Everyone notices it. They struggle with it‚ fight to survive through it‚ and when push comes to shove‚ they end up paying it anyways. It is gas taxation. Taxes on gas hit wallets hard and drain bank accounts. The federal gas tax was a mere penny per gallon and first came into effect in 1932 as a temporary charge. Nine years later‚ the gas tax became permanent through the Revenue Act of 1941 in order to help fund the war effort and increased by half a cent per gallon. In 1959‚ President Eisenhower
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Virginia Bresko Creative Writing Exercise 2.4 Mustard Yellow Bug It was a hot summer day in the middle of July around one o’clock in the afternoon when I finally decided to venture out of the salty sea that has had a hold on me and my board since six o’clock this morning. I step out of the sea and onto the sand of Honolua Bay‚ one of the top surfing spots in Hawaii. The sand was warm and with each step absorbed my sea wrinkled toes while the breeze made its way through my blonde tangled hair
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To discuss how difficult would it be for Hong Kong to develop and promote biofuels to replace petroleum as car fuel‚ we should consider the matter from geographical ‚ economical and safety aspects. From geographical perspective‚ biodiesel feedstock available in Hong Kong is waste cooking oil and animal fats. Due to the limited space‚ it is not possible to build many biodiesel production plants in Hong Kong‚ as a result the supply of biofuel would not be enough. Moreover‚ Hong Kong has heavy use
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Fallacy in Car Advertisement A woman and a car equal sex? It is very interesting and yet very powerful idea of a man’s desire. This is one of the common advertisements for the car industry. In the magazine or on the television‚ we see advertisements of variety fields of product or services. Many times‚ company uses different types of fallacy to appeal people’s reasoning to make appropriate choice. It can be very distracting to focus on the correct message of the creator’s idea. At the same time
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AIR POLLUTION [pic] Introduction The earth’s atmosphere‚ at or near sea level‚ consists approximately of 78 percent nitrogen‚ 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases. If it were possible to remain in this state‚ 100 percent clean air would result. However‚ many varied sources allow other gases and particulates to mix with the clean air‚ causing our atmosphere to become unclean or polluted. Some of these pollutants are visible while others are invisible‚ with each
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Some Winter Tips to Keep Your Car Running Smoothly Want to save money on car repairs and costly emergencies? Make it a point to schedule into your calendar a winter booster check for your car. Keep these tips in mind for your winter travel‚ and you’ll have a safer winter travel season all around! A gas tank which is kept filled helps keep moisture from forming. Make it a habit to go ahead and fill up when your tank is half empty. Change your oil and oil filter every 3‚000 miles or so if your
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Wint Phyu Finn Kraemer Eng 2 03/06/2013 Audience Paragraphs Audience: The father of your girlfriend I just want to tell you something about last night and you probably will be upset about this. Last night‚ I took your car to bring your daughter to the basketball game. Unfortunately‚ on the way back home‚ I was about to turn left at the traffic lights‚ and a group of bad boys in a truck suddenly hit the left side of your car‚ and drove away. No one was injured‚ but your car was damaged quite
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You migrated to another country. Write a letter to your friend to describe your present life and tell him/her why you chose this country. Dear Linda‚ I’m sorry I haven’t been writing to you for such a long time. I am writing to inform you that I have migrated to Perth‚ Australia. My family and I arrived in Perth on the 03/04 and we have finally settled down. We migrated to Perth because my sisters and their families have also migrated there three years ago. We have planed to join them in Perth
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Team number three‚ consisting of Trenton Peters‚ Brett Halleen‚ Thomas Monroe‚ and Grant Dahlgren are building an edible car named “Meals on Wheels.” The problem statement that we are trying to solve is “Build a car that meets all criteria for the edible car challenge‚ and preforms to the best performance we can make it.” To start off‚ our vehicle was composed of cheese wheels‚ pretzel axles and a graham cracker body‚ with an apple slice in the front to add the element of there being a cockpit in
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The basic carburetor has a cylindrical hollow tube encasement called a throat or a barrel. Inside the barrel are pistons. These pistons are solid cylinder disks that slide back and forth in the barrel. Pistons fit snugly into the barrel to allow it to move freely but are tight enough not to let air or fluid leak in the barrel. As the pistons move downward‚ a partial vacuum is created inside the barrel. This partial vacuum then draws air past through the carburetor’s throat and into a nozzle that
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