On Saturday, 25 January 2020, Thibault Molleman wrote: > Hi, > > Back in 2018 all countries in the European Union were forced to switch > their naming scheme for fuels at gas stations to the new E5/E10/B7 scheme > (referring to the amount of bio-ethanol in the fuel. > > Sources: > http://www.flanderstoday.eu/petrol-98-and-95-labels-change-next-week > https://ec.europa.eu/ireland/news/new-eu-fuel-labelling-clearer-information-for-consumers-and-operators_en > > But I noticed on the wiki that nothing is mentioned about that. > And looking at the taginfo for europe (I know it's not all of the EU, but > only the Union countries. But it's a good approximation) it seems like the > old tags are still used most often: > 55 475 | fuel:diesel > 47 010 | fuel:octane_95 > 29 636 | fuel:octane_98 > 12 232 | fuel:e10 > 40 | fuel:e5 > https://taginfo.geofabrik.de/europe/search?q=fuel#keys > > And B7 (diesel) isn't mentioned on the wiki and doesn't seem to be used > either. > > So I guess the questions are: > - Should the wiki be changed to make it clear that in European Union > countries octane 95/98 shouldn't be used and E10/E5 should be used instead? > - Because there is only one type of Diesel, should that tag just stay > Diesel or be replaced with B7 for consistency? (I think it makes more sense > to keep it diesel since it does not matter and makes things more confusing > potentially) > > Would love to hear your feedback > Cheers,
Whilst a section in the wiki and an adding an additional tag may be appropriate it is not a replacement for the octane as different octane ratings have the same E rating so would loose information. In the UK I have noticed that pumps, now have the E number in addition to the octain rating. I had a choice of 95 octane with E5 and octane 99 which was also E5, the later being Shell V-Power. So as demonstrated by one survey they are not the same thing. Changing to tagging E rating would loose important information. As the owner of a classic car I have been watching the rise of ethanol, it is quite damaging to metak fuel tanks and fuel pipes so finding the lowest E number is important. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
