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Any fuel.can be used, from liquid fuels such as gasoline to diesel, to gas - such as propane, a etylene, wood gas, to hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Gasoline or diesel - [4]. DOE (biased?) Testing of the torch has been performed - see Data section - [5]. Conclusion: capital amortization cost of 9 cents per hour vs 3 cents for oxyacetylene, but a major savings of fuel (not oxygen, which is the same) - at 2.5 gallons of gasoline or equivalent 250 lb bottle of acetylene. The latter is $80 in 2015 and the former is $8 - 10x cost reduction on fuel. The next question is oxygen. Cutting rate is double and triple at 2" and 4.5" metal thickness.

Table 6 page 19 shows overall fuel cost to be 6x improved in the gasoline case, which appears to include oxygen.

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 *Without adding oxygen, here is a simple but good looking torch, Hackaday - [http://hackaday.com/2013/10/11/diy-hho-mini-torch/]
 =Oxy-Hydrogen=
-*Paper charactrellerizing oxyhydrogen cutting -[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/18364&ved=0ahUKEwjksfSL-bTMAhXGs4MKHXUtA-cQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNG2ZRqKjVyMNRzN6sUwxgX2fSvFWg]
+*Slavic Paper charactrellerizing oxyhydrogen cutting -[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/18364&ved=0ahUKEwjksfSL-bTMAhXGs4MKHXUtA-cQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNG2ZRqKjVyMNRzN6sUwxgX2fSvFWg]
+*Komatsu propaganda - [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.komatsu.com/CompanyInfo/profile/report/pdf/154-04_E.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwj8k8bbgrXMAhViuYMKHSPdDz8QFggeMAA&usg=AFQjCNGasetpFwZ5lI5aR2uMmN6jBeVYyw]
 =Charcoal Gas=