diesel
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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
“Our credit risk goes up, our cost of borrowing goes up, our own input costs for transportation and diesel fuel goes up,” Childs said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Rising diesel prices have carved Goebbert’s margins, but he hasn’t raised prices; his in-state distribution network doesn’t require as much driving as farms with customers across state lines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The government said it was investing £7.5bn to support a transition to electric vehicles, with plans to phase out new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He made train noises and diesel horn noises but he wasnt sure what these might mean to the boy.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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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