PROPANE FACTS
LPG - A SAFE ALTERNATIVE FUEL

For over 80 years, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has been used as a motor fuel by tens
of thousands of fleet users, agricultural machinery and materials handling equipment.  

LPG powers a vast number of school buses, taxis, police cruisers, forks lifts and farm
tractors.   It even powers many "Zamboni" vehicles that dress ice rinks.  

LPG is a hydrocarbon fuel.   It's made up of propane, butane and a small amount of
propylene.   LPG in its natural state is a vapour.  
When this vapour is compressed it becomes a liquid.

LPG is non toxic, non corrosive, free of lead and heavier than air.  

LPG is also both colorless and odorless.   A unique odor is added to the LPG at time of
production.  This odor is to alert people in the unlikely event of a gas leak.  

Super heavy duty construction of the LPG tank prevents all but the
most severe damage from causing a leak. LPG fuel, as it exists in your tank,
has an auto-ignition temperature of approximately 900°F.  Diesel fuel has an
auto-ignition temperature of approximately 494°F and normal gasoline has an
auto-ignition temperature of about only 120°F!   

Diesel fuel will auto-ignite almost TWICE as easily as propane.  
Gasoline will auto-ignite approximately SEVEN times easier than propane!



COMMENTS FROM THE
PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA WEBSITE: (www.propanegas.ca)

AVAILABILITY:  
Canada produces nearly 5% of the world supply and
only uses a quarter of that domestically;
most of it is exported!

PORTABILITY:
Propane can be stored, transported and used almost anywhere on the globe.
Propane does not deteriorate over time.

SAFEST:
Propane tanks are 20 times more puncture proof than conventional gasoline tanks.   
Production, storage, transportation and use are subject to strict
standards and regulations.

CLEANEST:
Propane is clean burning.
Propane impacts greenhouse gas emissions less than any other fossil fuel!