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Fuel Pill Schemes Try To Rip You Off! |
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Scott Siegel |
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Fuel Pill Schemes Try to Rip You Off!
by Scott Siegel
Have you seen ads for pills that you put into your gas tank and then magically you will get up to 30% better fuel economy? A number of months ago the most popular fuel pill out there was a product made by Bioperformance. Their product was known as gas pills or fuel pills.
The product came under the scrutiny of the State of Texas Attorney General, as Texas was where Bioperformance was located. After investigating, the attorney General filed criminal charges against Bioperformance and it's owners. The Attorney General stated "We will aggressively fight these con artists who cynically exploit the public's concerns about high gas prices to line their own pockets."
He labeled them exactly what they are, con artists. It turns out, in fact, the fuel pill is basically the chemical equivalent of mothballs, which are toxic.
Bioperformance and it's owners were really only out to recruit as many investors or paying members as they could into what at this point looks like a full blown pyramid scheme. That was according to statements made by the attorney general.
As incredible as it may seem, there are still products out there that are making the same claims all over again. One is MPG-Cap. Enviro-Max another one. They promise the same thing as the older fuel pill made by Bioperformance. They claim you will get increases in gasoline economy simply by dropping their pills into your gas tank.
Basically their claims are based on testimonials from drivers. A driver cannot scientifically make valid comparisons in mileage. There are too many variables. To really do a valid test, the test needs to be done under controlled conditions with sophisticated and expensive monitoring equipment.
Normal driving conditions of weather, traffic volume, accidents and stop light patterns have a tremendous impact on any days fuel economy. There is no way the average driver can take those factors into consideration to be able to run a sound test.
Enviromax Plus claims that it makes gasoline burn more efficiently. It claims it will lower the unburned gas in your engine from 15 percent down to 1 to 2 percent. Unfortunately for Enviromax but fortunately for you, todays current engines actually burn gas with an efficiency of about 98 to 99 percent. That is without any help from EnviroMax.
The bottom line, as is usually the case, if a claim seems to good to be true, it probably is! Don't believe the false claims of these modern day snake oil salesmen. Save your money!
Scott Siegel is the author of a 143 page book of automotive industry insider secrets on saving gas and money at the pump (beatthegaspump.com/. Visit us to learn how you can get better gas mileage. Find out how to increase gas mileage. You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own unique content version here.
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