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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(retronym) Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel)..
Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.
Biodiesel these days is selling at about the same prices as petrodiesel, or even a little more in many places.
Use petrodiesel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Petrodiesel means (retronym) Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.
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