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What Gasoline is called around the World (i.redd.it)
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[-] edwardbear@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We call diesel fuel “naphtha” and gasoline is benzene.

[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

We call diesel “Mazut” which is usually the name of a heavy dirty fuel oil, I just found out. More digging needed.

[-] higgsboson@piefed.social 4 points 10 months ago

yeah, mazut is a generic term for low grade fuel. I think here in the US it would mostly be called bunker fuel.

[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

To be completely fair, the diesel we get here is usually not of a grade that would make it legal in places like the US. I do wonder why a different name stuck here, I think that’s much more interesting than “benzeen” for gasoline

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