Whereas the current limit on sulfur emissions in diesel fuel allowed in the United States is 15 parts per million, the diesel fuel coming in from ocean-going vessels emits 45, 000 parts per million!
Because diesel engines are more fuel-efficient than gasoline engines, the use of diesel fuel is expected to continue to expand.
The European manufacturers are talking about diesel hybrids, because diesel fuel is such a big player in the European market, and we're going to be receiving the clean diesel, starting in 2007.
The second thing -- and this was announced late yesterday -- the Department of Defense through the Defense Logistics Agency authorized the purchase of 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and 10 million gallons of diesel fuel that can be used to run generators -- been contracted -- the purchase of this fuel and the delivery of this fuel.
The Environmental Protection Agency has granted a nationwide waiver for fuel blends to make more gasoline and diesel fuel available throughout the country.
Yesterday, FEMA announced that the President directed the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to purchase up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for distribution in areas impacted by the storm to supplement ongoing private sector efforts.
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There is no hope for any hydrotreated fuel to come anywhere near conventional diesel or jet fuel prices.
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That means shipowners who wish to ply these waters will have to stop using bunker fuel (the cheap stuff left over once petrol, diesel and aviation fuel have been distilled from crude oil) to power their vessels because burning it produces too much sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and soot.
The navy intends that, by 2020, half the fuel it uses (over six billion litres a year, mainly diesel and jet fuel) will be from renewable sources.
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In spite of huge gas reserves, Libya's power plants mostly run on diesel fuel.
As of January, the New York Times reported KiOR sold only 1, 024 gallons of diesel fuel.
Compared with trucks, each train uses 100, 000 fewer gallons of diesel fuel, Pollak says.
Another 31 stations had no ethanol and 35 stations no longer had diesel fuel for sale.
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That increase came despite mandates for cleaner gasoline and diesel fuel, which take longer to make.
The problem is that both NOx and diesel fuel are hard to break down.
You smelled diesel fuel and Port-a-Potties and heard the echoes of talk radio and Patriot News.
First, companies that currently consume gasoline or diesel fuel must consider all avenues for fuel conversion.
By 2010, all highway diesel fuel sold in the U.S. must meet these new standards.
In other words, U.S. diesel fuel exports have risen more than 1, 250% between 2004 and 2008.
Operating costs for diesel fuel and steel in past years also showed sizable increments.
The end goal is to eventually replace gasoline and diesel fuel from cars and trucks.
Even diesel fuel itself was being reformulated to cut down on its sulfur content.
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Eventually we will convert natural gas to diesel fuel, but that technology is probably ten years away.
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By 2005 Toyota wants to build 300, 000 hybrid vehicles, powered by gas or diesel fuel and batteries.
In Hawaii, diesel fuel taxes now average 76.3 cents a gallon, compared with 51 cents for gasoline.
This mixture dissolves readily in diesel fuel and binds water to it without any need for stirring.
While nearly all other Alaskan villages have to import diesel fuel, Barrow runs on locally produced natural gas.
Again on the plus side, natural gas burns cleaner than petroleum or diesel fuel, offering two important advantages.
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