diesel
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It’s worth noting that, according to the Wall Street Journal article, Putin proposed it in the same conversation where he offered to sell the U.S. massive quantities of diesel fuel.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
New York Harbor distillate crack spreads, a key measure of U.S. diesel refining margins, are holding above $100 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The United States consumes 3.9 million barrels of diesel a day, whereas the accord with Moscow initially concerns 2.22 million barrels total -- barely enough for half a day of US consumption.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Liu and his team took a several-hundred-million-dollar hit earlier this year after a wrong way bet on diesel and crude prices, The Wall Street Journal reported in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
On May 8 a diesel truck, pulling a flatbed of lumber and roadblocks, crossed the Delhi Bridge and parked on the town side of the river.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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
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
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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