Abstract: A method for making a fuel which comprises adding to an oxidation resistant tank from 80% to 60%, by volume, of an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or sodium bicarbonate, and also adding a lower alkyl alcohol to said tank and transferring a prefuel composition (as defined herein) from a separate container to said tank so that said prefuel composition mixes with said lower alkyl alcohol and aqueous solution and continuing to add said prefuel composition to said tank until the tank overflows, and recovering the thus obtained liquid fuel composition which has overflowed from the top of the tank.

Abstract: A prefuel composition which can be used as a fuel and which is easily mixed with water and when mixed with water and petroleum oil is an excellent fuel. A method for making such a prefuel composition which includes the steps of forming a non-homogenous mixture of carbon, water and petroleum oil and heating said mixture for a period of time and separating the resulting liquid from the solid in the mixture and burning said liquid in the presence of air for a period of time and then removing the source of air to extinguish the flame. There is also described a fuel composition which includes a solution of the preferred composition, water and petroleum oil.