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Is it appropriate to use petrol in thinning paint?
This is what painters are doing now due to non-availability and cost of kerosene.

In my area, almost all the filling stations have removed their machines for selling kerosene.

Kerosene used to be the cheapest of all the petroleum products, but it's now the most expensive. What happened??

Apart from cooking, its a valuable product we use for other things like burning of refuse, thinning paint, washing off stains, controlling insects invasion, etc...

Even if it expensive, at least it should be made available for those who need it.

I no even know when I see kerosene last, that thing still dey exist for this country? Very versatile petroleum product and not highly flammable, kpofire make people fear kerosene.

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When I was in Minna niger state I bought a litter for N1300

Jakarta:
I no even know when I see kerosene last, that thing still dey exist for this country? Very versatile petroleum product and not highly flammable, kpofire make people fear kerosene.

It exists, it is scare and very expensive. I wanted to fire up a grill last year and the charcoal refused to burn so I had to get some keroseneI. I bought it for 1,100 for one "bottle"

ikorodureporta:
Is it appropriate to use petrol in thinning paint?
This is what painters are doing now due to non-availability and cost of kerosene.

In my area, almost all the filling stations have removed their machines for selling kerosene.

Kerosene used to be the cheapest of all the petroleum products, but it's now the most expensive. What happened??

Apart from cooking, its a valuable product we use for other things like burning of refuse, thinning paint, washing off stains, controlling insects invasion, etc...

Even if it expensive, at least it should be made available for those who need it.

I think most of these people now use other things apart from kerosense (I just called a painter now and he said he uses petrol now) so it is really just useless to almost everyone. A lot of people really don't need it

This kerosene stove is sold for 18,000 online, a 3kg gas cykinder goes for 25k.

At the height of Kerosene's popularity, it was a fuel used to cook but gas is a lot more cost efficient and available now, also gas doesn't make your pots black due to soot and emits less Co2.

Availability and tokenization of cooking gas is the main reason kerosene is out of fashion

Go to the airport you'll see it an buy because that's what aeroplane uses. It's what they call jet fuel. Na kerosene be that o. They don't want it to look like the plane uses stove so they found a porsh name for it.

a liter is over 2500k. nigeria my country

Gas cylinders have taken over

Your airplanes are flown with kerosene (DPK- Dual Purpose Kerosene). They call it 'Jet fuel'.

If it becomes unavailable, your planes wont move..

You're absolutely correct. I remember boys at a particular local airline always stealing and selling the jet fuel/ kerosene then at local airport for ikeja.

Gbadugbakun:
Go to the airport you'll see it an buy because that's what aeroplane uses. It's what they call jet fuel. Na kerosene be that o. They don't want it to look like the plane uses stove so they found a porsh name for it.

Gbadugbakun:
Go to the airport you'll see it an buy because that's what aeroplane uses. It's what they call jet fuel. Na kerosene be that o. They don't want it to look like the plane uses stove so they found a porsh name for it.

The difference between aviation kerosene and the one used for cooking is like comparing Heineken with burukutu. Both are beers but you figure it out.

Gbadugbakun:
Go to the airport you'll see it an buy because that's what aeroplane uses. It's what they call jet fuel. Na kerosene be that o. They don't want it to look like the plane uses stove so they found a porsh name for it.

Jet A1 and DPK are not the same thing, pls be informed.

voortrekker966:
The difference between aviation kerosene and the one used for cooking is like comparing Heineken with burukutu. Both are beers but you figure it out.

All jet fuel is kerosene but not all kerosene is jet fuel. You Figure it out

i have forgotten kerosense self

Gbadugbakun:
Go to the airport you'll see it an buy because that's what aeroplane uses. It's what they call jet fuel. Na kerosene be that o. They don't want it to look like the plane uses stove so they found a porsh name for it.

jet a1 fuel is different from dpk

It’s more volatile due to lower water content

Mynd44:
This kerosene stove is sold for 18,000 online, a 3kg gas cykinder goes for 25k.

At the height of Kerosene's popularity, it was a fuel used to cook but gas is a lot more cost efficient and available now, also gas doesn't make your pots black due to soot and emits less Co2.

Availability and tokenization of cooking gas is the main reason kerosene is out of fashion

Your last statement "being out of fashion" holds true.
But my question has always been, should being out of fashion not make it more cheeper than it was before?
How come when the whole Nigeria was using kerosene for cooking and in their lanterns,the demands high but the price was low but now that the demand is very low,the price becomes higher?
What kind of economy mystery is that?
My Economy teacher didn't teach me that in elementary economy in secondary school.
I was taught that,the higher the demand,the higher the price.
But now, it's the lower the demand,the higher the price.
How can a petroleum product we no longer use in our various household even in villages be sold at #2,500 per litre?
Far higher than the prices of diesel and petrol that are in use through out the country.
I am still wondering what could be the reason.

Dalohad:
Your airplanes are flown with kerosene (DPK- Dual Purpose Kerosene). They call it 'Jet fuel'.

If it becomes unavailable, your planes wont move..

