However, new fuels are going to play an increasingly important role, Mason said.
He could feel the heat of the explosion as the fuel went up, like sun on his face.
In the cities, even traditionally non-commercial fuels are going on the market.
He does not decide how much fuel goes in a car.
Some fuel went to the city's only surviving bakery, which stopped bread production more than a week ago.
The rest made Malta where on landing one aircraft's engine stopped at once as all its fuel had gone.
They are all too aware that fuel is going to get more expensive in years to come.
"Ship, do you have any idea where the fuel could be going; whether we could get it back?"
The decision has vastly improved the school's energy efficiency, as fuel that is burnt to heat up the school simply goes out of the window.
Twin explosions thundered across the gulf as the fuel went up.