diesel
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China presents another dynamic; it has ample refining capacity but government export quotas aimed at shoring up domestic energy security have limited overseas sales of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But producing more jet fuel came at the expense of diesel, just as Russia imposed export constraints and the summer driving season started in the Northern Hemisphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
His diesel engines powered factories, mills, merchant ships, tankers, submarines and warships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The plant -- which is close to the front line of the war -- has repeatedly suffered power cuts, with emergency diesel generators providing power for crucial cooling functions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The overlanders were mixed up with pickup trucks and vans jammed with people, and the road reeked of diesel smoke.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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
But in general petrol cars made before 2005 and diesels built before September 2014 will not be allowed in the zone.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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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