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Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, ... where diesel propulsion had gained prevalence by the late 1970s due to increasing fuel costs caused by the 1970s energy ...
The crisis began to unfold as petroleum production in the United States and some other parts of the world peaked in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [3] World oil production per capita began a long-term decline after 1979. [4] The oil crises prompted the first shift towards energy-saving (in particular, fossil fuel-saving) technologies. [5]
The peak of diesel popularity was reached in 2015, with 52% of new cars sold in Europe being diesel powered. [20] The only other major car market where diesel cars were popular is India. Driven by cheap subsidized diesel fuel, diesel cars had a peak market share of 47% around 2012. [21]
General Motors kept marketing the diesel to the fullest, with 19 of the 23 Oldsmobile models in 1981 being available with the 5.7 diesel. [3] The sales and reliability woes were compounded by a decline in gas prices as well as fuel quality issues, including large volumes of diesel fuel containing water or foreign particles. [4]
1952 Shell Oil film showing the development of the diesel engine from 1877. The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
The first trains assembled in the Philippines, the MC class of 1932 pioneered the use of gasoline and diesel fuel in the country. The state-owned Manila Railroad Company (MRR) began its experimentation with gasoline and diesel fuel in the 1930s. The first to be installed with diesel power were the MC class railcars that entered service in 1932.
The International Harvester Company (IHC) has been building its own proprietary truck engines since the introduction of their first truck in 1907. International tended to use proprietary diesel engines. In the 1970s, IHC built the DVT 573 V-8 diesel of 240 and 260 hp (179 and 194 kW) but these were not highly regarded and relatively few were sold.
British Rail Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotive with their characteristic dense exhaust when starting a train. Diesel exhaust is the exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine, plus any contained particulates. Its composition may vary with the fuel type or rate of consumption, or speed of engine operation (e.g., idling or at speed or under load ...