
Cheap Fuel for the Bronx, With Love From Venezuela
One of New York city's poorest neighbourhoods is to be the beneficiary of "humanitarian aid" from the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, in the form of cheap heating oil to apartment blocks in the Bronx.
Motorists Queue to Beat 50% Fuel Price Increase
Long queues formed at petrol stations across Indonesia as motorists scrambled to beat an estimated 50% price rise scheduled to begin at midnight tonight.
Fuel Price Rise Heralds a New Breed of Rustler
Farmers in California are reporting the appearance of an unlikely new pest: diesel rustlers. As fuel costs spiral in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, diesel thefts in the farm belt north of Los Angeles have amounted to $91,000 (£49,000) this year.
Bush Drive to Save Fuel Fails to Include Cars and Biggest Suvs
The Bush administration yesterday put forward a plan to make the US's burgeoning fleet of pickup trucks, minivans and some sports utility vehicles go further on a gallon of gas in response to the soaring cost of petrol.
36 Die in Riots After Yemen Fuel Price Hikes
Looting broke out in the Yemeni city of Aden last night after two days of rioting over fuel price rises that left 36 people dead.
Climate of Fear Fuels Iraq's Tv Renaissance
Theatre, cinema and art suffer as ongoing violence confines viewers to their homes.
Learn how to choose the right fuel treatments for your car
Choosing the right fuel treatments might be the difference between your car mechanism's receiving bad deposits or not as well as it could reduce the engine's wear or increase it in case it was wrongly chosen.
Iraq Fuel Crisis Adds to Chaos
Baghdad is in the grip of the most serious fuel crisis since the war, forcing drivers to spend more than a day queuing for petrol and underlining the government's struggle to maintain even basic services weeks ahead of elections.
China Faces Cold Winter As Fuel Grows Scarce
Some 200 million people could be left out in the cold in China this winter, the state-run media warned yesterday, as energy shortages threatened the traditional switching on of the nation's centrally planned central heating system. For more than 30 years, November 15 has been the day when...
Iraq Fighting Fuels Oil Price Rise
Global oil prices rose to record levels today as fighting in Iraq between radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and coalition forces continued. Mr Sadr's militia has repeatedly threatened to target Iraq's vulnerable oil infrastructure, especially its pipeline network, fuelling market fears about...
Zimbabwe Fuel Firm on Empty
Zimbabwe's state fuel company has run dry, paralysing virtually all government departments and stopping many trains, buses and cars across the country.
America's Ambitions Fuel Alliance's Expansion to the East
Specialise or wither away is the message from Washington to its friends abroad.
Oil fuels US army role in Georgia
Nick Paton Walsh in Tbilisi finds that pipeline protection is a key motive behind a US operation training Georgia's army to fight terrorists.
Anger on the streets at asylum centres, wages and fuel prices
Peaceful rallies mixed with political tension.
Oil fuels flames of war in Sudan
Civilians pay price as Khartoum mobilises for showdown with newly united rebels. Under the drone of a government bomber circling overhead, the village of Ngop in oil-rich western Upper Nile lies as quiet as the grave.
Union chief held as fuel price rise fires up Nigerians
The Nigerian police arrested the leader of the national trade union confederation and fought street battles with youths as a general strike against a rise in the low petrol price shut down Lagos and other cities. The government won a court injunction declaring the strike illegal on the...
With Claims of tenfold increase in inquiries, and a quadrupling of sales, while dealers are claiming that LPG cars are guaranteed to sell used. Vehicle auction giant BCA recently reported a groundswell of interest in alternative fuelled vehicles with strong prices being paid at sales.
How to be an Eco Driver and Save Fuel and Money
Find out how to drive more economically, saving fuel, money and the environment.
Make a DIY Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Run Cars on Water
So if you are looking for ways to improve gas mileage on your vehicles you should definitely consider making a DIY hydrogen fuel cell. Not only will you be able to run cars on water and save hundreds of dollars on gasoline bills, you will also be doing your bit to help the planet by cutting down on the exhaust emissions you create when driving.
Brazilian Case Study - Solving Automotive Energy Dependence
We all know that a solution to the energy crisis is necessary. The argument is over how to do this. Let's take a look at one of our neighboring countries for insight - Brazil.
Will the oil price stop hiking up?
After experiencing a much needed sell off, there is the potential for the FTSE to stabilise over the next week said BetOnMarkets.com traders, especially if (big if) oil manages to go a week without making a new record high. With that in mind a bull bet on the FTSE to be higher than 5900 on the 9th of June could yield around 19%.
Will rising fuel prices make road trips a thing of the past?
Will our last road trip be our last road trip?
The Bakken Oil Field: The Next Oil Boom?
