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The fund's primary market risk exposures are in the energy, metals, and agricultural sectors, with specific risks associated with light sweet crude oil, ultra-low sulphur diesel, Brent crude oil, RBOB gasoline, natural gas, gold, silver, aluminum, zinc, copper, corn, wheat, soybeans, and sugar.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
Heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, delivery trucks, and long-haul tractor-trailers, typically run on diesel.
—Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Earlier this year, the government also unveiled plans to have a third of heavy-duty trucks in the country run on LNG instead of diesel, which currently makes up the bulk of refined fuel, over the next five to seven years.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Another plan is more use of renewables and low-carbon fuels to replace diesel for backup generation, said Porter, EPRI's VP of electrification and sustainable energy strategy.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
Heavy-duty vehicles, like buses, delivery trucks, and long-haul tractor-trailers, typically run on diesel.
—Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Earlier this year, the government also unveiled plans to have a third of heavy-duty trucks in the country run on LNG instead of diesel, which currently makes up the bulk of refined fuel, over the next five to seven years.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Another plan is more use of renewables and low-carbon fuels to replace diesel for backup generation, said Porter, EPRI's VP of electrification and sustainable energy strategy.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Diesel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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diesel
noun
die·sel
ˈdē-zəl 
-səl
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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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