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And if you sneeze at propane it becomes liquid (-42C). Not sure how natural gas is stored though.

Heating use is indeed very obvious, and so is transportation use. Many countries have an elaborate distribution network for LPG and fitting a car to run on LPG is also very easy.

BTW, hot air balloons also run on propane.

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> Not sure how natural gas is stored though.

Mostly stored underground, but it's also shipped and stored in a liquefied state at -162C. Propane is one of the components of natural gas, so I would think any facility that is able to store natural gas should be able to store propane easily.

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