Has the diesel taxation properly started now?

Cocksure

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

Trollslayer

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.

GrumpyOldGamer

Diesel is 1.22 at my local sainsburys.

mjn

1.319 at my Shell

KyleS1

Shell is always more than the supermarkets.
I guess living in Suffolk helps with prices...

Trollslayer

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.

IronGiant

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...

Trollslayer

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.

IronGiant

Unfortunately I can only check mileage the old fashioned way, by refilling the tank. Which is 80 litres

blackrod

That is a tank! What car do you drive?