Why is diesel so important?
Why is diesel so important? Diesel fuel is important to the U.S. economy As a transportation fuel, diesel fuel offers a wide range of performance, efficiency, and safety features. Diesel fuel also has a greater energy density than other liquid fuels, so it provides more useful energy per unit of volume. How did the diesel engine make life easier? Diesel's engine is more efficient partly because of how it ignites the fuel. Petrol engines compress fuel and air together, then ignite it with a spark plug. But compress the mixture too much and it can self-ignite, which causes destabilising engine...