Eniola Aluko

As I can testify, living in a foreign country takes you way out of your comfort zone. It's the little things, like ordering food in a different language, buying petrol or learning to drive on the other side of the road, but they all add up to making you a more rounded, educated person.

English Athlete

Lata Mangeshkar

The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.

Indian Musician

James May

When it comes to watches, it's ironic that you can spend thousands on an exquisitely made mechanical watch, and yet it will be less accurate than a five-quid digital bought from a petrol station.

English Journalist

Lucy Powell

The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station.

British Politician

Ian Watson

My wife will automatically quote and compare the price of diesel at every petrol station we drive by, like she's got oil-based Tourette's.

British Writer

John Betjeman

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

English Poet

Joanna Lumley

I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.

English Actress

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Once electricity and petrol and facilities and food stop, society stops. It's crazy.

Australian Actress

Laura Kightlinger

I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.

American Comedian

Gina Miller

I'm an adrenaline junkie but also a petrol head.

Guyanese Activist

Petrol is the common term in certain countries for fueling vehicles like cars and motorbikes.

Vehicle Fuel

When talking about refueling, 'petrol' indicates what you're filling your vehicle with.

Refill Context

The place where you buy petrol is known as a 'petrol station' or 'service station'.

Purchase Location

The smell of petrol can indicate a leak or spill, which may be dangerous.

Identify Leaks

Petrol fumes are toxic; inhaling them or prolonged exposure can be harmful.

Hazardous Fumes

Be cautious around petrol because its fumes can catch fire or explode easily.

Safety Concern

 So you're not going to give up your profits just like this. But. If you hear that so many cities start saying no more petrol and diesel cars are going to circulate in our streets; and you hear the politicians saying that life is going to get more difficult for fossil fuels;

Monica Araya: The...

 miles per hour in between perhaps a more realistic options on this lever transport lever are electric vehicles so electric bikes and electric cars in the middle perhaps four times as energy efficient as the standard petrol powered tank next is the heating lever heating

A reality check on...

 selling shortage in corruption now second door-opener bandwidth is the fuel of the new economy it's like a petrol and if you look at Africa in this map of Africa you will see that there is a single cable connecting Africa internationally to the rest of the world

Technology makes way for...

 this routine of turning our socks inside out and back the other way every few days but perhaps a lot more important than that despite the fact that my bicycle had snapped in half for the second time during the journey the petrol stove had broken we were

Tim Cope: On the Trail...

 why are people going blind, and what can we do? The challenges were great. When we got to where we were going, we set up our high-tech equipment. Power was rarely available. We'd have to run our equipment from petrol power generators.

Andrew Bastawrous: Get...

 but it hurts the poor and minorities disproportionately. The good news is that things are changing. Take cities. First, people around the world are demanding clean air and cities are responding by banning petrol and diesel cars,

How cities are detoxing...

 climate change, the price of petrol or the cost of a train ticket, all united in a deep and rising frustration with this war we have been waging against ourselves. This moment builds on the choices of leaders I met,

Humanity's planet-shaping...

 nedeli the feistiest penguin in the world he fearlessly puts himself between the chicks and the petrol even petrels don't mess with the delis

Penguin chicks rescued...

 quite a size even for a giant petrol the chick towers to full height protecting those behind his defiance buys time