I thought it would be useful to have a table of the most common fuel names for different stoves by country.
The four fuel types are: Butane/propane gas for a canister stove, ethanol for an alcohol stove, naphtha for a "white gas" stove and kerosene for a multifuel stove.
I didn't see the need to include gasoline - you just go to a gas station for that!
For each fuel type, the most common name for that fuel is given, plus at most one alternative.
"Names" in quotes indicate a shortened name, if commonly used.
(Brackets) are used if the fuel is NOT commonly available at campsites and small towns in popular hiking areas.

It's a short table at present - please post the names used in your country (or corrections) and I will update the table.
Why the big white space?

Edited by Scunnered on 02/14/2012 07:50:32 MST.

I agree with "white gas" in USA at a backpacking shop or at a trailhead and I prefer it. But I get further with "Coleman Fuel" at Walmart, a grocery store, or in a camping/hunting store.

What about this link International Fuel Names

There are already quite a few of these around..

http://fuel.papo-art.com/#tableoffuelnames

http://www.mark-ju.net/juliette/meths.htm

I like this meths specific one as it mentions taste :-)

I didn't know that the list at fuel.papo-art.com was still maintained, I only had a very old copy as a text file from the 90's. Shame it still doesn't include canister gas tho'.