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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Ford's entry was the Fairlane, which debuted as a 1962 model. This car had a snow-encrusted oil painting by Stone, resting on the trunk lid when I arrived. As has been the case with so many model names , the Fairlane designation began life as a trim level title for the full-sized Ford line. The 289 is long gone.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. It’s made with recycled steel, recycled carbon black from end-of-life tires, with silica from pulverized rice husks, as well as some natural resins and oils—including from orange peel for higher efficiency.

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Opinion: Consumers winning with low oil prices, for now

Green Car Congress

Columbia and Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas says it has: “No question we’re seeing the effects of lower oil prices throughout the economy.”. decline curves eventually catch up with fewer rigs, oil supplies should start to fall.

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Sinopec buying Canadian oil and natural gas producer for C$2.2B; Duvernay shale play

Green Car Congress

a Canadian intermediate oil and liquids-rich natural gas producing company with a suite of resource assets in Western Canada, for approximately C$2.2 In addition, Daylight has been actively drilling light oil in. Eagle Ford shale development in Texas. billion (US$2.13 billion) in cash. MMcf per day plus 450 bbls per day of.

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Capstone Turbine seeing microturbine sales to oil and gas industry at record pace

Green Car Congress

Microturbine company Capstone Turbine’s ( earlier post ) sales to the oil and gas industry worldwide are at a record pace, according to Jim Crouse, Capstone’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The company subsequently received a 3 MW order from another oil & gas producer in the Eagle Ford shale play.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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FIRST TIMER: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E

Clean Fleet Report

In 2019 Ford announced the name of its all-new, all-electric crossover would be the Mustang Mach-E. How dare Ford besmirch the good Mustang name by calling a SUV, powered by electricity no less, a Mustang? To get better fuel economy during the oil crisis I owned a Mustang II with a V6, but it really wasn’t all that bad.

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