gasoline
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In California, gasoline averaged $6.40 a gallon on Friday, compared with $4.65 a gallon one year ago, according to AAA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Diesel is harder to refine than gasoline and so while UK refineries produce more than the quantity of petrol consumed domestically, they meet less than half of the demand for diesel.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Refiners would need to cut back overall production if they run out of storage space for the diesel that they would have previously exported, meaning gasoline supplies would be constrained and prices would rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
For much of this year, U.S. drivers have been paying an average of more than $4 a gallon for regular gasoline — the highest costs since 2022, according to data from AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
He had managed to get enough gasoline despite the shortages to run his tractor.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Isobutylene is used in the production of isooctane, a component of some gasolines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The more and more powerful engines required gasolines with higher octane ratings, which is a measure of antiknock properties.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reacting to charges that leaded gasolines are a prime source of air pollution, the Buffalo city council has adopted the nation's first anti-lead ordinance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Buffalo, N.Y., started to phase out the sale of leaded gasolines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lastly, it was doomed by the advent of high octane gasolines, first used while it was still in the development stage.
From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Robert B. Meyer
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