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BTU's gasoline
I noticed for years the cars and engines getting larger. Did everyone forget what happened before ?
Then it happened again, gasoline prices went up. Now they want to put little engines in everything.
Did they forget following a VW micro bus up a hill ? You need passing power to get around one.
The race track is a good school for passing power.
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aluminum wire in a hybrid motor
The subject of using aluminum wire in a hybrid motor was raised.
Because of its greater resistivity, aluminum wiring requires larger conductors than copper. For instance, instead of 14 AWG (American wire gauge) for most lighting circuits, aluminum wiring would be 12 AWG on a typical 15 ampere circuit, though local building codes may vary ( Read more... ) -
drive motors for hybrid electric vehicles
Now a new problem, the limited supply of dysprosium. A magnetic rare earth element, atomic number 66, atomic weight 162.50.
It is not like dysprosium grows on tree's or in the fields.
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traveling expenses
Good story's have people and situations that those hearing, reading, seeing the story can relate to.
"I know someone like that. I am like that. I have been in a situation like that. I would like to be like that."
Most good story's are based on people the story teller knows, maybe embellished, enhanced some.
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created jobs ?
The Trick or Treating is over for the grownups. The election is over.
Did you get what you wanted ?
I will say both sides created jobs, for awhile.
They gave business to the paper mills making card stock.
The ink makers.
The print shops making post cards.
The post office delivering post cards.
A weeks worth of stamps on election post cards.
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