diesel
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And surging diesel prices can drive up costs for everything including planting, harvesting and transporting crops.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Network Rail has called the Victorian tunnel one of the most hostile environments on the UK rail network, where moisture, dripping saltwater and diesel soot accelerate wear on equipment.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Higher demand for cleaner diesel engine technology amid ever-tightening regulatory standards is part of the story.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The problem is the higher upfront cost of demand-destroying green technologies, such as electric trucks that replace diesel engines and heat pumps that replace gas furnaces.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
These diesel-electric subs could cruise underwater on battery power for up to forty-eight hours, but to recharge they needed to approach the surface, take in oxygen, and run their diesel engines.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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