Word: dieselization
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...DIESEL EXHAUST Grimy fumes from buses and trucks may boost lung-cancer rates. The Clinton Administration has called for new, low-sulfur fuel use in all diesel engines starting in 2007, perhaps cutting carcinogens...
...pivotal (and most contentious) provision of the proposal would cut the sulfur level in diesel fuels by 97 percent over the next 10 years. Not surprisingly, the oil industry is less than thrilled with the directive, claiming the new regulations could create a fuel crunch by curtailing production and rendering diesel fuel prohibitively expensive - an increase of at least 10 cents per gallon, by most estimates. "Oil companies generally resist regulation by predicting disastrous short-term effects," says TIME international editor Charles Alexander. "And there could well be short-term shortages to deal with, but the market will adjust...
...Diesel fuel...
...other train ride from Cuzco departs from Wanchac station and is memorable more for the railway experience itself. The diesel train sways as it chugs bravely for more than 10 hours through the thin air of the altiplano that links Cuzco with Puno near the Bolivian border. You can see herds of huddled alpacas and women in layers of skirts and bright shawls as the train ambles by. Halfway along the 239-mile Cuzco-to-Puno trip, it crosses the highest point of any standard-gauge passenger train service in the world at La Raya, 14,172 ft. above...
...wooden ship will indeed get an occasional hand from satellites--as well as from twin diesel engines and onboard radios. Yet for all these nods to the modern era, the 129-ft., twin-masted boat is a decidedly vintage vessel, and one with a decidedly historic name: Amistad...