Why do we use diesal engine for heavy machinery and not petrol?

Answer Posted / swayang

a diesel engine follows on diesel cycle and a petrol on otto
cycle.as diesel engine have greater compression ratio than
petrol therefore it has more thermal efficiency than petrol

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