California has several hundred naturally occurring seeps, found in 28 counties across the state. Much of the petroleum discovered in California during the 19th century was from observations of seeps. The world's largest natural oil seepage is Coal Oil Point in the Santa Barbara Channel, California.
I just bought a 1990 CRX Si. Drove it home with no problems, with the exception of a few misshifts (i'm used to automatics). After I get to my location and try to restart it it wont start and I start smelling what smells an awful lot like burnt off fireworks, or sulfur. Eventually get it started, it runs rough, smoke coming out of pipe seams, exhaust rattling.
The typical metallic smell which occurs when we touch iron objects such as tools, utensils, railings or coins actually comes from a bouquet of organic compounds, writes D. Glindemann (U Leipzig, Germany) in a recent communication in the journal Angewandte Chemie.