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Why do we use gasoline for small vehicles and diesel fuel for big vehicles?

  • Written by Michael Leamy, Woodruff Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageGreen pump for diesel, blue for gas – but what's the difference?Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Imagesimage

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