diesel

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“It is clear that the more you can do to save oil, especially diesel, especially jet fuel, the better we are off,” Dan Jørgensen, the EU’s energy commissioner, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In televised remarks, he said the nation had 39 days worth of petrol, 29 days worth of diesel and 30 days worth of jet fuel in reserve.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

On-highway diesel fuel prices climbed to $5.401 as of March 30, up 39% from the beginning of March and 50% higher than a year earlier, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Ireland has cut taxes on petrol and diesel, Australia has halved fuel duty for three months and Slovenia has become the first EU member state to introduce fuel rationing.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Everything on the bottom floor of the reactor buildings—including the diesel generators they so desperately needed to run the reactors—had been submerged in salt water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland