Does a diesel vehicle save you money? Not always‚ but diesels get great fuel mileage‚ twenty to thirty percent20-30% better than a gas. Aa gas powered pickup truck is lucky to get better than twelve12 or thirteen miles per gallon‚13 mpg while the same model diesel will get eighteen18 miles per gallonmpg or better. Tthis is due to the chemical properties of gasoline and diesel. A diesel has more potential energy in it than gas does so it takes less fuel to get the same amount of useable energy.
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that they had done‚ something that Darius was not able to do during his lifetime. Although‚ in the end‚ the Persians won‚ it was not a victory of which they should have been proud. This is evident by the movie 300. This film came out to tell the amazing story of the Spartans who‚ as an army of 300‚ fought off thousands of Persians before they were eventually defeated. In his work‚ Herodotus‚ portrayed the Persians as a group that were devoted to the their leader‚ which is evident by them deciding to
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individual success (the so called “American Dream”) seem to have been so important for the American sense of self and what other features of American society would you say a continuing faith in it has hidden? The American dream means many things to many different people but usually includes the notion of having the freedom to work hard in order achieve happiness and success. In the book‚ The Epic of America‚ Adams defines the American Dream as the “dream of a land in which life should be better and
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Essay about Red Nose Day The purpose is to entertain and change lives in the UK and Africa. The money spent to aid young who live on the street and protect people living with domestic abuse. In Africa for vaccines etc. People make donations‚ people also do something fun as games‚ parties‚ karaoke night‚ contests and other things and it’s like winning money. This program is great‚ I think there should be more people like them‚ generous y caring. This type of action I love. It is best to help and
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I stepped onto the start line‚ my heart beating fast. What had I gotten myself into? Why did I think that I would be able to do this? Why did I join this sport? The gun goes off. My legs start to move. My legs ached. My lack of training over the summer could be seen by all the spectators. I had to finish this race. I needed to prove to myself that I was strong and that I could do whatever I put my mind to. It was only 2‚500 meters‚ how hard could that really be? I ran as hard as I could‚ even
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Battle of the Last 300 Spartans (Battle of Thermopylae thər-mop-i-lee[->0]) The battle was fought around August 7th or September 8th‚ in the year of 490 B.C. It was fought by the alliance of the Greek city-states under the power of King Leonidas of the Spartans and the Persian Empire Xerxes. A force of 7‚300 Greek men marched to guard the passage of Thermopylae. King Leonidas heard that a force of Persian troops were marching to take the passage‚ which was vital to the Greeks. The passage
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as the squad car got closer‚ so Shy and I moved to the back of Aunt Libb’s car in my apartment parking lot so we could be “nosey neighbors” and see what all the commotion was about. A little red car came speeding along and stopped directly in our range while at the four-way stop at the corner of my block when the passenger hopped out the car and took off running towards the right. Seconds later the squad car stops behind the car and the cops (both driver and passenger) hop out the car and begin to
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Brianna Churchill Mr. Lee English 104 11 October 2012 George Strait George Strait is one of country’s living legends‚ but to me he is much more. He’s my hero and my idle when it comes to not giving up. George grew up with his brother and dad after his mother left them. He enlisted in the army after high school and married his high school sweetheart‚ Norma. George started singing while in the army. After he got out of the army he started trying to build a successful career in country music
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project I built a car out of only paper‚ straws‚ wheels‚ and hot glue. The car was to protect and egg‚ comparable to how real cars protect us. If you built a car that did not protect the egg‚ it is comparable to you having been in a fatal car crash. II. Variables: * With the building of our cars‚ we were measuring the mass of the egg‚ mass of the car‚ time for it to go down the track‚ and the width so that it would fit down the track. The variable that affects our cars the most is the
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party‚ it would be my pleasure to have the following present: First of all‚ I would be happy to dine with the chairman and chief architect of the world wide leader in software services and solutions‚ Microsoft Corporation. The guy considered to be the richest man on earth‚ no other than William Bill Gates. Another visitor whom I would like to join us would be one of the top businessmen in South Africa‚ the Chairman of Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd.‚ Mr. Patrice Motsepe. My third guest passed
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