The Bakken Oil Field was discovered over 50 years ago but now there is a good measure of media hype surrounding the supposed massive scale of oil deposits in the area. With the cost of oil spiraling and the promise of huge profits and cheap gasoline on the table, why should we be cautious about investing in Bakken Oil companies?
Using the Price Range as a Way of Seeing the Crude Oil Future
There are many forms of fuel that we can use for our lives and businesses. These sources include electricity, solar energy, fossil fuel and of course oil. The oil that we use originally comes from crude oil.
Fuel Protesters Threaten Demos at Refineries
Fuel protesters threatening demonstrations this weekend at refineries and depots warned motorists and haulers yesterday to 'fill up by Saturday' and promised a winter of discontent unless ministers moved to cut prices
RAF Chiefs Blame Fuel Errors for Fatal Crash
Failures in maintenance and inspection identified · Surveillance plane crashed in Afghanistan killing 14
Sunken Oil Tanker Still Leaking on Sea Bed
The sunken oil tanker Prestige had begun to release some of its potentially lethal cargo of about 60,000 tonnes of fuel oil from the bottom of the Atlantic ocean yesterday, according to Portuguese officials.
What Does 2008 Hold For The Automotive Industry?
Rising fuel prices, unstable financial markets and taxation changes with the apparent aim of getting us to use our cars less often (or at least pay more to use them) have been just some of the issues that have affected the automotive industry in the past 12 months.This article looks at what 2008 may hold for the automotive industry and road users in general.
Fuel Rationing Sparks Tehran Unrest
Motorists set fire to petrol stations in Iranian capital in backlash against government decision to impose petrol rationing.
Fuel Rationing Sparks Tehran Riots
Motorists set fire to petrol stations in Tehran today in an angry backlash against the Iranian government's decision to impose rationing.
Israel Restores Fuel Supplies to Gaza
The Israeli company that provides fuel to the Gaza Strip today restored supplies amid fears cutbacks would hurt ordinary Palestinians.
Massacres and Paramilitary Land Seizures Behind the Biofuel Revolution
Colombian farmers driven out as armed groups profit - Lucrative 'green' crop less risky to grow than coca
Castro Warns Poor Will Starve for Greener Fuel
The Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, today attacked George Bush's new-found fondness for biofuels, warning that food stocks for millions of people could be threatened.
Ten Facts On LPG Conversions
LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a by-product from processing natural gas and refining crude oil. LPG is a gaseous mixture of propane and butane. Under pressure, the LPG gas becomes a liquid which makes LPG easier to store.
Livingstone Seals Venezuelan Fuel Deal
London mayor signs deal for Venezuela to provide cheap fuel for capital's buses in return for help with urban planning.
Diesel Vehicles, Better in Real-World Fuel Efficiency
Diesel-powered vehicles have higher mpg figures than those displayed on window stickers. The information was revealed by EPA 'YourMPG' database after major comparison.
Discovery Could Lead to Mining of Solid Gas for Fuel
The discovery of a mysterious solid form of natural gas off the east coast of Canada could bring one of Earth's biggest untapped sources of energy a step closer to commercial use, according to scientists.
Volvo Expands Green Model Range
Volvo FlexiFuel cars, powered by renewable bioethanol, will be extended to include the C30. Additionally, the green model range of the automaker will be expanded to reach several European markets this autumn.
Rally To The Call, Help Cut Those Carbon Emissions By Using A Fuel Enhancer
More than ever before in the history of mankind, YOU are definitely needed by your country to rally to the call being put out by world environmentalists to cut down on those toxic carbon emissions from your vehicle exhaust tail pipes.
Wise Fuel Saving Tips For Your Ride
A real budget buster these days is a trip to your local gas station. Where before you could have filled up for perhaps $25, today you probably are paying $40, $60, even $75 or more for every trip to the pump. However, there is hope for you in the form of a pair of fuel saving aftermarket auto parts for your ride.
A Tornado Fuel Saver For Your Chevy
Now there is a way where you can maximize your Chevy’s fuel efficiency and that is with a revolutionary product called the Tornado Fuel Saver. By installing a Tornado Fuel Saver in your car you can increase fuel mileage from 7 to as much as 24 percent in your Celebrity, Camaro, Impala, or other fine Chevrolet. No, you won’t pay a bundle for the Tornado and yes it is an easy to install, must have accessory for every car today.
Jaguar’s XJs Halt Sale Caused By Fuel Leaks
There has been a clamor addressed to all Jaguar car dealers around the world to stop selling some 2006 and 2007 XJ sedans because of their leaking fuel tanks. In response to said clamor, Jaguar notified its dealers of the so called ‘quarantine’, which forbids dealers from selling some Jaguar cars.
