3. TIL Diesel and House Heating Oil are the same fuel. The difference is Heating Oi...

TIL Diesel and House Heating Oil are the same fuel. The difference is Heating Oil is dyed red and does not have a road tax applied to it making it cheaper. You can use it in off road machinery but it is illegal to use in a truck or car utilizing public roadways.

Country Fuel Dye Australia Regular unleaded petrol purple/bronze (Changed to red/orange in 2013) [9] Premium unleaded petrol yellow Austria Heating oil any red dye and Solvent Yellow 124 Canada Off Road Fuel ( Agriculture, Construction, Mining etc..) red/purple dye Marine Gasoline any red dye Heating oil any red dye Finland Heating oil Furfural and Solvent Yellow 124 Diesel for construction and agriculture Furfural and Solvent Yellow 124 France Gasoil oil (heating/diesel off road) Solvent Red 24 and Solvent Yellow 124 Marine diesel Solvent Blue 35 Estonia Heating oil Automate Red NR or similar Agricultural diesel Automate Blue 8 GHF or similar Germany Heating oil Solvent Yellow 124 + 4.1 gr/litre Solvent Red 19 or 5.3 gr tolyazotolyazo-ethylhexylbetanaphthylamine or 6.1 gr tolyazotolyazo-tridecylbetanaphthylamine & similar Greece Heating oil any red dye Marine diesel any black dye Ireland Gas oil green dye = Solvent Yellow 124 and Anthraquinone Blue dye equivalent to Solvent Blue 35 Kerosene Solvent Red 19 and similar Italy Heating oil Solvent Red 161 Gas oil Solvent Green 32 or 33 and Solvent Yellow 124 Netherlands Agricultural diesel any red dye and Solvent Yellow 124 the additive Furfural is obsolete Norway Agricultural diesel any green dye Portugal Agricultural diesel Solvent Blue 35 Heating oil Solvent Red 19 and similar Spain Agricultural diesel any red dye + Solvent Yellow 124: Orden PRE/1724/2002 of the 5th of July. Heating oil any blue dye + Solvent Yellow 124: Orden PRE/1724/2002 of the 5th of July. Sweden Heating oil Solvent Blue 35, Solvent Blue 79, Solvent Blue 98 and Solvent Yellow 124 Thailand Gasoline 95 yellow dye Gasoline 91 red dye United Kingdom Gas oil ("Red Diesel") Solvent Red 24, quinizarin and Solvent Yellow 124 Rebated kerosene Coumarin and Solvent Yellow 124 Europe many rebated Solvent Yellow 124 ("Euromarker") United States low-tax fuels, high-sulfur fuels Solvent Red 26 3.9lbs per 1000 barrels, Solvent Red 164 Worldwide Aviation gasoline 80/87 red dye Aviation gasoline 82UL purple dye Aviation gasoline 100LL blue dye Aviation gasoline 100/130 green dye

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