diesel
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The national average for a gallon of diesel hit a record $6.53 late last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Tight supply of kerosene and diesel and wider refining margins could also continue to boost the company’s earnings, she adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But they are barely moving any barrels of the fuel the world needs most: diesel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
President Trump also ruled out a diesel export ban, which would have tightened international products markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The dingy bellow of a truck’s diesel exhaust.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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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