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4 Basic Principles for Taking Care of Your Truck

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According to Statista, the trucking industry contributed $732.3 Ford provides a list of scenarios that could indicate your truck is in need of service. You should especially wax your truck if you expect it to be exposed to the elements like rain, snow, dirt or sand. Here is a basic list that you can follow.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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We don’t know whether the data collected from the well sites operated by these nine companies are representative of industry at large (the 478 wells visited by the UT team constitute about 0.1% After a well is fractured, it is cleared of sand and liquids that were injected into the well in a process called completion flowback.

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CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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Fracking fluid is largely composed of water and sand, but oil and gas companies also add a variety of other chemicals, including anti-bacterial agents, corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. Surfactants reduce the surface tension between water and oil, allowing for more oil to be extracted from porous rock underground.

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EPA draft assessment finds no widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources from fracking

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The report did not address other concerns raised about hydraulic fracturing specifically or about oil and gas exploration and production activities more generally, including acquisition and transport of constituents of hydraulic fracturing fluids besides water (e.g., Water, of variable quality, is a byproduct of oil and gas production.

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