>>it's very simple for all of us who weren't asleep in auto shop. ;)
>>crude oil comes from the ground
>>    (which is why they call it 'crude'. it wouldn't be 'crude' if it
>>came from a better location)
>>gasoline comes from crude oil
>>    (process is called 'refining' ... which means making it 'fine'
>>again. so it was ok to begin with,
>>    but we're gonna make it 'better' and charge you for that).
>>horsepower comes from gasoline
>>    (which is really silly, but we're talking about the English
>>Language here, folks. where we have
>>    cork, york, pork, and work, bough, though, and enough, and so on.
>>    i mean, horses do NOT like gasoline. not at all).
>>and how do you determine the horsepower of an engine (running
>>gasoline, remember)???

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