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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.

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Gasoline or diesel - [1]. DOE (biased?) Testing of the torch has been performed - see Data section - [2]. 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.

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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 *Gasoline or diesel - [http://www.petrogen.com/petrogen-innovation.html]. DOE (biased?) Testing of the torch has been performed - see Data section - [http://www.petrogen.com/petrogen-innovation.html#data]. '''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.
+:*Table 6 page 19 shows overall fuel cost to be 6x improved in the gasoline case, which appears to include oxygen.