diesel
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The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel in a bid to ease supply pressures that have caused prices to skyrocket.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In a deeply reported article, Claudia Assis outlined the mechanics of the global refining market to explain why diesel prices remain stubbornly high and how that is affecting businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s a move that aims to bring down the soaring price of fuels and would seem to end the threat of a U.S. ban on diesel exports, at least for now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Macron said the coordinated action would "bring down the prices of petroleum products, particularly diesel".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
We made hundreds of trips to the big orange diesel tank.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
The affair had its origins in a drive by the carmaker to increase sales in North America, particularly of diesel cars - which it marketed as "clean diesels".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
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
Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Non-profit RMI said the IRA's up to $40,000 Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle tax credit "will turbocharge adoption of electric medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks." and will electric trucks cheaper to operate than diesels in most cases.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2022
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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