Fuel of chioce- baghdad

[justwannano]

With all the bombing in and around Baghdad I’m wondering what the bakeries,restaurants etc use for cooking fuel.
I’m pretty sure its not wood. Thats a joke folks.
From what I’ve seen breadmaking ovens seem to be the outdoor flame fired clay type
I was thinking natural gas but I haven’t heard about gas explosions with all the bombing.
Seems like with all the oil wells natural gas ought to be present.
I would also guess that any LP tanks would have been turned into weapons.
Kerosene when used in crude heating devices would stink as would heating oil-diesel.That leaves gasoline which is pretty explosive and again I haven’t heard about secondary gasoline explosions.
I haven’t even seen many camels so camel dung is probably at a premium.Another joke.

[Earthling]

Coal?

[Una_Persson]

Iraq has lots of natural gas. Just because the news hasn’t reported gas wells on fire means nothing.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html

Iraq contains 110 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves, along with roughly 150 Tcf in probable reserves. About 70% of Iraq’s natural gas reserves are associated (i.e., natural gas produced in conjunction with oil), with the rest made up of non-associated gas (20%) and dome gas (10%). Until 1990, all of Iraq’s natural gas production was from associated fields. In 2001, Iraq produced 97 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas, down drastically from peak output levels of 700 Bcf in 1979. Iraq plans to increase its natural gas output in order to reduce dependence on oil consumption.

Within two years after the lifting of U.N. sanctions, Iraq hopes to produce 550 Bcf, and within a decade, Iraq aims to be producing about 4.2 Tcf of natural gas annually. Since most of Iraq’s natural gas is associated with oil, progress on increasing the country’s oil output will directly affect the gas sector as well. Associated gas often is simply flared off. Significant volumes of gas also are used for power generation and reinjection for enhanced oil recovery efforts.

Iraq also was able to re-build much, but not most, of its electric power generation facilities after 1991.

Of course, that site still lists Saddam as the Head of State…

[Una_Persson]

*Originally posted by Earthling *
**Coal? **

Most likely, no. Iraq has essentially no coal reserves, and does not import anything really more than some metallurgical and special-use coals.