The Cdn Department of national Defense tried using it in the 80s, and it was finally dropped as the overall cost of the project was exorbitant, and the reliability in our cold climate was poor. I used to have to go recover cars which a pilot would park for 2 hours while he took a flight, and we would finally have to tow them indoors and leave them to get them to start. Temps were in the -25 range, but that is the fact of life here on the prairies.
While the fuel is basically a salvage from the refining processes, it did not take long for the cost of that fuel to reach, and even exceed, gasoline.
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