Diesel
noun
A type of heavy oil used in vehicle engines.
He filled his truck with diesel.
Often appears as...
- diesel fuel
- diesel engine
noun
An engine that runs on diesel oil.
The train has a diesel engine.
Often appears as...
- diesel locomotive
- diesel motor
adjective
Relating to diesel or diesel engines.
The diesel model of the car is more expensive.
Often appears as...
- diesel car
- diesel version
noun
A type of heavy oil used in vehicle engines.
He filled his truck with diesel.
Often appears as...
- diesel fuel
- diesel engine
noun
An engine that runs on diesel oil.
The train has a diesel engine.
Often appears as...
- diesel locomotive
- diesel motor
adjective
Relating to diesel or diesel engines.
The diesel model of the car is more expensive.
Often appears as...
- diesel car
- diesel version
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not for Petrol
Diesel is different from petrol; using it in a petrol engine can cause damage.
Remember, your car needs petrol, not diesel.
Pro Tip 2/3Fuel Efficiency
Diesel engines are often more fuel-efficient than petrol engines.
Diesel cars can travel longer distances on less fuel.
Pro Tip 3/3Heavy Machinery
Diesel is common in trucks, buses, and heavy machinery due to its durability.
Most heavy trucks on the road have diesel engines.
Pro Tip 1/3Not for Petrol
Diesel is different from petrol; using it in a petrol engine can cause damage.
Remember, your car needs petrol, not diesel.
Pro Tip 2/3Fuel Efficiency
Diesel engines are often more fuel-efficient than petrol engines.
Diesel cars can travel longer distances on less fuel.
Pro Tip 3/3Heavy Machinery
Diesel is common in trucks, buses, and heavy machinery due to its durability.
Most heavy trucks on the road have diesel engines.
Pro Tip 1/3Not for Petrol
Diesel is different from petrol; using it in a petrol engine can cause damage.
Remember, your car needs petrol, not diesel.
Pro Tip 2/3Fuel Efficiency
Diesel engines are often more fuel-efficient than petrol engines.
Diesel cars can travel longer distances on less fuel.
Pro Tip 3/3Heavy Machinery
Diesel is common in trucks, buses, and heavy machinery due to its durability.
Most heavy trucks on the road have diesel engines.
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Video examples
Biodiesel: The afterlife...
will limit our negative effects on the environment. Recycling used cooking grease turns goop into good. By contributing a little bit, individuals and businesses can help create an alternative, stable source of diesel oil, while protecting the environment and keeping our cities cleaner.
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A personal air-quality...
for cheating on emission standards. Cities have passed congestion charges or built bike lanes -- like Paris that turned this highway, right next to my home, in the middle of the city, into a waterfront park. And now mayors around the world are thinking of banning diesel outright
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The US is back in the...
the recipients of the downside of some particular choice, that the diesel trucks, for instance, aren't all being routed through a particular low income community that doesn't have the ability to make a different political decision. I think it is vital for the developed world
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Ink made of air...
This is an early stage of the technology. We advanced the technology and created this into this version that would capture pollution from static sources of pollution, like a diesel generator. If you see, all the fumes disappear as soon as you turn this machine on.
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How cities are detoxing...
but it hurts the poor and minorities disproportionately. The good news is that things are changing. Take cities. First, people around the world are demanding clean air and cities are responding by banning petrol and diesel cars,
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Thoughts on humanity,...
I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis, and humanity, like me, was becoming an overexposed prima donna. I started to sell everything, from hair oil to diesel generators. Humanity was buying everything
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The surprising thing I...
that's quite a task. That's food, fuel, clothes, even toilet roll and toothpaste. That's what we do, and when we leave we manage it down to the last drop of diesel and the last packet of food. No experience in my life
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Horse Logging PIPE National...
of fun and I grew up around it doing it all my life Lester has never been able to trade in his horses for something powered by diesel fuel when you got something you like you just keep doing it it's quiet
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Could You be an...
kind of scientist you may have the most brilliant mind but that may be of little if you can't pitch a tent or we start a diesel engine
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Africa’s youth culture PIPE...
series called user diesel in southern Africa
Video examples
Biodiesel: The afterlife...
will limit our negative effects on the environment. Recycling used cooking grease turns goop into good. By contributing a little bit, individuals and businesses can help create an alternative, stable source of diesel oil, while protecting the environment and keeping our cities cleaner.
