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What Gasoline is called around the World (i.redd.it)
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[+] 67 points 1 year ago (10 children)
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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    In my country nafta is crude oil, and benzinas is gasoline, which afaik neither is actually "correct"

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    We call naphtha “diesel” and gasoline is benzene.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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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