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55Oil From Shale Costs
According to a 2004 U.S. Department of Energy report, the United States is home to two trillion barrels of the world’s estimated 2.6 trillion barrels of shale oil. Almost all of the U.S. shale is found in the Green River Basin in Colorado, Utah,...
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66Operation Pluto: Brigade 2506 Invades Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, April 17, 1961
The covert war against Fidel Castro began in 1960, at least the planning did and after Kennedy won the election, he carried it on. The whole thrust because the Soviet Union and Castro had become too friendly and they had signed a military pact for...
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84How to Troubleshoot Your Turbocharger
A turbo charged mercury capri in 1991 How a turbo works What the turbo looks like All turbocharged engines since the 1960s are generally the same when it comes to diagnosing why they are or are not working. They comprise of a: · Actuator, which...
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85The Mechatronics of the Volkswagen Dual Clutch Transmission
Mostly Volkswagen and Audi cars can have this unique, advanced, dual clutch automatic transmission. They have been around for a few years now and are hailed as an evolutionary step from the traditional transmission. For many, they are either loved...
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99The Rear Engine, Air Cooled 1965-69 Chevrolet Corvair
Odds are if you are under 40 yrs, you have never even heard of a Chevy Corvair as they stopped making them in 1969. Some 20-30 somethings think they are a Japanese car. If you were a kid in the mid to late 60's, you probably know about them. You...
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89Buying a Car with Over 100,000 miles
Many collectors and non-collectors buy cars with over 100,000 miles on them because of economic reasons and there is nothing wrong with such cars. Cars with mileage between 100K and 150K are usually much cheaper initially than cars under 100K. The...
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83Ronald Weinland-May 27th, 2012, Jesus Christ Returns
The initial reaction is, "another whack job, looney, predicting the end of the world and Jesus returns based on the Book of Revelations", I'm sure. After all, there have been more than few in the past few years and each time, the date passes and...
4 comments98How Does A Person Become Unemployable?
After reading an article indicating that a person is "unemployable" after being unemployed for more than a year or more, I call my friend. My friend was fully employed for the past 10 years in a field that is a niche within the IT world. He made...
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85How to identify a Corvair Corsa from a Corvair Monza
For many new owners of a recently purchased Corvair (of which there are probably still over 50,000 in operation today) they are angry when they find out, albeit too late, that their $12000 Corsa is really just a Monza, which sells for $2-4,000 less...
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78Japan's Tsunami Debris Hitting the West Coast
It has been a year since Japan's monster tsunami in March 2011 resulting from the earthquake. While cleanup from the quake is well on its way in Japan, the debris from that catastrophic event is now beginning to hit the West Coast of America. This...
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