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Tech NewsSuspected Gas Punk Apprehended Amidst Gaspocalypse
Early Wednesday morning, a would-be gas heist-master in Griffin, Georgia bungled a gasoline theft after drilling holes in a U-Haul truck’s tank and spilling up to 45 gallons of gas everywhere. Much of the eastern United States has gone full Mad Max over a brief gas shortage, and yet, the Griffin police department has vanquished … Continued
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EartherEnergyThe U.S. Is Scrambling to Transport Gasoline After Colonial Pipeline Hack
In an attempt to stave off a potential gasoline shortage and price spike on the East Coast, the Biden administration has issued an order allowing some truck drivers transporting gasoline to work overtime. The move follows the shutdown of one of the nation’s most crucial pipelines after it was hit by one of the biggest … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidA gasoline drenched flaming tennis ball is good for so many things
Need to have fun on a boring summer day? Get a bunch of tennis balls, drench ‘em in gasoline, put some wet gloves on and then torch the balls. You can throw fireballs, play tennis with balls that have a super long fire trail, punch ‘em, kick ‘em and do whatever your imagination wants with … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch an oxy-gasoline liquid fuel torch cut through metal
Yowza. That burns hot. Watch as a Petrogen Multi-Fuel cutting torch nicks right through a stack of metal and cuts it clean off. The cutting system can use liquid fuels of any kind, including “gasoline of any grade, “white” gas, camping fuel, and stabilizer additive fuels” and “diesel, kerosene, biodiesel”. Basically, you pump fuel into … Continued
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Tech NewsOil Refinery Explodes in California; Blade Runner Flashbacks Ensue
It’s raining down ash in Southern California, after an Exxon Mobil oil refinery exploded. The blast nearly leveled a processing unit and left four contractors with minor injuries. The local Torrance Fire Department says gasoline is to blame. Meanwhile, the aftermath looks like a scene from Blade Runner. The scene does not look peaceful, but … Continued
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Russian Bears Are Hooked on Huffing Jet Fuel Until They Pass Out
In a display of blatant disregard for Nancy Reagan and her pleas to the contrary, Russia’s bears, no longer able to resist the sweet temptation of gasoline, have found themselves suffering from a good, ol’ fashioned jet fuel addiction. More specifically, it’s the bears living on the Kronotsky Nature Reserve that have taken to huffing … Continued
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io9The physics of fire, gasoline, and sheer unbridled idiocy
This is what it looks like when you set a bucket of gasoline on fire, toss it through the air, film it at 2500 fps and then slow down the footage reaaaaal slow. It’s totally dangerous, highly inadvisable (don’t attempt this at home, etc.) and absolutely awesome to watch. Plus, as Fuck Yeah Fluid Dynamics … Continued
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Engineers create gasoline from air and water. Yes, really.
In what sounds more like alchemy than science, a small British company has figured out a way to create gasoline from air and water. To do so, engineers at Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS) produced five litres (1.3 gallons) of the fuel by extracting carbon dioxide from air, and hydrogen from water, which was then combined … Continued
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Tech News
Genetically Engineered Bacteria Will Someday Make Biofuel From Carbon Dioxide
Imagine a bacteria that could not only suck the excess CO2 out of the air, but turn that waste gas into a clean-burning biofuel for cars. If the current research on genetically-engineered bacteria goes to plan at MIT, these wonder creatures could help solve our energy and climate woes. According to Livescience, if these creatures … Continued
