Gas is a nice, short, and simple term. Instead of writing out "petrol" or saying "petrol station", it sounds nicer just to say gas/gas station.
You can't put petroleum in your car and expect to go very far.
This is fairly obvious.
The term gasoline indicates that the product is refined whereas petroleum suggests that the product is still in the unrefined state. However, gasoline is often referred to as "gas" which could confuse someone to think that it is in a gaseous state whereas the common tern "petrol" suggests a liquid state.
I call it by its term of intended fuel (i.e. gasoline, diesel, kerosene, etc) or petroleum if it's in the unprocessed form. Do we say we need to go get some wheat for our sandwiches, or bread? Same thing with fuels. I'll say I need to get diesel for my truck, or gas (gasoline) for my car.
Gasoline is derived from Petroleum. Using the term petroleum may mislead some into thinking gasoline and petroleum are the same thing and that one can actually put petroleum in their vehicle without refining it.
Because you put gasoline in your car. You do not put petroleum in your car. Your car would seize.
Because you didn't allow petrol as an option
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Because 'murica, that's why!
It is a better description of the end product which is a refined and blended mix.
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It sounds better
Gasoline is a fuel source derived from petroleum
Based on what you explained above. Thanks.
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Because it's actually what you use as fuel.
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'Petrol' is just a shortened version of 'Petroleum' (crude oil) and I do not like putting crude oil in the 'Petrol Tank' of my car :)
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It is more accurate. Petroleum is the raw material, gasoline is the product.
Petroleum is just its raw form, and it can't actually be used to power cars. Gasoline does, though.
As stated, if we're talking about car fuel we should call it 'gas/gasoline' as that is more specific than 'petrol/petroleum'. The problem is that 'gas' is a strange term to use when referring to a liquid substance - which may be why some people call it 'petrol' ?
You figure 70 to 80 percent of the US don't know what makes gasoline. I lot of Americans just know where to go fill up..
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Gasoline is a more accurate term for what goes into our cars. Petroleum is too broad of a term.
Because it refers to the source of internal combustion engines
Because "petroleum" or "petrol" connotes the unrefined, "raw" form of the thick black liquid extracted from the Earth.
