Thread: Super Fuel Saver - Fact or Fiction

Ask Peter Brock

Snake oil works very well as an additive as well:wink:

Where is the science?

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Lucky we didn't step in it


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet

Sounds like a crok of **** to me

<span style="color:blue">the best way to save fuel is.....


by taking the brick most of us have on the accelerator....
and placing it under the accelerator......



the less you press on that pedal the longer the fuel will stay in the tank....</span>

I think these fellas are more commonly known as rare earth magnets.

If you look on half or more of the cables coming out of your computer you'll see a couple of them around it.

Great to reduce RF noise.

Good for picking up nails and driving speakers.

I doubt they'll do much for your petrol


















Apparently you can pull ferrous metal splinters with one of these.

So it could come in some use under the hood.

Simon

Well...... my son (22) and I just about broke up laughing [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] as we read this pile of BS! I think they must be learning from the shampoo business how to state absolute garbage as fact. I think the only thing missing here is "Bendy Flexy Technology"! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

Originally posted by 84RR
Sounds like
Smells like
Looks like
Tastes like

Lucky we didn't step in it


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet

Sounds like a crok of sh*t to me

The article from wikipedia says they begin to lose their magnetism at around 80 degrees c 8O 8O 8O

So lucky you don't have to put them anywhere that is hot [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img]

Just as i thought.

As a chemistry teacher, i can safely say that is bull****. For ionisation to occur, something would need to be added to the fuel to cause a chemical reaction, where atoms gain and loose electrons, placing a magnet on the outside wouldnt do a freakin thing. Even if it did work its not because of ionisation, and lining up as few molecules is definitely not ionisation, and there would be a few more atoms/molecules than depicted in their picture. Some people are just plain ignorant, before you claim something is happening, it would generally pay to do some research first. Matt

Originally posted by Ace
As a chemistry teacher, i can safely say that is bull****. For ionisation to occur, something would need to be added to the fuel to cause a chemical reaction, where atoms gain and loose electrons, placing a magnet on the outside wouldnt do a freakin thing. Even if it did work its not because of ionisation, and lining up as few molecules is definitely not ionisation, and there would be a few more atoms/molecules than depicted in their picture. Some people are just plain ignorant, before you claim something is happening, it would generally pay to do some research first. Matt

Unfortunately, after teaching science to most high school students in Australia for at least sixty years, this sort of thing still finds buyers! Problem with teaching?