diesel
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“Unless there are big breakthroughs in the peace process around both conflicts, large amounts of diesel will remain shut in.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The refinery attacks have taken substantial amounts of diesel off the market with global benchmarks rallying strongly,” Mizuho’s Robert Yawger says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
The smell of ripe guavas, piled high on a handcart pushed by a vendor, mixed with the smell of diesel smoke from buses.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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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