How To Store Gasoline Long TermDepending upon the environment in which your gas is stored, it will typically only last up to a year before it becomes highly unusable.However, some products can be added to gasoline to increase shelf life....
Long blackouts, defined as those which last more than three days, are on the increase. Some might try to blame that on climate change, but the reality is that it is mostly due to poor maintenance of our infrastructure. The same amount of snow and ice will cause lines to fail, which wo...
There wasn't a rocket motor just off the shelf that we could buy and install onto our spaceship. We had to develop our own rocket motor from scratch. It was a daunting task for a company that's never done rockets before. And we got some help from outside vendors, but we really came...
Today, aviation causes 2.5% of the world’s CO2emissions1. Although the last two decades saw a 2% annual improvement in aircraft fuel efficiency2, CO2emissions kept growing due to a 4% increase in annual demand, doubling aviation’s contribution to global anthropogenic CO2emissions (barring tempo...
Oil (kerosene) lampsproduce a steadier light than candles. Department store oil lamps cost about $10 each and come in attractive styles. Lamp oil is about $3 per liter. A typical lamp will burn one to two cups of oil per night, so you would use about two liters each week per lamp....
In these Appalachian cabins, kerosene lamplight spilled out onto families who made everything for themselves, from food to rugs to pottery to music. Their hands left behind their spirit, a lure for today's collector. That can-do attitude carried the pioneers to the West, where another log ...
Poor wind resistance: For most situations small canister stoves are fine in the wind. But if you’re in a gale they will probably blow out. You can’t use a windscreen with them because it traps the heat near the fuel source, which can cause explosions.Don’t do this!
” I crammed as-much-activity-as-humanly-possible-and-then-a-little-bit-extra-for-good-measure into my itineraries. And I’ll tell you right now, you do NOT want to mess with a compulsive planner and her recreational checklists — she will fuck you up and force you to have a good ...
I used to use that brand of booze I talk about in my first story—named after the sign of the Vigilantes—3-7-77. You get in one of those little houses over a hole in the ice and start the kerosene burner and you are already drugged from the fumes before you start on the 3-...
our cabin in sevierville, tn to put by the fire pit. they were fairly easy to assemble. it took us about an hour to put all four together. the wood is beautiful and the chairs are very sturdy and comfortable. we put a sealer on them since they will be out in the weather. love ...