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UK petrol prices (at time of comment) of ~£1.50/l are equivalent to $7.50/USgal. People around me are expecting to see diesel at £2/l soon.
by pjc50 7mo ago
UK petrol prices (at time of comment) of ~£1.50/l are equivalent to $7.50/USgal.
People around me are expecting to see diesel at £2/l soon.
- ben_w 7mo agoFor much of my late teens and early 20s, I was hearing about people using vegetable oil as a substitute for diesel. If that still works, there may be some additional impact that both limits the fuel price and increases food prices: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/272515844?_gl=1*bdyczr*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTM2MjU1ODA1LjE3NzUxMTkyNjQ.*_ga_H653QXESTP*czE3NzUxMTkyNjMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzUxMTkyNjMkajYwJGwwJGg4MzQzNjQ4ODQ.*_ga_33B19D36CY*czE3NzUxMTkyNjMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NzUxMTkyNjgkajU1JGwwJGgxNjIxMTI5MjMz https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/272515844?_gl... To the point of the comment you're replying to, US cars are infamously inefficient compared to European cars, and also there's that old quote about how "In the US 100 years is a long time, while in Europe 100 miles is a long way", so the US can still get a price shock even with cheaper fuel than the UK/EU.
- neilalexander 7mo agoVegetable oil will cause long-term damage in modern diesel engines with direct injection or common rail injection systems. Older indirect injection diesel engines could tolerate it much better because of the pre-combustion stage.
- ben_w 7mo agoThanks for the update/correction; while I don't have a car, I recon you probably saved at least one engine some trouble from outdated folk wisdom.