On an overdrive transmission, you have torque being transmitted through the countershaft gears, so youâre not effectively bypassing the transmission. When a harsh event occurs, the additional backlash and elasticity within the transmission can prevent damage downstream.â
The cost of securing our access to Middle East oil..is estimated at $50 billion per year.. According to the National Defense Council Foundation, the economic penalties of America's oil dependence total $297.2 to $304.9 billion annually. If reflected at the gasoline pump, these hidden costs would raise the price of a gallon of gasoline to over $5.28. A fill-up would be over $105. I swear by God, [ ] neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before [ ] all the infidel armies leave the land of Muhammad..
Over 125 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf after an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010. The settlement is the largest paid by a single company in US history . The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters in US history and claimed the lives of 11 people. In December the US Supreme Court rejected the oil giant's legal challenge over an original compensation deal agreed in 2012.