diesel
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Heavy-duty trucks, which traditionally run on diesel, are an outsize source of air pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
At Primus Ceramics, located near the city of Aveiro, in central Portugal, a diesel generator saved the day during last year's blackout.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Green is good, but it’s better wildlife encounters that might eventually relegate diesel to travel’s endangered species list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Americans have spent an estimated $88 billion more on gasoline and diesel in 2026 than they would have without the energy shock linked to the Iran War, according to Brown University’s Climate Solutions Lab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He was relieved; the other scents of the encampment—smoke, diesel, scorched metal, and a strange, dark electrical odor—were things he would have herded Peter away from.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
Replacing the 200,000 buses with another round of health-hazardous diesels would cost between $60 billion to $80 billion; after accounting for rollout costs, full electric replacement would cost about 2.5 times as much.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the restrictions would have affected more than 600,000 vehicles, including about 140,000 Euro 5 diesels as well as other older more polluting vehicles, including petrol ones.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
But in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 will not be allowed in the zone.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2023
Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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