Oil day, but for gasoline

I am from a country where we use oil for home heating. Japan doesn't. They mainly use the heating function on a air conditioner. In other words, electrical based heating solutions. Although, some people still use kerosene, despite the fact you have to leave a window open when you use one! But they do use gasoline in Japan, a lot of it, which also falls under the oil umbrella.

The Fuel and Oil Newspaper Co., Ltd registered October 6th as "Oil Day".  They chose the date because October 6th when written Japanese style is 106, which spells out oil; as "1 = I", "0 = O", and "6 = Lu"! It is also a nod to the first oil shock on October 6th 1973. The purpose of "Oil Day" is to reaffirm the importance of "oil" as it supports social infrastructure. In addition the aim is to further spread the social significance of gas stations ( or service stations = SS, as they are called in Japan), which are oil sales bases.