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..
What more than $28 billion of expenses related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico did not accomplish, last year's collapse in the price of oil did. NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people, BP (BP) stock may not be worth betting on. What more than $28 billion of expenses related to the explosion of an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico did not accomplish, last year's collapse in the price of oil did.