It’s a fairly common problem for cars of a certain age or mileage that have been mildly neglected in terms of servicing and general maintenance. Known as a ‘tappety’ engine, what causes this frustrating and potentially destructive noise? There can be slight confusion in the car world ...
The turbocharger requires a constant flow of quality, clean oil. Lack of oil, also known as oil starvation, poor-quality oil, or low-grade oil, will also lead to the buildup of contaminants in the engine, which causes oil contamination. This will cause abrasive damage to the inside of t...
So food then. Food is nothing more than fuel for our body. We consume it much like a car does and BOOM! We have energy. But what if we could turbo-charge our bodies like we do our cars? (more on that later). The way we measure the energy in our food is by burning it. Yup....
More electric cars are now being sold in China than any other country. But until there is a significant shift away from the internal combustion engine to battery or fuel cell powered transportation, those 1.42 billion fossil fuel burning vehicles that are on the road now will continue to be ...
Why do cars stall? Stalling problems trace back to three primary causes:a lack of fuel, not receiving enough air, or insufficient power. Common reasons include an empty gas tank, a faulty fuel pump, a bad ignition coil, fouled spark plugs, water in the fuel, or a failing sensor. An en...
A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle.
What Happened in the Great Leap Forward? Rather than stimulating the economy, the measures undertaken by the Great Leap Forward resulted in massivefood shortages, leading to famine and starvation—ultimately, tens of millions of Chinese citizens died as a result. ...
[positions] were in shock, it was completely unprecedented, unexpected. After that they began to steal, they took a lot of cars, family homes’ furniture, we could see them putting them on army trucks. After 2-3 weeks they let people go back to Banyas, but not to Al-Bayda. Al-Baida...
In people with diabetes, blood sugar levels are too high, either because the individual isn't making any insulin (type 1 diabetes), or isn't able to make or use insulin efficiently (type 2 diabetes). As a result, glucose levels then remain elevated in the blood and fuel can't enter ...
Opec rails against fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28 in leaked letters | Cop28 | The Guardian Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian The science is clear: we need net zero...