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New Tires Safer Drive? Not Always

October 22, 2010 By Nico

Several reports from consumers have been found to have accidents linked to old tires being sold at many tire centers across the world. Even newly installed tires that have been manufactured years before they were installed onto vehicles have the potential to fail miserably soon after installation. These tires have long since been in inventories that though they are new have … [Read more...]

New cars, Better Cars? Not Always

September 30, 2010 By Nico

The advances in automobile technology has been so much that a great number of deaths are prevented especially due to the use of newer materials that has increased the safety of vehicles so much that they are literally cages within the car. Automotive manufacturers have installed airbags, seatbelt pre-tensioners and the use of exotic alloy metals/materials that are lighter yet … [Read more...]

Easy Bad Weather Driving

September 24, 2010 By Nico

Research into possible assistance by the car's computers along with various sensors in aiding drivers when driving in bad weather is underway to make the roads safer. Funded by Veridan and Honda, the researchers at The University of Buffalo are working to perfect and prototype a system which would have some built-in reflexes into the car allowing it to assist the driver in case … [Read more...]

Biodiesel – Fuel from Vegetable Oils (Part-2)

September 17, 2010 By Nico

Continued from the previous post. For the cons, well there isn’t much for the only problem they have seen so far is that there was a higher emission level for carbon monoxide (which is deadly to humans) and that it will decrease the engines maximum output to some extent. There is also a nasty trait of BioDiesel that it is a very good solvent that any deposits in the engine … [Read more...]

Biodiesel – Fuel from Vegetable Oils (Part-1)

September 13, 2010 By Nico

The technology has been in use for quite sometime and there are a select group of individuals who do use and support the use of BioDiesel. The fuel comes from used cooking oil and unused cooking oil that is processed to break down the fatty acid that makes up the vegetable oil. Transesterification is the process of converting the base material (which is common used cooking … [Read more...]

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