Home Heat Oil & Diesel

isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk
Sun Feb 11 09:52:42 EST 2001


> Of course in addition to your good faith on not cheating on the
> fuel/road taxes, many refiners add a dye to the home heat oil...  At
> road check, trucks often have a dipper put into their tanks to see if it
> comes up dyed, and the authorities are not too kind to those they catch
> avoiding taxes.

> However as a car, you might avoid these checkstops....

Not here.  They've started putting perfume in low-tax diesel
equivalents so HM Fuzz can just sniff at checks.  Every now and
then you get a whiff as you're driving down the motorway.

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 Phil Payne
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