I have a 1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager — not a great car, but it hauls the kids around and appears to be in decent shape, particularly after getting it out of the Pennsylvania snow when we moved to Florida. I was driving on the beach today and got stuck in some sand; after revving the engine pretty hard to get out (I probably should have dropped to a lower gear), I noticed the battery meter had dropped down to the bottom, but I didn’t think much of it and just parked. A few hours later, when we left the beach, the car started fine, but after about a mile, the battery level dropped to bottom (as did the oil gauge), the car started shimmy-ing, and the speedometer started bouncing around randomly. I pulled into a gas station and turned it off; it wouldn’t restart and I got it towed. So, what did I do to the beast? I figure it’s not the battery; I just replaced that three weeks ago. Did I kill the alternator? Fry the wiring? Get sand somewhere it shouldn’t be? Mess up the fuel pump? Help!
The alternator stopped working and as a result, the power came from the battery. Once the battery was dead it would not start.
As the battery gave off it’s last ounces of energy the pistons began to not receive their ignition spark causing pressure loss and loss of overall power.
You may have only noticed it just then but it could have been earlier. Electrical components don’t usually warn you in any way that they’re approaching their demise they just short out or ground out at about the speed of light.
You’ll need a new alternator and a jump once you’ve got that in so that the alternator can recharge your battery.
Based on your story, I doubt it was your belt.
I work on a work-over rig and wanted some expert advise if whether the oil will boom up again to keep all exploration and production running like in past years.
Yes, for the simple reason that oil is denominated in dollars and the US dollar is being inflated. That doesn’t mean the "real" price will necessarily increase, though.
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This is somewhat of a rant, but please bear with me and just listen to what I have to say.
We all seem to be playing a massive blaming game. Liberals accuse Conservatives for the economic problems, Conservatives blaming the Liberals. But is it just me but are we not going anywhere???
I think the problem isen’t the politicians. Yes the have something to do with it, but I think we should all take time to finally point the finger at the man in the mirror. The people of America put ourselves in this situation. I know many of you are already screaming, “BUT I DIDENT CAUSE THIS!” and I understand and I feel the same way. I’m saying the United States as a whole.
Conservatives like to say that the housing boom and eventual bust was cause by Clinton… Yes and no. Clinton made it possible, but he didn’t force low income families to buy those houses they couldn’t afford. And I know personally that its not just low income families, Higher end families like some friends of mine over spent cause they were just hyped up by the good economy. Is it their fault? Yes, but understand it was just bad spending and I feel they have learned their lesson.
Liberals like to put all the blame on Bush. Did bush cause the economic problems we are facing… no. But did he help the situation, um… not. The war in AFGANASTAN was brought on by 9/11, but what caused us to go into Iraq, I think it was more than just simple oil. Bush’s deficit was $300 billion, which I’m sorry to say is a fraction of the 1.3 trillion brought on by a Democrat congress in mid 2008(I think it was 2008), in the form of the stimulus. Bush’s short coming was that he did nothing…and that’s it. Not saying he had to spend money, but it was a perfect opportunity to finally take charge and provide government jobs of giving the country a much needed facelift in the form of a redone interstate system.
And I’ll avoid the Obama situation for the most part, cause it is a touch subject for most. But I will say this. Liberals, you say you NEED a new healthcare system, You say we NEED cap and trade. No, those are things you WANT. America runs off a mob mentality. As long as 51% are happy, everything is peaches and cream. Im sorry if that is harsh, but only 48 million out of nearly 400 million people are uninsured. Besides, hospitals are not legally allowed to turn away serious medical attention. Should there be reform? To and extent, yes, but not this extreme. And Cap and Trade will cause more harm for the Earth than good. It will just run industry off to China where there are NO regulations.
My final statement is, things -should- turn out better at the end of this. I’d say 2018 or so this will clear up. We as Americans will come out of it stronger. Hopefully we will be able to revert from a importing country to and exporting country like we were before the 60’s.
Ahhh… im sorry that dragged out, but I hope you got something out of it, if not, fine.
(I also will admit this is a copy post from something i posted late last night. So I’m posting it when more people are online.)
You make some good points. I do agree that there is way too much finger pointing and not enough responsibility.
I don’t agree about the "problem isn’t’t the politicians". It is the politicians, they’re the ones who job it is to run the country. They often put their own needs above ours. And they sure aren’t defending the Constitution.
Anyway, we should all be more active if we want desirable change.
What is the liberal answer? Mrs. BJ Clinton wants to tax the oil companies more. Won’t that just cause them to move to another country? Who is stopping us from drilling oil wells in the gulf of mexico or ANWAR in alaska, or building gasoline refineries, or using nuclear power?
Liberals always want it one way. But republicans know reality and are more rational and logical. Like the dumbbass who was filling up his suburban that had an anti-bush sticker on it and started complaing to me about the price of gas and how it was Bush’s fault. I told him it was his fault for buying a bus as a car. He didnt like it. Tough. Liberals need to be put in their place.
Tried asking this a minute ago and messed up the question big time, so let’s try it again.
