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In rec.aviation.military Peter Stickney wrote:

# Heating Oil is similar, but doesn't have the Dyes placed in U.S. #2
Diesel fuel to show that the necessary fuel taxes have been paid.

Uh, just a minor quibble, but my understanding is that they
dye the non-taxed stuff so that they can see the dye in over the
road trucks that have been cheating. I know, dying the non-taxed
seems backwards but that is what I have always seen on various web
pages related to diesel fuel issues. Here is a link to an EPA
document to support what I have said.

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/f99029.pdf


In the UK diesel fuel for agricultural vehicles is exempt
from tax and it is dyed red. As diesel is more commonly
used on cars and pickups than in the USA its common
to see excise men checking fuel tanks at country
markets and fairs.

Keith