Supermarket fuel inferior quality says Telegraph. Really?

[Ari]

This was in the Telegraph at the weekend. I fill up at Sainsburys (super unleaded) as I was lead to believe it all came from the same refineries and there was no material difference in supermarket fuels versus 'branded' fuels.

Interested in people's thoughts on this - should I be filling up with branded fuel instead?

[Ari]

Devil2575 said:

Indeed, which is why people frequently believe things that aren't true. Personal experiences are not a good form of evidence for anything.

Devil2575 - I'm cold

Devil2575's mum - Well put a coat on then

Devil2575 - Although my personal experience is that I'm warmer with a coat on, there have been no government funded university approved independent research into the feasibility of a coat making me warmer, and therefore I refuse to accept the evidence that wearing a coat makes me warmer just because wearing a coat makes me warmer, and thus shall not put one on.

[Ari]

hufggfg said:

"Good form of evidence"... It is A form of evidence, but not a particularly good one. Of course there are some "interventions" (to use the medical lingo) where the effect is so clear that even anecdotal evidence consistently gives the correct answer.

The hierarchy of evidence is:

Fairy nuff.

Devil2575 - Although my personal experience is that I'm warmer with a coat on, there have been no government funded university approved independent research into the feasibility of a coat making me warmer, and therefore I refuse to accept that wearing a coat makes me warmer is a good form of evidence just because wearing a coat makes me warmer, and thus shall not put one on.

[Ari]

996TT02 said:

Why do we have to take "Honest John"'s advice as gospel, that is your starting point.

Did the person actually writing this analyse all supermarket fuels and compare them to non supermarket fuels, and if so, can we see the results?

If not, "HJ"'s claim that supermarket fuel is not as good as non supermarket fuel is just bias and hence totally worthless (even if, for argument's sake, he is found to be correct).

We don't - hence the question...

[Ari]

Devil2575 said:

Cupid stunt.

I hate to burst your bubble but there is plenty of established science to explain why wearing a coat makes you feel warmer.

But then I wouldn't expect a simpleton like yourself to understand stuff like that.

Too subtle? Really?

Oh well, never mind.