Why do some fire works explode, finish poping and almost a minute later cause a loud boom. I have only seen it happen a handful of times. It’s only with very large mulit fire, fireworks.
Yes I know light travles faster than sound and thats not what I’m asking.
Thanks!
it’s an echo off of the surrounding buildings or hills.
It only happens with big explosions because only they have enough power to hear the reflections from far off things.
It sounds like a rumbling boom as opposed to a crack, like the initial explosion, because the time of travel is slightly different from all the surfaces it is reflecting off of.
Having spent this week watching the orangutan diaries on bbc, I really feel absolutely disgusted that over 10 million acres of forest have SO FAR been destroyed for Palm Oil Plantations. We have a right to know just who the owners and supporters of the palm oil industries are , then we can all make our own descisions to boycott theses people and their companies and products. FOR GODS SAKE STOP THIS INSANITY NOW.
How do we start this ball rolling???????
It is more effective and thus productive if this problem is looked at from a holistic point of view not just an attempt to pigeon – hole it as a particular industry specific malaise.
When you find a solution to the present distortion in the world economic system between the system of production and the inequality in its eventual distribution, then you would have found the way out.
The present system is driven by greed for profit which must be met by the unholy exploitation and excessive use of both the human and material resources including the plunder of the forests, available within the society.
There is therefore a link between these structures of exploitation and to address it therefore, we must address the process of distorted excessive consumption for the bye- products of these industry in some sections of the globe which in turn drives demand for and then the on – going plunder.
The chain, must be identified which I know is very long, and then severed but what I ask, given the picture we have seen, is it possible to destroy it without causing a major socio-political upheaval?
Thanks and I wish you good luck in your quest.
The major oil companies have reported over $100 billion in net profit over the last 3 years and easily have the cash to bailout the big 3 by buying up a lot of their worthless stock.
And lets face it, the major oil companies are the ones who were pulling the strings of the Big 3 to keep cars running on gasoline while Japanese automakers shot decades ahead in R&D for hybrid and electric cars.
Oil companies aren’t dumb enough to make bad investments.
My husband works late and makes his own dinner each evening per his request. He loves tacos and has a deep fryer filled with olive oil that just sits there. He does not want me to throw it out because he uses it about 5 times a week. When he cooks, it stinks up the whole house. Letting it sit there day after day also stinks. Any suggestions? He won’t use any other oil besides olive oil.
Oil for frying usually needs to be changed when the color of the oil changes and the smoke point (the temperature the oil heats to before it starts smoking) changes. I’d recommend to your husband that he should change his oil immediately, especially since he fries food in the deep fryer 5 times a week because every time he does so the oil chemically breaks down affecting both the taste in his food and the smell the frying leaves.
Also, after each fry session, have your husband strain the oil and store it in an airtight container (or the deep fryer if he wishes, as long as it’s also kept airtight). As for the lingering smell, use an odor-neutralizing spray like Oust or Febreeze, and open up the windows when he fries his food.
Where I live in Pennsylvania is about 50 miles outside NYC, it takes me and hour and 10 minutes to drive into Manhattan if the traffic is good.
Why can’t i take a train into NYC? I believe this goes for most areas throughout America. Why aren’t we like Europe with train stations in every populated area?
Wouldn’t this make our country more efficient and lessen our dependence on foreign oil?
I live in the suburbs of Chicago. There are trains all over the place. Not a single one goes anywhere near where I have to go for work, at least not from anywhere near where I live.
It would be logistically impossible to make everywhere accessible from anywhere by train. At some point you have to just accept that it isn’t an option. Even though there is a train station about 1/2 mile from where I live, and a train station about 3 miles from where I work, they aren’t connected directly, and the jumps and stops and transfers would take several hours, instead of just driving for 45 minutes.
On top of that, many of the things people do just don’t jive up with being dependant on a train. A car is needed for a lot of the day to day stuff, and more trains just cause more cars to sit and idle while waiting for trains, which negates any energy savings from the trains. You talk about Europe having trains everywhere, but lets compare the size of the countries. Germany is about the size of Wisconsin. Should every city in Wisconsin be able to be connected with every other city by train? That just wouldn’t work.
I don’t know about PA, but there are some large towns here in the CHicago Burbs also. How feasible is it to wait for a train, to take me to another train, that will connect to another train that will take me to the town I work in, but is still several miles away? Should I then pay for a cab? It’s cheaper to drive.
Typical roles I am talking about are senior developers, deevelopment and QA managers, Chieft Technical Officers, etc.
Do the currently booming growth sectors like energy (oil, gaes, etc), and mining / raw materials have a major need for senior/exec IT professioansl?
The banking sector employees some of the largest number of IT professionals, although a large proportion of these are unlikely to be based in the country where their software/security etc is actually used.
For example, the worlds biggest bank (HSBC, according to Forbes Top 1000 Global Banks) employs more software developers than Microsoft. Alot of the work is done in countries like China and India for the banks operations throughout the entire world, however there are still many hunderds of jobs in local sites, particularly the more high paid ones.