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What is Diesel Bug and How Do I Prevent It?

Diesel fuel has changed within the past two decades. With these changes have come about a host of issues that diesel owners and operators haven’t seen to such an extent before. One issue that can

How the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Protects You

The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 is a United States law that few citizens may realize they have the right to. This law provides consumers with governance of product warranties and prote

How the Staatliches Bauhaus Fused Art and Industrial Design

"If today's arts love the machine, technology and organization, if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy, this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a l

How Does Winter Affect Your Car's Tires?

With winter comes all sorts of good stuff: sledding, snowball fights, cozy fires, and skiing are just a few perks. But winter brings its fair share of problems, too: icy roads, snowy sidewalk

DIY: A Guide on How to Change Your Vehicle's Engine Oil

DIY oil change In the debate of changing your own oil versus going to the shop to have it done, there's a lot to consider: do you have the time, equipment, the know-how? What's the real

Black Oil: How THE X-FILES Made Petroleum Spooky

"Are you familiar with the so-called X-Files?" Gillian Anderson & David Duchovny in Sunday's episode, "My Struggle" Sunday (January 24) marked the return of The X-Files, a science-fict

A Fascinating Piece of WWII History: How Tectyl 511M Saved a Submarine

Tectyl 511M Salvages the Squalus Diesel Engines On May 23 rd, 1939, 26 men trapped in a sunken submarine off the Isles of Shoals drowned under 243 feet of water. The USS Squalus had just

Driving Into The Wild: How Cars Shaped the American Camping Experience

Camping is the "escape" from technology that became popular because of technology. As a citizen of the good old U.S. of A, camping isn't a necessity it's a recreational choice. A variant o

How Much Warmer Would Earth Be If We Used Up All Our Fossil Fuels?

When the words "climate change" of "global warming" get brought up in the news or political debate, there is usually somebody speaking about how global temperatures are higher than they have

VIDEO SERIES: How to Build a Sandblasting Machine

In the market for a sandblasting machine? Maybe you don't want to shell out a few thousand dollars up-front to purchase a pre-assembled one, or perhaps you enjoy taking the time to see how things w

How Car Recycling Works

When it comes to reusing, most of us probably encounter recycling options for things like paper and plastic near daily. These are the obvious ones and are fairly easy to recycle. However, the

The "Best" Price of Oil and How It May Not Be What You Think

A pair of researchers at the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions have recently come to an unexpected conclusion about what the "best" oil price is. It's neither high nor low, but some