diesel
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The price of petrol and diesel has stopped rising after 43 days of increases, according to the latest figures from motoring organisation the RAC.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
"You have the individual consumer response to what they are seeing in terms of the price of petrol or diesel suddenly surge," said Euan Graham, an electricity and data analyst at energy think tank Ember.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
This would also make crude-oil prices more sensitive to geopolitical shocks and could eventually see them bleed through into higher prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, weighing on consumers and the broader economy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Crude oil is a key ingredient in petrol and diesel, meaning higher wholesale costs make filling up a car more expensive.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
I have only the haziest recollection of waving at my mother and sister in a rising cloud of diesel exhaust and mosquitoes as they began their slow, permanent exodus from the Congo.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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