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Natural gas name?

  • 14-08-2018 2:45pm
    #1
    Carrickbeg
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭


    Why is mains gas called natural gas but oil is not called natural oil? Are they not both fossil fuels?


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  • #2
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,163 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Carrickbeg wrote: »
    Why is mains gas called natural gas but oil is not called natural oil? Are they not both fossil fuels?

    to distinguish from LPG........
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas

    It has more to do how the product is delivered.

    Oil is not natural, it comes from crude

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Here's a better one why is butane called gas.

    Everything is a gas if you heat it enough.


  • #4
    H.E. Pennypacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 844 ✭✭✭H.E. Pennypacker


    Carrickbeg wrote: »
    Why is mains gas called natural gas but oil is not called natural oil? Are they not both fossil fuels?

    Its to differentiate it from town gas which was manufactured using coal or oil before we hit the jackpot in Kinsale


  • #5
    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,853 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Sir Liamalot wrote: »
    Here's a better one why is butane called gas.

    Everything is a gas if you heat it enough.

    Why are vacuum cleaners called Hoovers or 4x4s Jeeps? Common usage usually uses the wrong words for stuff, I doubt the people in the industry call everything gas.


  • #6
    Exiled1
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭Exiled1


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Why are vacuum cleaners called Hoovers or 4x4s Jeeps? Common usage usually uses the wrong words for stuff, I doubt the people in the industry call everything gas.

    AFAIK Hoovers are known for the company that first manufactured/invented them.
    'Jeep' originally was a short form of 'general purpose vehicle' developed by the US army in the WW2 era.


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