Got told (don't know if true), that heating oil and diesel come from the same crude oil, and in the winter production priority is always given to heating oil were a better profit margin exists causing the rise in diesel price. No idea if true or not mind data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
There are different oils e.g. Brent crude, Texas light sweet plus diesel has a high fatty acid content compared with petrol, that's why it used to freeze solid.
The oldies amongst us will remember stories of lorry drivers having to light a small fire under the diesel tank first thing in the morning if there was a lot of snow. naturally sometimes the fire got out of control.
Diesel is 1.22 at my local sainsburys.
1.319 at my Shell
Shell is always more than the supermarkets.
I guess living in Suffolk helps with prices...
As does the performance of the fuel.
I used Sainsburys diesel for year and started working at a place just past a BP garage - ten percent more mileage and a lot more power.
Doing some prowling of t'interweb Sell is pretty close to BP.
Might have a try at that. It's 10p a litre more at the local BP, which is much further away than Sainsburys and I can't be bothered to do the sums...
Ouch!
I have noticed fuel prices vary a lot depending on location and even time - holiday season means prices go up, particularly at weekends in the hotspots.
Unfortunately I can only check mileage the old fashioned way, by refilling the tank. Which is 80 litres data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
That is a tank! What car do you drive?