diesel
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Crude oil prices shot up after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, which in turn pushed up petrol and diesel prices and domestic energy costs around the world.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The FSO said the on-month decline was driven by lower prices for air transport, diesel and petrol, though heating oil prices rose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Investigators linked the tanker to 2.6 million gallons of Texas diesel falsely labeled as lubricating oil additives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
UNE says the fuel shortages have made the national grid more susceptible to outages and made the use of emergency generators -- which typically run on diesel fuel -- all but impossible.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Black diesel smoke rises, hugging the tops of the cars.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
Governments frown on diesels in European cities, and come 2025, diesel cars will be banned from Paris and Madrid.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 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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