Gas Mileage Question
January 9th, 2009, 5:48 PM
#21
RE: Gas Mileage Question
and a small addition to the above post - from same source, actually:
However, a note about gasoline outside of the U.S. - my local source of oil retailing information (an independent dealer of heating oil, raps oil, biodiesel, gasoline, etc.) has never heard of summer/winter gasoline, and still assuming we both understood each other adequately after 10 minutes of discussion (mistakes crop up easily where basic assumptions may be quite different), there is no such difference in Germany.
Admittedly, the weather extremes are considerably narrower, but the retailer felt that different formulations for different weather was not necessary, and was still quite puzzled at the idea as I left.
This may be more a matter of custom than anything else. And for the record, Germany remains a huge heating oil market, so the refinery switch is essentially the same, but not the blending.[/align]
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However, a note about gasoline outside of the U.S. - my local source of oil retailing information (an independent dealer of heating oil, raps oil, biodiesel, gasoline, etc.) has never heard of summer/winter gasoline, and still assuming we both understood each other adequately after 10 minutes of discussion (mistakes crop up easily where basic assumptions may be quite different), there is no such difference in Germany.
Admittedly, the weather extremes are considerably narrower, but the retailer felt that different formulations for different weather was not necessary, and was still quite puzzled at the idea as I left.
This may be more a matter of custom than anything else. And for the record, Germany remains a huge heating oil market, so the refinery switch is essentially the same, but not the blending.[/align]
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