> "ansonpowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>Now that we know that red diesel will definitely be going, what are the >>implications for boaters? How accurate are suggestions that diesel won't >>be >>available canalside and everyone will be filling up cans at the >>supermarket? >>Will BW really accept the increased risk of pollution as all these cans >>are >>emptied? Seems to me that there are lot of questions and only speculative >>answers at the moment. > >>Mike > > The Treasury has said it is going to consult extensively with boaters > and the industry about transition arrangements. I would expect the > questions you raise will come up during that process. > > The problem is much worse in France, where most of the waterway-side > refuellers stock only red, which they sell to the commercial craft. As > a result, it can be very hard to find white for a pleasure craft there > (VNF at Conde kindly brought me 50 litres in cans from a local service > station in its own truck when I seemed likely to run out!). However, > there just isn't the commercial boat traffic in UK, so there seems > little reason for suppliers not to switch to white. > > Adrian > > Adrian Stott > 07956-299966 > On the other hand if hire boats are using red there will be no reason for them to stock white as well. Commercial fuel boats will be selling red for heating so will they want to put another tank in?
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