kerosene
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Airlines—currently second in the demand-destruction stakes, the IEA says—will buy more kerosene.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Climate activists are urging movie stars to fly economy or take the train to Cannes after saying private jets burned two millions of litres of kerosene getting them to the film festival last year.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
The two are both forms of kerosene and are essentially similar.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
John D. Rockefeller was 24 in 1863 when he invested in the emerging new technology of distilling crude into kerosene.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
He compared the process to drinking kerosene in order to spit fire: the effect would be magnificent, but you’d die in the process.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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