diesel
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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
At the same time, the world is projected to consume roughly 65 million barrels a day of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel this year, according to the International Energy Agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They could accelerate the rollout of renewables, and be part of less-polluting alternatives to natural-gas turbines and diesel generators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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 noise now became increasingly loud, its diesel hum goading everyone’s desperate hopes and deepest worries.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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
Pichetto Fratin said the government had ordered a review and update of regional anti-pollution plans, and that while this was pending, planned restrictions on Euro 5 diesels were temporarily suspended.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2023
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
“She’s forty-six feet. Twin diesels, eight hundred horses.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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