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Entries for September, 2008

What is Glycerin?

Dr John Anne posted:   Glycerin is a chemical compound which is known as glycerol. For making biodiesel it is the main by-product. This word comes from the Greek word glykys and its meaning is sweet. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous, nontoxic liquid with a very sweet taste and has literally more...


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my computer\’s fan smells like burning diesel oil and when i play an fps game it turns off all of a sudden?

julienejay d posted: it did not crash the whole machine turns off cpu and monitor case fan smells like burning diesel oil! more...


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Hurricane Katrina - IRS Waiving Diesel Fuel Penalties

Richard A. Chapo posted: Obviously, the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina has had a major impact on fuel supplies. The IRS is temporarily waiving regulations that ban the sale of certain diesel fuels to address shortages. Dyed Diesel Fuel No Longer Banned Diesel fuel comes in two general form more...


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The Benefits of Living and Working on Offshore Oil Rigs

Muna wa Wanjiru posted: The world as we know it depends on oil to work certain industrial and residential operations. The oil that we use is taken from two places. These are land based oil fields and from the ocean. The oil producing plants which are located on the oceans are called offshore rigs. more...


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what happens if there is a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, to the fuel prices?

hawkeye_81 posted: I know they are going to shut down the platforms, but I have seen a new report on CNN the fuel prices would soar over $10.00 gallon, Does any one agree with or not we are already struggling with a bad economy. more...


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7 Tips on Saving Fuel

Boon Kiat Chua posted: Oil price is soaring and it certainly looks like it will not be staying at a constant price for long. I remembered last year around June, the price per litre of Shell 98 was around $1.70 SGD and just recently when I was refilling fuel. It costs about $2.12 SGD per litre; an i more...


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Fuel Prices?

gimme_a_holler posted: Ok, with fuel prices projected to be over $3.50 per gallon average across the U.S. by spring, I would like to know some of your solutions to this growing problem. Be serious about your answers. And be creative. Just answering buy a hybrid or a more fuel efficient car is some more...


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Oil industry a national pride

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How much do the liberals hate the lower fuel prices?

joe4912004 posted: Most far left wing liberals seem to be reveling in the fact that things were on a downward spirit and want to blame Bush. As the economy, the Iraq conflict and the dollar now get better, isn’t that also Bush’s doing? Clearly the democratic Congress isn’t involve more...


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