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Fri 16 Sep 2005 22:44
a simple question that needs an answer.. - Imagos
Why is diesel called derv? what does it mean?

Reason?: all the garages i've seen without exception over last few days that have run out of diesel fuel, the notice says 'no derv'.
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Fri 16 Sep 2005 22:45
a simple question that needs an answer.. - Dynamic Dave

Diesel Engine Road Vehicle
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Fri 16 Sep 2005 22:49
a simple question that needs an answer.. - Imagos
No diesel engined road vehicles.. d'oh! i never knew that!

cheers dave.
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Fri 16 Sep 2005 23:17
a simple question that needs an answer.. - Pugugly {P}
and avoids the common mispelt word deisel/diesel.
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Sat 17 Sep 2005 01:04
a simple question that needs an answer.. - JohnM{P}
and the follow-up simple question that naturally follows is why is the corresponding term for petrol vehicles, perv, not used?
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Sat 17 Sep 2005 11:25
a simple question that needs an answer.. - strowger
A tax thing. "DERV" is what C&E call diesel fuel with duty paid for road use.

Same sort of thing with AVTUR ("aviation turbine fuel").
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Sat 17 Sep 2005 14:43
a simple question that needs an answer.. - Hugo {P}
A realitive who spend his working life in the oil and LNG industry told me this.

One of the big companies who he worked for introduced the fuel and termed it DERV, meaning Diesel Engineered for Road Vehicles

Apparently they tried to claim that DERV was their product name that other competitors had stolen. However the courts threw this out because they had not taken steps to protect it in the early days.

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