Ethos FR: opinions? More snake oil?
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Re: Ethos FR: opinions? More snake oil?
pigdos proclaimed:
> I'm not endorsing this product. Does anyone know if it really works or is it
> just more snake oil? Here's the blurb for this fuel additive:
Have you paid attention to pretty much what the available blurbs all
very carefully avoid saying? Say, what the claimed benefit of this
miracle additive is?
>
> Ethos FR is a unique combination of high-quality, non-toxic, specially
> designed esters that uses only the elements of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Thus making it anything from soup to nuts. Or snake oil, or wood
alcohol or grain alcohol or sugar or pretty much any other similarly
useless additive.
>
> This combination of low molecular weight cleaning esters and high molecular
> weight lubricating esters, reformulates any fuel whether its' gasoline,
> diesel, methanol, ethanol, hydrogen, LNG, compressed natural gas or
> bio-diesel.
To what purpose was this done?
>
> EPA laboratories tests confirm that EthosFR is clean upon ignition and ash
> less upon combustion. EthosFR is free of carcinogens.
Oh good, your jeep won't get cancer. Note that there are very few
organic compounds that are NOT carcinogens that are worth a darn as fuel
additives.
>
> Ethos FR is non-toxic, non-hazardous and works with any fuel used in cars,
> trucks, buses, RV's, ships, trains and generators. Ethos FR reduces fuel
> costs by producing a net gain in mileage above cost.
So if it is non-toxic, what is it? Grain alcohol?
>
> Ethos Environmental offers a cost effective solution to help industry meet
> environmental regulations and relieve skyrocketing fuel prices. Hundreds of
> millions of miles of road tests have proven that commercial fleets on
> average increase fuel mileage between 7% and 19% and reduce emissions by
> more than 30%.
Was this a real question? If so, you'd need to know that is really in
that stuff, but the advertising alone has just blown out the batteries
in my BS detector.
> I'm not endorsing this product. Does anyone know if it really works or is it
> just more snake oil? Here's the blurb for this fuel additive:
Have you paid attention to pretty much what the available blurbs all
very carefully avoid saying? Say, what the claimed benefit of this
miracle additive is?
>
> Ethos FR is a unique combination of high-quality, non-toxic, specially
> designed esters that uses only the elements of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Thus making it anything from soup to nuts. Or snake oil, or wood
alcohol or grain alcohol or sugar or pretty much any other similarly
useless additive.
>
> This combination of low molecular weight cleaning esters and high molecular
> weight lubricating esters, reformulates any fuel whether its' gasoline,
> diesel, methanol, ethanol, hydrogen, LNG, compressed natural gas or
> bio-diesel.
To what purpose was this done?
>
> EPA laboratories tests confirm that EthosFR is clean upon ignition and ash
> less upon combustion. EthosFR is free of carcinogens.
Oh good, your jeep won't get cancer. Note that there are very few
organic compounds that are NOT carcinogens that are worth a darn as fuel
additives.
>
> Ethos FR is non-toxic, non-hazardous and works with any fuel used in cars,
> trucks, buses, RV's, ships, trains and generators. Ethos FR reduces fuel
> costs by producing a net gain in mileage above cost.
So if it is non-toxic, what is it? Grain alcohol?
>
> Ethos Environmental offers a cost effective solution to help industry meet
> environmental regulations and relieve skyrocketing fuel prices. Hundreds of
> millions of miles of road tests have proven that commercial fleets on
> average increase fuel mileage between 7% and 19% and reduce emissions by
> more than 30%.
Was this a real question? If so, you'd need to know that is really in
that stuff, but the advertising alone has just blown out the batteries
in my BS detector.
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