Word: carburetor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...biggest fear is that I won't be able to speak the language. Gordon is going to say something about a carburetor adjustment, and I'll remember going to the auto-parts store for my father and being asked questions that made me feel like the dumb kid in class. How was I supposed to know what size the engine was or that "medium" wasn't an acceptable response...
Lloyd would gladly leave the "savage" earthling at peace and return to his beloved Mars, but he must build an electron accelerator (which later on turns out to be a simple carburetor) to repair his damaged spacecraft. So the Martian, later dubbed "Uncle Martin," becomes O'Hara's roommate. Meanwhile, thinking that he has stumbled upon the story of the millennium, O'Hara schemes to film the Martian and broadcast on the evening news...
...cheaper overall because it burns cleaner and causes less wear on engine parts. The U.S. is virtually self-sufficient in the fuel, supplying nearly 95% of its needs. Modifying cars to run on CNG is much easier than adapting them to electric power: through replacement of the carburetor and fuel system, existing autos can be converted to burn CNG at a cost of about $2,000. Carmakers can build CNG-fueled vehicles from scratch without major retooling. GM plans to manufacture about 1,000 pickup trucks that run on natural gas this spring, its first such vehicles...
...fascination with the automobile pervades the area. When I think of the small towns in the valley, the first image that comes to mind is a man, or perhaps two or three, huddled over an engine, pointing to the hoses and speaking in muted voices about the carburetor. Driving on the most forlorn and deserted road, interrupted only once every few minutes by a farmhouse or cow grazing, I pass a sign proclaiming, "Dave's Auto Welding shop." Dave, like his neighbors, has worked on cars all his life...