Occidental Petroleum

The argument between diesels and gas has gone on for years. Diesel, which is being used in almost every industry from agricultural to moving goods down highways and railroads. Diesel tends to get better gas mileage and has better output for horsepower and torque. While, gets slightly lower gas mileage but the retail cost of gas is cheaper. Critics of diesel claim that diesel should not be used, because in early diesel engines emitted large amounts of nitrogen oxide. Since the EPA (environmental…

The City of Boston has filed a lawsuit in a new effort to block the development of a the casino development planned for Everett waterfront. The lawsuit challenges the validity of a vital component needed for Wynn Resorts to begin construction. Among the arguments detailed in the lengthy 41-page suit is an assertion that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission made an error by entitling the Wynn a casino license prior to mapping out a complete a solution for the Sullivan Square traffic debacle. The…

The Crude Oil Market is a very lucrative market because of the fact that just about every nation in the world needs oil and its also a non-renewable resource making it scarce. Oil is a very profitable resource as well, and influential when it comes to the power of nations. Major players in this industry are those who were lucky enough to have been placed above large oil reserves. As of now many countries, including the United States can produce large amounts of oil, but yet countries like Saudi…

Both in present times til this very day ,the mining of coal has been a dangerous but much needed job to have in the United States. Without coal , a lot of things wouldn't be possible because coal is the main reason something works. Thus in order to get the coal , miners have to dig for it and extract it from the ground. The workers have to use big machines to dig through the layers of topsoil and overburden to the layer of topsoil. When they've gotten down to the coal,and are done working on…

One thing that surprised me about the car was that the car tires were filled with nitrogen gas instead of compressed air. Nitrogen is a colorless and odorless non-toxic gas used to reduce the temperature of the tire and increase its lifespan. In races, it may be able to keep tire pressure more constant and slow pressure loss without reacting to the tire and rim materials. Another thing that surprised me about the car was its design and build. What really caught my eye was that the inside of the…

On the east coast of Virginia lies the Chesapeake Bay, is a 200-mile estuary that stretches from Havre De Grace Maryland to Norfolk Virginia with its own very unique and delicate ecosystem. One ongoing issue that faces the Bay is the harvesting of the oyster reefs. 1 Oysters are natural filters and one oyster can filter an average of 50 gallons of water a day. In this delicate ecosystem oysters offers habitat and food to other sea creatures. The oyster industry has played an important role in…

The fracking process involves the use of harmful chemicals mixed in with the water used. It is difficult to contain all of the chemicals and contaminated water from spreading to healthy water. This damages the environment and hurts the people around that area. “Streams polluted by the wastewater of fracking contained levels of contaminants that often exceeded federal guidelines for safe drinking water or aquatic health. Soil at the spill sites was contaminated with radium, a naturally occurring…

What harm can store-bought water bottles filled with water and fracking cause? Statistics state that there is more harm done than a person might think. One out of every six water bottles gets recycled; if a bottle is filled up by a fourth of oil, that same amount of oil was used in its production. Fracking actually pollutes water so bad that it is next to impossible to purify. In 'The Curse of Water Bottles' and 'Fracking Threatens Everyone', the authors reveal the harm done by those two…

See judge act method can help us understand ways to explain these controversial environmental issues negatively affecting the world around us. Fracking and mountaintop removal has become a potentially fatal topic in multiple states. Hydraulic fracturing or Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and 596 chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas…

Furthermore, there were other two main factors that enabled Britain to be the first industrial revolution, which were geography and natural resources. Historically, coal became the key energy resource supplied for Britain instead of wood at that time due to the vast rise in demand of the energy use for both household and industrial heating, and machinery. Although, Britain had the abundance of coal, the amount of coal produced could not distinguish Britain from others because other European…