Red diesel again

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

Means it meets diesel standards.

 

They do sell a bug killer for those that don't use much. I've seen lots of speculation regarding metal Vs plastic tanks allowing light through to let the bacteria grow.

 

One presumes they need sunlight and bio oil, they can't really live in isolation and darkness 

 

I don't think they need sunlight, they're not photosynthetic as they get energy from the diesel.

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Dan Maynard said:

I don't think they need sunlight, they're not photosynthetic as they get energy from the diesel.

We used to have to clean out the pre filter on our old horse lorry about every couple of months . It filled up with black gunge . Took the tank off and had it steam cleaned . It does not need sunlight .

[Peasgood]

A lot of boats suffer from it, not much sunshine in their tanks.

[GarethM]

I can only speak from experience of having a 2000l bunded metal tank, which so far hasn't had any problems.

 

But have heard plenty of plastic tank problems, so was purely guessing.

[Squaredy]

Just had a price for HVO diesel - £2.10 per litre plus VAT - so that is £2.52 per litre.

 

That is probably only going to appeal to people who have a powerful reason for using HVO.

 

I would possibly switch to it if I could be really certain of the environmental credentials - but this is going to be a minefield.  The fact it is produced from plants is great - but you have to be very confident it is not at the expense of natural forests - which is of course often how palm oil is produced (and it is largely made from palm oil).  In the current climate it is going to be impossible to really prove that the oil producing plants are not causing deforestation indirectly if not directly.

 

I love the idea - but not really workable for me right now.

[GarethM]

It's probably better for the environment just burning plain old diesel, you take veg oil and process it.

 

Sounds like a tarted up way of saying we take recycled chip shop oil and make bio diesel.

 

Bit like when they banned garages burning waste motor oil to heat the place, forcing them to o pay to recycle it and fit gas heaters.

Edited September 5, 2022 by GarethM

[IronMike]

I just ordered 1000L of Red and it was 106.9 I think (my memory is so bad, it was quite literally 3 hours ago that I ordered it)