"J. Clarke" wrote:

Get out the phone book and call gas stations until you find one with
a
kerosene pump.

That's an extinct species.

There hasn't been a gas station with a kerosene pump in SoCal for at
least the last 20 years.

Try
marinas too.

Other than the occasional cook stove and a lamp now and then, can't
think of a single application for kero onboard a boat.

http://www.magicyellow.com/category/...ne/Cities.html has a list
of
distributors--most of them want you to buy 50 gallons or more to get
it
directly from them, but they should be able to tell you what
retailers they
supply.

The sources shown in that list are by and large commercial fueling
stations which are totally unmanned.

Have never seen a kero pump at any of them.

If you're using it for a solvent then paying Home Depot's ludicrous
price
for a gallon can is not all that unreasonable, but I'd be damned if
I'd buy
it there to burn.

Here in SoCal you have a thing called SCAQMD, South Coast Air Quality
Management District, which supports itself by collecting fines it
assesses.

They have made sure that cero is gone except for a gallon or so from
places like Home Depot.

Good grief, they even went after charcoal lighter fluid a few years
ago.

That attempt died, but you get the idea.

Lew