No sir. DPK and Jet A1 is not the same thing.
Put DPK in your aircraft's tanks and you will almost certainly not reach your destination.

Lol....It is not completely the same kerosene that is used in your kitchen. The ones used by planes is refined to a higher standard with certain chemicals added to it to prevent it from freezing at very high altitudes. While the Jet fuels can be used at homes in stoves for cooking, the kerosene we know may not meet the standard needed for aeroplanes.

Gbadugbakun:
Go to the airport you'll see it an buy because that's what aeroplane uses. It's what they call jet fuel. Na kerosene be that o. They don't want it to look like the plane uses stove so they found a porsh name for it.

There was a time i needed kerosene and I was told is no more, I was like what, what my parents used to cook food for me, how come...

Tinubu will go like kerosene after 2027 election

Growing up, kerosene was an essential commodity almost every household had. If they were not using it to cook, they were using it to lit up their kerosene lamps. It was not only valuable, but also cheap. No matter your financial status, you could afford kerosene, and gas was considered to be for the elites because it was pricey.

Fast forward to this day, our once valuable commodity has become too expensive for the common man to afford. Households now prioritise using gas or charcoal to cook over kerosene because they are cheaper and readily available than kerosene. But the truth is, no matter how expensive kerosene is, petroleum marketers should make it available because we still need it for other miscellaneous use aside cooking.

There is something called Paint Thinner or Benzine they can be used in place of kerosine.

Pacesetter123:
Your last statement "being out of fashion" holds true.
But my question has always been, should being out of fashion not make it more cheeper than it was before?
How come when the whole Nigeria was using kerosene for cooking and in their lanterns,the demands high but the price was low but now that the demand is very low,the price becomes higher?
What kind of economy mystery is that?
My Economy teacher didn't teach me that in elementary economy in secondary school.
I was taught that,the higher the demand,the higher the price.
But now, it's the lower the demand,the higher the price.
How can a petroleum product we no longer use in our various household even in villages be sold at #2,500 per litre?
Far higher than the prices of diesel and petrol that are in use through out the country.
I am still wondering what could be the reason.

It's about demand, less demand right now means it takes longer time to sell it off. So few people now sell it, and you have to consider the cost of transportation to the local station. Remember that scarcity increases price also. Even when you need it, how many litres compared to petrol are you likely to buy

Goinhard:
All jet fuel is kerosene but not all kerosene is jet fuel. You Figure it out

Jet fuel is more refined than normal kerosene. I remember one airport security official, my neighbor in Calabar then, used to bring jet fuel in plastic kegs. They usually siphon from the tanks at the airport and sell. Jet fuel burns with a pure blue flame. I think they added some chemicals for blending. Some unscrupulous marketers pass on normal kerosene as jet A1 fuel. There were some allegations in Nigeria some years back that some marketers were supplying cooking kerosene to airlines instead of Jet A1.

Filling stations these days don't even have dispenser nozzle for kerosene, it's either for petrol, diesel or gas if they sells gas there, nothing like kerosene anymore.
Just last week I wanted to burn a pile of waste, I looked for kerosene in all the filling station in my locality, I couldn't find any, till I was directed to a woman that sells in kegg at home but unfortunately she has ran out of stock, last last it was petrol I use in burning the waste.
I don't know if our refinery don't refine kerosene anymore.

Reference:
No sir. DPK and Jet A1 is not the same thing.
Put DPK in your aircraft's tanks and you will almost certainly not reach your destination.

I do not think you are right. Here is what AI says.

The customer demand is no more due to gas introduction and the cost...

There is no much demand for it. So most of its refinery Has closed. So few are refiningit. Thats why it is cost

Pacesetter123:
Your last statement "being out of fashion" holds true.
But my question has always been, should being out of fashion not make it more cheeper than it was before?
How come when the whole Nigeria was using kerosene for cooking and in their lanterns,the demands high but the price was low but now that the demand is very low,the price becomes higher?
What kind of economy mystery is that?
My Economy teacher didn't teach me that in elementary economy in secondary school.
I was taught that,the higher the demand,the higher the price.
But now, it's the lower the demand,the higher the price.
How can a petroleum product we no longer use in our various household even in villages be sold at #2,500 per litre?
Far higher than the prices of diesel and petrol that are in use through out the country.
I am still wondering what could be the reason.

Pacesetter123:
Your last statement "being out of fashion" holds true.
But my question has always been, should being out of fashion not make it more cheeper than it was before?
How come when the whole Nigeria was using kerosene for cooking and in their lanterns,the demands high but the price was low but now that the demand is very low,the price becomes higher?
What kind of economy mystery is that?
My Economy teacher didn't teach me that in elementary economy in secondary school.
I was taught that,the higher the demand,the higher the price.
But now, it's the lower the demand,the higher the price.
How can a petroleum product we no longer use in our various household even in villages be sold at #2,500 per litre?
Far higher than the prices of diesel and petrol that are in use through out the country.
I am still wondering what could be the reason.

lol I don laugh tired for here.... Demand supply chain doesn't work in Nigeria....