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Why are cars powered by petrol?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Because liquids like benzene, kerosene and gasoline posess a HUGE amount of energy per liter, they are easy to use, and they are not too expensive. Remember that in the United States, gasoline sold for less than the cost of springwater for many decades!

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