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Coal-water fuel advertisements, 1984

  • 1984

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Two 1984 advertisements for coal-water fuel.

It looks like oil. It handles like oil... for Canadian Pacific Consulting Services’ coal-water fuel highlights the similarities to oil while highlighting its virtues as an oil replacement.

The advertisement with two beakers is for Carbogel, Inc. The printed charts on the beakers compare the projected cost of oil (left) with the projected cost of coal-water fuel (right).

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  • Canadian Pacific Consulting Services and Carbogel Inc.
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  • Series II. R&D Files
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  • Box 5, Folder 2

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Canadian Pacific Consulting Services, and Inc. Carbogel. “Coal-Water Fuel Advertisements, 1984,” 1984. Records of Carbogel, Incorporated, Box 5, Folder 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6l02tvt.

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