DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE COMPILED BY DW STAFF
It’s no secret that fewer vehicles are on the roads lately, along with very few planes in the sky—and surely you’ve noticed the price of diesel at the pump. According to a report from Rystad Energy published on April 15th, the result of worldwide lockdowns and travel restrictions due to Covid-19 will drop oil demand from 100 to 72.5 million barrels of oil per day—a 27-percent downturn. Last week, global road traffi c dipped to its lowest point in years, while air travel was down more than 90-percent in seven key countries. Passenger fl ights were down 58-percent in the U.S. Ironically enough, the recent (and pending) decrease in energy consumption may reduce CO2 emissions by 3-percent for the year, nearly inline with the reductions specifi ed in the Paris Agreement.