Why do people living in the US use gas as a term for vehicle fuel (petrol/diesel)?
I mean, I could understand if they used natural gas as fuel for vehicles (which I know they don't), but they only use it in households. It makes no sense 🤷.
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It's short for gasoline, which is the term for refined petroleum.
Which originates from Cazelline, named after the businessman who patented it, which quickly morphed into gasoline, but not because of anything to do with gas as a state of matter, as far as I can tell.
Oh... that makes sense 😁.