Marine Colonel's Iraq Report Fuels Us Gloom
Iraq's biggest province has suffered a total breakdown in law and order in which al-Qaida has emerged as the dominant political force, according to descriptions of a classified US military intelligence review reported today.
Wood Pellets: A Renewable Fuel with Low Emissions Offers Hope for the Environment
Long before oil and propane became the standard for heating residential and commercial buildings, wood provided heat for both cooking and heating.
Fuel Grade - Not Weapons Grade
The Iranians claim to have produced enriched uranium "to the 3.5% level". That is pure enough to use as nuclear fuel, though nowhere near what would be needed to make a bomb.
Oil Shortages - A Solution
Is there a solution to oil shortages? How about the same solution that prevents all shortages? Find out what that is in this article.
Iran Risks International Confrontation By Restarting Nuclear Fuel Operations
· Dispute may be taken to UN security council · Britain considers urgent meeting of atomic agency
Iran to Resume Nuclear Fuel Research
Diplomatic efforts to resolve international concern over Iran's nuclear program were today thrown into doubt when Tehran said it was to resume fuel research.
Tehran Ends Freeze on Nuclear Fuel Research
Iran announced yesterday that it was ending a 30-month freeze of its research into nuclear fuel days before senior Russian officials are expected in Tehran to try to succeed where US, UN and European officials have failed in defusing a worsening nuclear crisis.
Cheap Fuel for the Bronx, With Love From Venezuela
One of New York city's poorest neighbourhoods is to be the beneficiary of "humanitarian aid" from the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, in the form of cheap heating oil to apartment blocks in the Bronx.
Motorists Queue to Beat 50% Fuel Price Increase
Long queues formed at petrol stations across Indonesia as motorists scrambled to beat an estimated 50% price rise scheduled to begin at midnight tonight.
Fuel Price Rise Heralds a New Breed of Rustler
Farmers in California are reporting the appearance of an unlikely new pest: diesel rustlers. As fuel costs spiral in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, diesel thefts in the farm belt north of Los Angeles have amounted to $91,000 (£49,000) this year.
Bush Drive to Save Fuel Fails to Include Cars and Biggest Suvs
The Bush administration yesterday put forward a plan to make the US's burgeoning fleet of pickup trucks, minivans and some sports utility vehicles go further on a gallon of gas in response to the soaring cost of petrol.
36 Die in Riots After Yemen Fuel Price Hikes
Looting broke out in the Yemeni city of Aden last night after two days of rioting over fuel price rises that left 36 people dead.
Climate of Fear Fuels Iraq's Tv Renaissance
Theatre, cinema and art suffer as ongoing violence confines viewers to their homes.
Learn how to choose the right fuel treatments for your car
Choosing the right fuel treatments might be the difference between your car mechanism's receiving bad deposits or not as well as it could reduce the engine's wear or increase it in case it was wrongly chosen.
Iraq Fuel Crisis Adds to Chaos
Baghdad is in the grip of the most serious fuel crisis since the war, forcing drivers to spend more than a day queuing for petrol and underlining the government's struggle to maintain even basic services weeks ahead of elections.
China Faces Cold Winter As Fuel Grows Scarce
Some 200 million people could be left out in the cold in China this winter, the state-run media warned yesterday, as energy shortages threatened the traditional switching on of the nation's centrally planned central heating system. For more than 30 years, November 15 has been the day when...
Iraq Fighting Fuels Oil Price Rise
Global oil prices rose to record levels today as fighting in Iraq between radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and coalition forces continued. Mr Sadr's militia has repeatedly threatened to target Iraq's vulnerable oil infrastructure, especially its pipeline network, fuelling market fears about...
Zimbabwe Fuel Firm on Empty
Zimbabwe's state fuel company has run dry, paralysing virtually all government departments and stopping many trains, buses and cars across the country.
America's Ambitions Fuel Alliance's Expansion to the East
Specialise or wither away is the message from Washington to its friends abroad.
Oil fuels US army role in Georgia
Nick Paton Walsh in Tbilisi finds that pipeline protection is a key motive behind a US operation training Georgia's army to fight terrorists.
Anger on the streets at asylum centres, wages and fuel prices
Peaceful rallies mixed with political tension.
Oil fuels flames of war in Sudan
Civilians pay price as Khartoum mobilises for showdown with newly united rebels. Under the drone of a government bomber circling overhead, the village of Ngop in oil-rich western Upper Nile lies as quiet as the grave.
Union chief held as fuel price rise fires up Nigerians
The Nigerian police arrested the leader of the national trade union confederation and fought street battles with youths as a general strike against a rise in the low petrol price shut down Lagos and other cities. The government won a court injunction declaring the strike illegal on the...