Avgas - Other Uses

Other Uses

In some remote communities in Australia where petrol sniffing has been endemic, automobile gasoline has been replaced by aviation gasoline for use in all automobiles. The lower vapor pressure and slightly different composition of aviation gasoline make it less "usable" as an inhalant. However, this has recently been replaced (with similar success) by a new, unleaded, low-aromatic mogas by the name of Opal fuel, produced by BP Australia.

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