• TabbsTheBat@pawb.social
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    4 days ago

    In my country nafta is crude oil, and benzinas is gasoline, which afaik neither is actually “correct”

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        4 days ago

        We call diesel “Mazut” which is usually the name of a heavy dirty fuel oil, I just found out. More digging needed.

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          4 days ago

          yeah, mazut is a generic term for low grade fuel. I think here in the US it would mostly be called bunker fuel.

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            4 days ago

            To be completely fair, the diesel we get here is usually not of a grade that would make it legal in places like the US. I do wonder why a different name stuck here, I think that’s much more interesting than “benzeen” for gasoline

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      Huh. That’s how it kind of is in Arabic.

      I never put it together that what we call “Naft/Nuft” (نَفط) is related to Naphtha. Fuel is “Benzeen” (بنزين).