Non-petroleum exports are also up as trade financing has become less of a hassle.

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Forcing subsidized non-petroleum fuels on consumers can greatly add to cost.

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It was originally thought the spill involved about 3, 000 litres of a chemical liquid, but the fire service said it was 775 litres of non-hazardous petroleum distillates.

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While windmills cannot power cars directly, motor gasoline accounts for less than half of the consumption of petroleum products in America, so if wind reduces only non-vehicular use of petroleum it will still reduce reliance on petroleum products from the Middle East.

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That it's a non-biodegradable product made from petroleum whereas fur is very biodegradable and has a long shelf-life.

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Further upside risks have stemmed from high international crude prices, their impact on freely priced petroleum products, the increase in administered coal prices and pick-up in non-food manufactured product prices.

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