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  2. Spindletop - Wikipedia

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    Pattillo Higgins sought a source of natural gas for his brickyard and envisioned producing oil and gas from Sour Spring Mound, convinced it was an anticline. The eventual oil field would be called Spindletop, after a hill one mile to the east, and four miles south of Beaumont.

  3. Texas oil boom - Wikipedia

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    The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.

  4. Dynastic cycle - Wikipedia

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    Dynastic cycle (traditional Chinese: 朝代循環; simplified Chinese: 朝代循环; pinyin: Cháodài Xúnhuán) is an important political theory in Chinese history. According to this theory, each dynasty of China rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven ...

  5. Energy in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Brazos Wind Farm, Fluvanna, 2004. Texas has over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020). [5] [6] If Texas were a country, it would rank fifth in the world: [5] The installed wind capacity in Texas exceeds installed wind capacity in all countries but China, the United States, Germany and India.

  6. When houses are fuel: Why firefighting was no match for a ...

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    California has devoted at least $50 million to home hardening projects since 2020 and launched a small pilot program offering subsidies and financial incentives for homeowners to retrofit.

  7. History of gasoline - Wikipedia

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    It was also found that gasolines from aromatic and naphthenic base crude oils from California, South Texas, and Venezuela resulted in smooth-running engines. These tests resulted in the first government specifications for motor gasolines (aviation gasolines used the same specifications as motor gasolines) in late 1917.

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    The area has been a hotspot for unaccompanied migrant kids. Just a few days ago, Texas authorities found a 2-year-old girl from El Salvador who crossed with 60 other unaccompanied children. The ...