I RECENTLY traveled to regional Victoria and back in a diesel ute towing a large trailer. I filled up before I left and paid $1.72 per litre in Armidale but when it came time to refuel, even in remote areas in the west, I paid as low as a $1.42 per litre.
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Naturally I ended up using different brands of diesel fuel along the way and was amazed at the difference in quality of diesel and corresponding difference in fuel economy.
After some investigation into the standard of diesel, it appears there are two levels: diesel one and diesel two. This might explain why I noticed an increase of roughly 15 per cent in fuel economy between the diesel bought at two different outlets.
If the Australian Competition and Consumer Competition is going to investigate the pricing of fuel maybe they should also investigate the quality and labelling standards of diesel fuel.
