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....GM is taking the initiative for cleaner, more fuel efficient cars, with advanced technology, and is welcoming the Federal Government to join them in a National initiative....go to GM authority and read about it....
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Screw the weight reduction !!..... I love my fat bottom girl just the way she is!!
Are you gonna take me home tonight Ah down beside that red firelight Are you gonna let it all hang out Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round
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And with that definition of emissions, FE and emissions have little correlation. A new V8 powered pickup today is much cleaner than a Honda Civic 15 or 20 years ago was. And in the 1970s, FE and emissions worked against each other. In the 70s, emissions regulations meant low octane gas, low compression ratios, and large, inefficient air pumps, all of which torpedoed efficiency. Quote:
These sources are indeed more expensive than conventional oil, but at today's prices, they are still very profitable. Production from places like North Dakota is sky-rocketing (hence the need to build new pipelines), and could be in the millions of barrels a day in just a few short years.
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I realistically see the next gen base Camaro (if the base is the Turbo 4) in the high to mid 3,300 range and V6 in low to mid 3,400. If they get it less than that and manage not to noticeably shink the Camaro (I'd guess it at near ATS size) then I'll be very surprised, but happy!
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Pretty sure how good of a quality, or grade of aluminum you get depends on how much magnesium is in it...Magnesium is nothing new...mag wheels, trans cases, etc....It does raise the price, though!...lol...Aluminum blocks (I've seen many burn up in my day...VW's, Porsches...lol...all high mag content)...It's a sight to behold...lol
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I thought the flash point of magnesium was around 2500 degrees F? 880 isn't enough heat to get it to burn like magnesium can burn now if the entire car is on fire? Then maybe it'll get high enough but I wouldn't worry about it being a hazard.
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lol...not a hazard by itself at all...on a car fire, for sure, started by a ruptured gas line or whatever....
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Fracking is not the same as shale oil. Yes, I agree there are more alternatives that are now available as oil prices go up. But OPEC controls that. If they wanted the price to go down to the point that they would put Canadien Tar Sands out of business they could. So yes, Tar Sands and North Dakota oil are all awesome. But they aren't "Jed Clampett Oil". That is the oil you can find by "shootin' at some food". It is expensive. And the Dakatos only add up to a 4 or 5 year supply of oil at our current consumption. Not the endless (LOL) supply that the 500 year supply of Shale Oil in the Rockies promises..
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...talk is the previously protected and Federaly banned areas of off shore drilling sights are slated to be opened <rights for drilling, proceeds> to pay for the CA shale oil production pipeline project. NA independence from foreign oil imports. That, with todays press release to incorporate a more robust initiative to further battery technology is some progress towards solving our energy dependance on an uncertain future with third world suppliers who are undoubtably unpredictable for an uninterrupted supply.
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