PETROL SUBSTITUTES
Two substitutes for petrol as a motor fuel are being studied, one in Switzerland and one by the United States Bureau of Mines. The Swiss fuel is called ‘‘gasolene,” and is manufactured from wood charcoal. This would lie chiefly for the operation of trucks. It is said to show an eeonoi my of 70 per cent, in operation. The ! American fuel is petrol made from I shale oil. Refined shale oil gasoline j under test developed more than 4 per ] cent, electrical horse-power more than the ordinary petrol.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 26 July 1930, Page 15
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90PETROL SUBSTITUTES Hawera Star, Volume L, 26 July 1930, Page 15
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