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list all What makes good fuel

.Energy value


.Availability


.storage


.cost


.toxicity


.pollution


.ease of use
this is not oil...!
this is not oil...!
complete combustion

.Blue fame


.more o2


.hotter


.only co2 and h2o are made

incomplete combustion

.yellow flame


.less 02


.not so hot


.makes soot (carbon) andater carbon and w monoxide

Our atmospheres today

21%Oxygen


0.035% carbon dioxide


78%nitrogen