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How Does Cold Weather Affect Your Car Lubricants?

Just as cold, winter weather affects you (we typically don't don down layers in the middle of July), so, too, does it affect your vehicle. But while we have the privilege of layering up with thi ...

How to Get Your Lawnmower Ready for Spring: Maintenance Essentials

Hopefully, those of us in the Northeast will soon get to put our shovels and snow blowers away for weedwhackers and lawnmowers a different kind of work, sure, but one that involves far less snow. I ...

Trending: Aircraft Capsule Intends to Increase Aviation Safety

Is a detachable cabin a detachment from reality? Throughout the past week or so, social media platforms have seen an influx of shares regarding a drastic design for a "safer" airplane. T ...

The Trouble With Tires -- A Brief History of Synthetic Rubber

Long before it was vulcanized, molded, driven 20,000 miles, and tossed carelessly in the backwoods, rubber was a valued commodity. Native Americans discovered the unique properties of ...

Petroleum Product of the Week: Beer Widget

If you don't have the good fortune of enjoying a perfectly poured pint of Draught Guinness this St. Patrick's day, don't fret. Thanks to a little plastic widget, you can still enjoy that fres ...

Petroleum Product of the Week: Porta-Potties

Porta-potty. Port-a-john. Jiffy-john. Honey pot. Porta-loo. Toi-toi ... No matter what you call them, your business is their business. Nobody likes portable toilets. And those that do hav ...

Understanding Grease Flow and Why It Matters in Real Applications

Grease performance is often discussed in terms of wear protection, load carrying ability, and corrosion resistance. Those properties matter, but none of them help if the grease cannot reach the appl ...

This incredible laser technology removes rust instantly -- but you definitely can't afford it

Rust is a nightmare for vehicle owners. It likely began somewhere hidden from your line of sight, and for the past five years it's managed to go unseen. You've finally carved out a few m ...

Petroleum Product of the Week: Greek Fire

Picture yourself in a boat on a river the sea. It's ancient times. You don't know the exact date, or even what year it is, because who has time to worry about such trivial matters when ...

Rigs to Reefs: Mitigating Human Impact on the Environment

We've got the whole world in our hands Humans shape the environment that we live in. It's plain and simple, and there're really no getting around that. But, as with anything, there are deg ...

How to REALLY remove water from your fuel tanks

Sometimes, frustration can get the better of us. Your lawnmower won't start, your quad is running sluggishly, and your fishing boat has stranded you and a lonely ham sandwich in th ...

Understanding The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

Ninety-nine years ago, on an unseasonably warm January day, 2 million gallons of black, sticky molasses flooded the streets in Boston's North End neighborhood. This deadly wave resulted in 2 ...