• FredericChopin_@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Wait so when people bought red diesel they were buying kerosene, which is in fact diesel but red?

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    Kerosene and diesel are both petroleum fuels from the molecular components of crude oil. Kerosene is extracted from crude oil first, then diesel, as kerosene has a lower boiling point than diesel. Diesel is a reddish colour while kerosene is colourless

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      1 year ago

      Shit, had it backwards. I don’t have anything that uses either so it was from (bad) memory. Sorry.