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The average semitruck can travel between 900 to 2,000 miles on a full tank of diesel at about six to eight miles per gallon.
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Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
In June, a fuel delivery to a Johns Hopkins Hospital campus went terribly awry, spilling 2,000 gallons of diesel into Baltimore’s harbor.
—Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Picture a future where Glasgow hits 40 degrees C in March, private motorists face heavy taxes for driving petrol or diesel cars and the pressure to cut emissions is coming from every direction.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Firefighters finally forced an entry into the van, removing 76 20-pound propane cylinders and 15 five-gallon fuel containers — for a total of 75 gallons of gasoline, and 10 gallons of diesel, officials said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
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Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
In June, a fuel delivery to a Johns Hopkins Hospital campus went terribly awry, spilling 2,000 gallons of diesel into Baltimore’s harbor.
—Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2025
Picture a future where Glasgow hits 40 degrees C in March, private motorists face heavy taxes for driving petrol or diesel cars and the pressure to cut emissions is coming from every direction.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Firefighters finally forced an entry into the van, removing 76 20-pound propane cylinders and 15 five-gallon fuel containers — for a total of 75 gallons of gasoline, and 10 gallons of diesel, officials said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
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“Diesel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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diesel
noun
die·sel
ˈdē-zəl 
-səl
1
2
: a vehicle (as a truck or train) driven by a diesel engine
3
: a fuel designed for use in diesel engines
Etymology
named for Rudolf Diesel 1858–1913 German engineer
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