diesel

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Ethiopia, which mobilized troops in February amid sea access ambitions, experienced fuel shortages that halved its military diesel supply.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

On Monday, the price of unleaded fuel in Alderney was £2.30 per litre, and diesel was £2.58, making it one of the most expensive places to buy petrol in the British Isles.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Since early March, diesel prices here have risen sharply, inbound freight costs have spiked, and fertilizer—roughly a third of globally traded supply normally transits the strait—has become scarcer and dramatically more expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

As of March 31, the country had 39 days of gasoline, 29 days of diesel and 30 days of jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Even in the snowstorm it smelled of salt and tar and more faintly of diesel fuel and rotting lumber.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson