Removing most red diesel entitlements will help to ensure that the tax system incentivises users of polluting fuels like diesel to improve the energy efficiency of their vehicles and machinery, invest in cleaner alternatives, or just use less fuel. These tax changes should therefore have a positive impact on carbon emissions and air quality. Our Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) comes from major UK refineries meaning it meets the strict BS EN 590:2009 quality standards. What’s more, it contains all the necessary seasonal requirements for summer and winter grades, with the correct grade supplied automatically. Under the extension of the existing licensing scheme, HMRC will need to deal with applications for licences and, where they approve applications, collect duty upfront. Otherwise, this measure is not expected to have any operational impact beyond those already identified here for the reforms to the tax treatment of rebated diesel and biofuels. Other impacts A Primer on Diesel Fuel Prices". Energy Information Administration. Archived from the original on 2007-03-17 . Retrieved 2007-03-27. Ayhan Demirbas (2008). Biodiesel: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines. Berlin: Springer. p.74. ISBN 978-1-84628-994-1.

Motor and heating fuels are liable to fuel duty, with only fuel taxed at the full rate of fuel duty allowed to be used in road vehicles. Some oils and fuels are taxed at a lower (rebated) rate — historically because fuel duty was intended to be a tax on road vehicles. This includes gas oil (diesel), which is chemically marked and dyed to enable law enforcement agencies to identify it as rebated fuel and detect when the wrong sort of diesel is being used, providing a deterrent to fuel fraud. The colour of the dye in the UK means this fuel is called ‘red diesel’ (though marked fuel from other countries may be marked with a different colour). Gas oil intended for use in diesel engine road vehicles, otherwise known as ‘white diesel’ (because it has no marker or dye), has a fuel duty rate of 57.95 pence per litre ( ppl). Rebated diesel is entitled to a rebate of 46.81ppl, giving it an effective duty rate of 11.14ppl.If only a small amount of DERV has spilled, the first thing you should do is try to prevent any further fuel spillage, provided that it is safe to do so. For gasoline, with a density of 0.75kg/L and a ratio of carbon to hydrogen atoms of about 6 to 14, the estimated value of carbon emission if 1 liter of gasoline is burnt gives: [63] This measure is not expected to have an Exchequer impact. This measure supports the Exchequer in its commitment to protect revenue. The Exchequer impacts for the reforms to the tax treatment of rebated diesel and biofuels are already identified here. Economic impact

Microbial contamination is where fungi and bacteria grow in your DERV, which increases both moisture content and sludge build-up. These microbes are naturally occurring and feed on the hydrocarbons in your fuel, with the rate of fuel degradation increasing as the bacteria multiply. Can you clean contaminated DERV?Hans Christian Graf von Seherr-Thoß (auth.): Die Technik des MAN Nutzfahrzeugbaus. In: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG (ed.): Leistung und Weg: Zur Geschichte des MAN Nutzfahrzeugbaus. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg 1991. ISBN 978-3-642-93490-2. p. 436 US EPA, OAR (2015-07-24). "Learn About Impacts of Diesel Exhaust and the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)". www.epa.gov . Retrieved 2023-04-29.