In BhatBatheni, Kathmandu, people queue for kerosene.

At the same time Łukasiewicz continued his work on kerosene lamps.

89 per cent of rural households and use kerosene lamps for light.

Later this aboriginal fishing technique was reinvented, and fishermen began using kerosene to light the fire. During Japanese rule over Taiwan, fisherman switched to using acetylene gas for stoking the flames.

Kerosene saved the whales (which had been hunted almost to extinction to provide supposedly renewable whale oil for lighting).

Cats also lay claim to the warm spot in front of the kerosene heater. The Nekobako blog captures this scene perfectly

Many girls believe that the only way out of a marriage is suicide.

Likewise, overcoming the burden of indoor air pollution will happen only when people can use kerosene, propane, and grid based electricity.

Though the Russians claim to have improved their operations, they continue to use the same borehole, which has already been contaminated with kerosene.

CO2 emissions result from other, generally beneficial acts, such as burning coal to keep warm, burning kerosene to cook, or burning gas to transport people.

Using alternative energy sources such as solar cooking and electrical heating is effective, as is using fuels such as kerosene or coal rather than biomass.

Instead, many people rely on kerosene space heaters to keep warm, as well as something called a kotatsu a low wooden table outfitted with a heavy blanket, and warmed by a heater underneath.

A solar home system connects a photovoltaic panel to florescent lightbulbs, radio, and even TV, via a battery and load controller. A World Bank study has shown that a 20 watt solar home system can cut monthly kerosene consumption in rural households by roughly 15 liters.

This is I don't know if you saw it on CNN recently they gave the Heroes Award to a young Kenyan shepherd boy who couldn't study at night in his village, like all the village children, because the kerosene lamp, it had smoke and it damaged his eyes.

We have a program with Exxon Mobile to try and develop new strains of algae that can efficiently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or from concentrated sources, make new hydrocarbons that can go into their refineries to make normal gasoline and diesel fuel out of CO2.

Whether foraging for firewood, which may expose them and their daughters to the risk of rape, or spending their scarce resources on kerosene for smoky, inefficient lighting, women make difficult decisions every day about household energy resources and usage.