diesel
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Susan Parkes said the price of diesel had become "extortionate"
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the UK, the cost of petrol and diesel is the highest it has been since 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The U.S. average retail diesel price hit a fresh all-time high of $6.45 a gallon on Friday, the latest in a string of records.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
A major risks now is that diesel prices stay high — and continue to put upward pressure on inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Even in the snowstorm it smelled of salt and tar and more faintly of diesel fuel and rotting lumber.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
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
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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