Re: diesel fuel vs. heating oil

C.D. Koger wrote:
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On Apr 14, 8:56 am, "C.D. Koger" <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Apr 11, 7:37 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"C.D. Koger" wrote:

My new common rail turbo diesel got its first tankful of heating
oil today. Started like normal, drove like normal. Here in
Europe, heating fuel is coloured red to facilitate customs
inspection because it is more than

Actually my heating oil 28s kerosene is not coloured red. It has clear
marker chemistry
Agricultural fuel in the UK is red diesel..

Red for fuel is doomed. EU has scrapped the degregation that several EU
countries have for cheap fuel. UK ends red for fuel at end 2008 IIRC. Will
still be allowed *only* for heating oil. I will have to use white in my
boat after that.


I stand corrected. The correct phrase should have been "here in
mainland europe". We sometimes tend to forget that the islands where
people drive on the other side of the road and where they pay with
pound notes also is part of europe.

We drive on the correct side of the road - riding on the left means one's
sword arm is ready for battle if necessary. Napolean decided that France
should ride on the right - as we had just beaten them again at Waterloo and
he wanted there to be nothing English about any French ways. As an aside
I'm sure that's why we made the Eurostar terminate at Waterloo Station -
just so the name "Waterloo" would appear on stations in Paris - we know how
to rub it in (even over centuries).... ;-)

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