Kitchen fire prevention

Watch the video...Then pass it on!.....THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE or house!
I never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to cover a fire in a pan! This is a dramatic video (30 seconds, very short) about how to deal with a common kitchen fire... heated oil in a frying pan. Read the following introduction, then watch the show... It's a real eye-opener!!At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz. cup at the end of a 10 foot pole, toss water onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom of hot oil in pan where it instantly becomes heated. The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out of the pan.
On the open field demonstration, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room, starting an instant fire in house.
Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.
This is a powerful message----watch the video and don't forget what you see. Tell your whole family about this video or better still, send this to them...!!!

Good news for now till supply is cut then it's bad bad news!!!

Oil falls to 22-month low at $55 on recession fears

PERTH (Reuters) – Oil fell for a third straight day on Thursday to hit a 22-month low of $55 a barrel as mounting pessimism about the global economy outweighed OPEC's comments that it could cut output again as early as end-November.

OPEC officials, concerned about oil's steep drop from record highs over $147 a barrel per day (bpd) in July, said the cartel could possibly decide by the end of the month to cut production again to raise prices.

But comments from the producer group failed to lift oil prices, as investors focused on near-term demand worries after the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) slashed America's 2008 oil demand outlook and the International Energy Agency (IEA) flagged further reduction in its oil forecast.

U.S. light crude for December delivery was down 95 cents at $55.21 a barrel by 0702 GMT, after having fallen earlier to $54.67 -- the lowest since January 30, 2007.

London Brent crude fell $1.02 to $51.35, off an earlier low of $50.60.

"Oil prices continue to be pressured by fears that weaker international economic growth will depress oil consumption," said David Moore, an analyst at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Oil fell 5 percent overnight, along with a big drop in U.S. stock markets, after the U.S. government shifted its position on how it planned to use its $700 billion bailout fund, which added uncertainty to financial markets and renewed fears of a protracted global recession.
Expectations that U.S. government data to be released on Thursday would show a further build-up of crude and gasoline stocks also weighed on prices, analysts said.

Analysts polled by Reuters ahead of U.S. weekly inventory data forecast crude oil stocks rose 1.2 million barrels last week, while distillate and gasoline inventories were seen rising by 800,000 barrels and 300,000 barrels respectively.

Oil has lost about $91, or 62 percent, from its record high of above $147 struck in mid-July, on growing evidence that recent high energy prices and the financial crisis have dented energy demand in the United States and other industrialized nations.

Demand in the United States, the world's biggest consumer of oil, was expected to fall by more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) for the first time since 1980 this year, the EIA said.

The EIA also forecast world oil demand to rise by only just 100,000 bpd in 2008 and will be virtually flat in 2009, as it cut its 2009 oil price forecast to average around $63.50 a barrel.
Analysts said a move by IEA to further cut its oil demand growth forecast later on Thursday could heighten fears among investors.

In the latest sign that China's economy is also being hit by the global downturn, data on Thursday showed Chinese annual industrial output slumped to 8.2 percent in October, the weakest reading since late 2001, as manufacturers struggled with a drop in export demand and weakness in the domestic property market.

China also posted its first annual decline in power output during a non-holiday month for a decade, with a 4 percent fall in October.

OPEC President Chakib Khelil told Reuters on Wednesday that Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may cut oil supplies again, possibly as early as at November 29 meeting in Cairo, if prices keep falling and the world economy weakens.

"If the prices continue their decline, most probably OPEC will have to take a further decision on a cut in supply," Khelil told Reuters in an interview in Algiers.

Most fuel efficient cars 2008

In view of the high price in retail fuel, AA1 car did a survey on most efficient car available to date. Here are the results they compiled,

For city driving (mpg) :
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1. Toyota Prius Hybrid (48)
2. Honda Civic Hybrid (40)
3. Nissan Altima Hybrid (35)
4. Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrids (34)
5. Mazda Tribute Hybrid (34)
6. Smartfortwo (33)
7. Toyota Camry Hybrid (33)
8. Toyota Yaris manual transmission (29)
9. Toyota Yaris automatic transmission (29)
10. MINI Cooper manual transmission (28)
11. Toyota Corolla manual transmission (28)
12. Honda Fit manual transmission (28)
13. Honda Fit automatic transmission (27)
14. Scion XD manual transmission (27)
15. Hyundai Accent automatic transmission (27)
16. MINI Cooper automatic transmission (26)
17. Nissan Versa manual transmission (26)
18. Chevrolet Cobalt XFE manual transmission (25)
19. Honda Civic automatic transmission (25)
20. KIA Rio automatic transmission (25)
21. Nissan Sentra automatic transmission (25)
22. Hyundai Elantra automatic transmission (25)
23. Ford Focus manual transmission (24)
24. Chevrolet Aveo manual transmission (24)
25. Honda Accord manual transmission (22)

For highway driving (mpg) :

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1. Toyota Prius Hybrid (45)
2. Honda Civic Hybrid (45)
3. Smartfortwo (41)
4. MINI Cooper manual transmission (37)
5. Toyota Corolla manual transmission (37)
6. Toyota Yaris manual transmission (36)
7. Chevrolet Cobalt XFE manual transmission (36)
8. Honda Civic automatic transmission (36)
9. Toyota Yaris automatic transmission (36)
10. KIA Rio automatic transmission (35)
11. Ford Focus manual transmission (35)
12. Toyota Camry Hybrid (34)
13. Honda Fit manual transmission (34)
14. Honda Fit automatic transmission (34)
15. MINI Cooper automatic transmission (34)
16. Chevrolet Aveo manual transmission (34)
17. Nissan Altima Hybrid (33)
18. Scion XD manual transmission (33)
19. Nissan Sentra automatic transmission (33)
20. Hyundai Elantra automatic transmission (33)
21. Hyundai Accent automatic transmission (32)
22. Nissan Versa manual transmission (31)
23. Honda Accord manual transmission (31)
24. Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrids (30)
25. Mazda Tribute Hybrid (30)

-source from www.aa1car.com