diesel
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Meanwhile, tighter product markets pushed Atlantic Basin refining margins to record highs in July, as stronger seasonal demand for diesel, jet fuel and gasoline collided with supply shortfalls and depleted inventories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Emanuel grasped the potential of the diesel engine and secured its patent rights in Russia in 1898.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
This week he signed into law a bill reducing taxes on diesel and capping commercial markups on both diesel and petrol, a bid to keep energy costs in check.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 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
Ignatius instead fell backward, and the bus, exhaling diesel exhaust, rumbled past an inch or two from his desert boots.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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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