Video examples
A personal air-quality...
for cheating on emission standards. Cities have passed congestion charges or built bike lanes -- like Paris that turned this highway, right next to my home, in the middle of the city, into a waterfront park. And now mayors around the world are thinking of banning diesel outright
Video examples
The US is back in the...
the recipients of the downside of some particular choice, that the diesel trucks, for instance, aren't all being routed through a particular low income community that doesn't have the ability to make a different political decision. I think it is vital for the developed world
Video examples
Ink made of air...
This is an early stage of the technology. We advanced the technology and created this into this version that would capture pollution from static sources of pollution, like a diesel generator. If you see, all the fumes disappear as soon as you turn this machine on.
Video examples
How cities are detoxing...
but it hurts the poor and minorities disproportionately. The good news is that things are changing. Take cities. First, people around the world are demanding clean air and cities are responding by banning petrol and diesel cars,
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
I think both of us were going through our midlife crisis, and humanity, like me, was becoming an overexposed prima donna. I started to sell everything, from hair oil to diesel generators. Humanity was buying everything
Video examples
The surprising thing I...
that's quite a task. That's food, fuel, clothes, even toilet roll and toothpaste. That's what we do, and when we leave we manage it down to the last drop of diesel and the last packet of food. No experience in my life
Video examples
Horse Logging PIPE National...
of fun and I grew up around it doing it all my life Lester has never been able to trade in his horses for something powered by diesel fuel when you got something you like you just keep doing it it's quiet
Video examples
Could You be an...
kind of scientist you may have the most brilliant mind but that may be of little if you can't pitch a tent or we start a diesel engine
Video examples
Africa’s youth culture PIPE...
series called user diesel in southern Africa
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Peter Roskam
American Politician
Cutting edge technologies have allowed us to utilize coal's diverse potentials. Not only are we using coal in cleaner and more environmentally sound methods, but importantly, we can turn coal into gasoline and diesel.
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Lata Mangeshkar
Indian Musician
The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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Ronald Biggs
British Celebrity
I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train.
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Tammy Duckworth
As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines.
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Henrik Fisker
Danish Designer
I could imagine that boats sailing in harbors will only use electric engines. And then once they are out in the water they will use diesel.
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Ian Watson
British Writer
My wife will automatically quote and compare the price of diesel at every petrol station we drive by, like she's got oil-based Tourette's.
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Ron Ziegler
American Politician
When I came to town and saw the price of diesel went above regular gas, that burnt me up.
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Jason McCoy
Canadian Musician
I'm a cowboy. I wear a hat. I drive a 4x4 Silverado diesel truck. I've got a farm.
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James May
English Journalist
The V50 is a genuinely great car, even as a diesel.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
French Athlete
I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.
Quote examples
Peter Roskam
American Politician
Cutting edge technologies have allowed us to utilize coal's diverse potentials. Not only are we using coal in cleaner and more environmentally sound methods, but importantly, we can turn coal into gasoline and diesel.
Quote examples
Lata Mangeshkar
Indian Musician
The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
Quote examples
Ronald Biggs
British Celebrity
I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train.
Quote examples
Tammy Duckworth
As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines.
Quote examples
Henrik Fisker
Danish Designer
I could imagine that boats sailing in harbors will only use electric engines. And then once they are out in the water they will use diesel.
Quote examples
Ian Watson
British Writer
My wife will automatically quote and compare the price of diesel at every petrol station we drive by, like she's got oil-based Tourette's.
Quote examples
Ron Ziegler
American Politician
When I came to town and saw the price of diesel went above regular gas, that burnt me up.
Quote examples
Jason McCoy
Canadian Musician
I'm a cowboy. I wear a hat. I drive a 4x4 Silverado diesel truck. I've got a farm.
Quote examples
James May
English Journalist
The V50 is a genuinely great car, even as a diesel.
Quote examples
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
French Athlete
I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.
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