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Oh, hah. And yes rather younger than that episode is. I'm only slightly older than Uk Gold, where I would have seen some of the repeats but don't recall that one.

That used to be a thing with gas bag vehicles too. Article: Gas Bag Vehicles - LOW-TECH MAGAZINE Incidentally burning hydrogen in a combustion engine will still produce NOx emissions, but I'm unfamiliar with how it compares.

I am currently peeved at the NT for supporting the A303 stonehenge tunnel plan, along with English Heritage, against UNESCO's opinion and a decent local campaign. There's extensive recordings of the debate at the NT AGM on the anti-tunnel website and it got somewhat heated, with the National Trust being accused of violating its principles and such. So I would not necessarily trust them to manage facilities as you would always wish. Though indeed they seem to do a pretty decent job with their existing portfolio.

From my reading around the answer was no. HVO is less dense than diesel, so volumetrically you would expect worse fuel economy, however in terms of energy content or at least combustion efficiency it is better than diesel, so it balances out. One provider suggested worse fuel economy, but that you remain burning less hydrocarbons. The "Green D" brand HVO that seems to be the main source, claimed no change in fuel economy. And I think that's what fleet operators have reported. I imagine @Up-Side-Down might know more of the technicalities. I'm interested in tracking my fuel economy change, but measuring volumes is proving fairly hard compared to dispensing from a metered fuel pump, and obviously in a road-going vehicle there are a lot of variables that effect fuel consumption compared to marine use.

Not rude at all It was expensive. For a 200 litre barrel including delivery it was £328. Which is £1.64 a litre. The delivery fee was £40, and I’m not sure how that would vary if you ordered multiple barrels or could instead get it in bulk. The fuel itself was £288 or £1.44 a litre. I don’t mind paying £1.44 a litre to drive my car on it, £1.64 is rather painful. This is for on-road “white” stuff. They also quoted me for off-road “red” and that was £198, 99p a litre. (I assume plus £40 delivery again.) And New Era do it, I believe also Speedy Fuels phoned me offering some in barrels coincidentally on the day my delivery arrived too. As above on Crown’s website it suggests they do barrels now but I didn’t phone them. There is also a company called “fuel box” who sell off-road red HVO in 20 litres boxes, intended for equipment on building sites and stuff, they might be able to get you on-road white HVO in those containers too, but I imagine that would be even more expensive. Eg one of their stockists, Express Gases in Bournemouth, are charging £34 for the 20 litre red off-road one! So I’d call them directly.

Fascinating to see an active thread on this issue today!! I’m having a look around today because I have just filled up my car with HVO. HVO that I got by ordering a 200litre barrel from New Era fuels. Previously all suppliers have been unable to supply it in non-bulk amounts and I don’t exactly have a 1000 litre fuel tank in my garden, however recently calling revealed a few are now doing barrels. I will be simultaneously excited and annoyed if it transpires that Harvest fuels do have it on forecourts! But I’ve been completely unable to find that out before. If it turns out they don’t, I’m quite happy to sell you enough to fill some 25l jerry cans Sarah! It’s good to hear that the government are thinking about the provision of HVO or biofuels as part of the RFTO. I know in European countries HVO has been available at some forecourts for a while. I would imagine that inland waterways are one of the areas HVO could be a solution indefinitely for certain applications and heritage uses, rather than just a transitional fuel before electric vehicles as it may be on the roads.