diesel
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In an interview with WSJ Journal House on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, Wright said the administration has to keep the world supplied with diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Bottling up diesel production risks congesting the whole energy chain—and could cost the industry billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The funding will be spread across 66 programmes over six months, and directed at housing, diesel generation and waste removal, among other needs.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I don’t see much to stem that tide on what’s happening with diesel records for at least a week,” Cinquegrana said Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Inside the truck box lives a smell: clay, spilled diesel mixed with something putrid.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
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
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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