What is the difference between Gasoline and Diesel?
Comparing Gasoline and Diesel can be like comparing apples and oranges. In other words, these are two petroleum fuels with distinct applications that can not be compared easily. Diesel has 40% more energy content than gasoline. Diesel uses 25% more crude petroleum to make than gasoline. Diesel engines are 30-50% more efficient than gasoline engines. In general, diesel has more Particulates and Nitrous Oxides pollutants than gasoline (new post-combustion particulate traps can reduce particulate emissions beyond those of modern gasoline vehicles). New federally mandated Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) enables new post-combustion technologies to dramatically reduce all diesel pollutants– see below. Diesel engines last longer (sometimes 2 or 3 times longer) than gasoline engines. Of the approximately 180 billion barrels of petroleum consumed by the U.S every year, 60 billion gallons is distillate fuels (construction, trucking, locomotive, marine, agriculture, etc). Heavy duty equipment is
