diesel
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Despite signs of a broader market recovery, diesel supplies remain constrained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Combined U.S. gasoil and diesel stocks dropped below 100 million barrels for the first time since 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The problem is that the U.S. economy is reliant on diesel to transport goods around the country to grocery stores, retailers and other businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The negotiations fall in the midst of a conflict-driven energy crisis that has sharply spiked the cost of diesel, fertilisers and other essential commodities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Think of the diesel fuel needed to truck all that salad to supermarkets across the country or to manufacture the plastic containers it’s packed in.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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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
He added that even after that, petrol and diesels cars would still be able to be sold second hand, saying a similar approach is being taken in countries such as Germany, France and Spain.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
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
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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