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Category: Lubricants

“Intelligent” machinery threatens to take the manufacturing jobs of millions – and “experts” believe this to be a good thing

If you’ve stepped inside a modern manufacturing plant, you have probably witnessed, first-hand, the brilliance of industrial machinery. For whatever…

Who really invented the wheel? (And what took us so long?)

As a nation, we’ve all grown way too accustomed to the presence of the wheel. Still, it makes sense; for…

Top 5 Iconic Rides from modern Hollywood Films and their Famous (or infamous) Drivers

There's been a lot of cool movies, a lot of cool cars, and a lot of cool actors driving cool cars. We've seen endless…

Pennsylvania once provided 1/3 of the world’s oil. The result? 200,000 abandoned and explosive oil wells.

In March of 1848, a Mormon merchant named Samuel Brannan confirmed the discovery of vast amounts of gold buried in the…

How old is crude oil? And where did it really come from?

Our world burns 3,570,000,000 gallons of crude oil per day.  To put this in perspective, we can say that this…

How America helped create the trillion-dollar Saudi Arabian Oil Industry

September 1933, a few miles inland from the Persian Gulf, near Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Two American geologists lag behind a…

How Iron Man (and the media) have twisted our perception of bionics and how they’re actually HELPFUL

The 21st century has a habit of realizing science-fiction prophecies of the past. Early and mid-twentieth century Futurist authors –…

Why “Tesla Motors” isn’t called “Edison Motors”

The great debate of DC vs AC power has raged on for over a century.  Google it — you’re certain…

Why Outsourcing is one of the STUPIDEST endeavors in American History

At least 5,100,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States have been outsourced to other countries since 2001 – how’s that for…

Quality Base Oils: The Foundation of a Great Lubricant

Lubricants used in industrial or vehicular applications are generally comprised of two components: a base oil and an additive package.…