diesel
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Moscow banned exports of diesel in a bid to protect domestic supplies after hits on its refineries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Metal mining is energy-intensive, and conventional estimates for its carbon footprint attribute most of its emissions to heavy equipment on-site, as well as diesel transport required to haul ore away.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The lower figure for June was caused by cheaper fuel prices at the pump, particularly diesel, summer discounts on clothing and falling food prices.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
But the real pain in markets lies in the products refined from crude oil, including the gasoline and diesel that power cars, trucks, tractors and jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Someone wondered aloud if Seabiscuit was working “camouflaged as a diesel tractor.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
Had they been conventional diesels, they would have created a smelly cacophony as they idled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Non-profit RMI said the IRA's up to $40,000 Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle tax credit "will turbocharge adoption of electric medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks." and will electric trucks cheaper to operate than diesels in most cases.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2022
Rather, the agency says there are pollution control devices in development that can keep diesels in use and still clean the air.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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