One track, good post, which shines above many of the more jingoistic ones prior to yours. Insulting the OP in the way that some have, because of a human error, is unjustified in my book and says more about them than the OP.
Power kerosene was probably very similar to what was known as "tractor vapourising oil", or TVO, here in UK, which is probably no longer available. I understand it was "cut" somewhere between petrol and paraffin. I was privileged (!) to learn to drive on a little grey Ferguson tractor which ran on it, it had a compartmentalised tank for petrol and TVO and a changeover fuel tap. I loved the smell of it when running on TVO. I also learned not to touch HT leads while the engine is running in the rain, but that's a different story.