diesel fuel
a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- Also called diesel oil .
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A short golf-cart ride away, engineers explain how the company will assemble the lithium-ion battery packs that will power the trucks instead of diesel fuel.
The Auto Industry Is Going Green. Will Workers Go Along for the Ride? | Justin Worland | August 12, 2021 | TimeThe military boasted that the nuclear reactor there, known as the PM-2A, needed just 44 pounds of uranium to replace a million or more gallons of diesel fuel.
The US military’s first experiment with portable nuclear reactors was short and tragic | Purbita Saha | July 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceUsing diesel fuel, it can run as a hybrid for between 10 and 12 hours.
Cargo ships usually burn either diesel fuel or fuel oil, which is a petroleum product made at a refinery and generally considered to be dirtier than diesel.
Decoding Marine Oil Spills Requires Slick Detective Work | MacKenzie Elmer | July 6, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoI unpacked my gear, sand-stained and smelling of diesel fuel and boot leather.
Sebastian Junger: What We Talk About When We Talk About Freedom | Nathan S. Webster | May 31, 2021 | The Daily Beast
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The lifeblood of the death-dealing Islamic State is diesel fuel.
Is NATO Ally Turkey Tacitly Fueling the ISIS War Machine? | Thomas Seibert | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe added cost in time, diesel fuel, and insurance is crippling.
The air was heavy with the reek of fish and spilled diesel fuel.
Smugglers' Reef | John Blaine
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