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Alternative Fuels - Pros and Cons

Alternative Fuels This day in age, one of the world’s main concerns is energy. Currently, we rely on petroleum to run our cars, and household central heat, and electricity in our homes....

9 comments    advice technology finance
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Pros and Cons of Natural Gas Cars

Since the beginning of fuel driven transportation, vehicles have been fueled by petroleum, but now things are beginning to change. Natural gas has hit the spotlight with the rise in popularity of compressed...

2 comments    car honda natural gas
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How to Treat and Prevent Progesterone Deficiency Naturally

Hormone imbalance is a problem that is affecting a large number of American women. Estrogen dominance causing progesterone deficiency is responsible for the imbalance. There are some remedies available...

2 comments    breast cancer hormone estrogen
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Biodiesel vs. Diesel (Petroleum)

There are many fossil fuel alternatives on the market and some yet undiscovered, but there are things to be considered with all of them. One such fuel is called biodiesel that is currently available on the...

0 comments    engine diesel carbon footprint
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Save Fuel - save money

                    Save Fuel – Save Money As the title suggests I am trying to convince, all you people to save fossil fuels. Can you Imagine world without petrol and diesel? As...

7 comments    car cars fuel
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Green Christmas Candles For an Ecofriendly Christmas

Christmas has always been the festival of light, as far back as humans can remember. It is no wonder, given that Christmas coincides with the longest night of the year. In some very northerly areas,...

1 comment    christmas holiday candles
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The Dangers of Mineral Oil

Mineral oil is a common petroleum derivative (refined crude oil petrochemicals containing neurotoxins which are toxic to your nervous system)... the same stuff you put in your car engine! Mineral oil...

42 comments    health water skin
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Proposal To Reduce Reliance Upon Foreign Oil And Force A Reduction In Gas Prices By Forming A Public Oil Company

Details of a plan to create and utilize a public oil company as part of a broader energy policy for the United States, in order to achieve greater energy independence as well as dramatically lower fuel costs.

4 comments    politics energy economy
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Top 10 Hot Jobs in Midland Texas - Home of George W. Bush

Midland is equidistant from El Paso and Fort Worth, hence the name that indicates the mid-way point ('land in the middle'). Combined with Oddessa about 19 miles away, the two cities make up the Odessa-Midland...

8 comments    jackalope jackalopes
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Black Gold | A Brief History of Oil Drilling

More than 3,000 years ago people knew about the energy source that comes from deep inside the earth. In ancient Mesopotamia in the Middle East, black, sticky oil, called bitumen, often seeped to the surface...

0 comments    business ships engineers
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