kerosene

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Madhura Joshi of climate think tank E3G said rural households may turn to biomass like firewood and subsidised kerosene, while some could shift to electricity, biogas or improved cookstoves where available and affordable.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Airlines have curtailed or suspend flights to the island for lack of kerosene.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Ken Cronin, chief executive of the UK & Ireland Fuel Distributors Association, said as heating oil was a kerosene fuel, it was connected with jet fuel on European markets.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Rockefeller’s competitors didn’t see Standard Oil coming until they were buying kerosene from him.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

At night these houses glowed with the flickering yellow light of kerosene lanterns that lent the district an aura considered quaint—by those who didn’t have to live there.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson