Do you start shaking and breaking out in a cold sweat every time you go to the gas station to fill up? Will the price of gasoline or diesel fuel ever become affordable again?
Whether or not fuel prices change there is some help for you with the release to the general public of a fuel additive proven to increase mileage and reduce pollution. So you can now not only save money at the pump but you can also become pro active in the fight against harmful vehicle emissions. This is a win-win situation.
Many years ago I worked on a committee in the 38 billion dollar red state of California. We worked with the TMAs - Transportation Management Associations and tried to figure out ways to get people to car pool, which did not work all that well, but it worked a little which was good. Back in 1975 the air in CA was pretty bad, and would probably look like it does today in Mexico City had it not been for the volunteer efforts of many companies and the hard work of many solution providers. I cannot say I or anyone else in any of these committees made any major significant level of contribution. But I can say together everyone and every company did a little and that did a lot; especially in regions with temperature inversions and boxed in by mountain terrain.
If you look at the DC Salad Bowl (mixing bowl) “how about pollution bowl cluster muck?” you see a great opportunity for free parking, nothing moves everyone is stuck; construction abounds to add more lanes to the mess? Hmmm? Is this really a sign of all the brilliant minds running our country? Ouch, sorry George Mason, we have not been able to keep your vision of which there can be no excuse.
In previous articles on the Econo Fuel Chip, “Auto Fuel Chips and How they Work”, I looked at the fuel chip and how it actually works and in the article “Savings Of 7% To 27%” I looked at the testing that has been conducted on the fuel chips.
As well I wanted to have a look at the emission claims that have been made with the fuel chips. Below you will see results on testing done on two different vehicles at two differnet labs.
The Mustang II is considered by most Mustang enthusiasts as the worst of the line. By 1974, pollution controls and gas mileage concerns were destroying the previous generation of classic hot rods. Horsepower was becoming a thing of the past, and the Mustang was brought to a lowly state in order to survive this difficult time. The Mustang II incorporated two body styles featuring a two door hard top, and a pinto-like hatch back. There were no convertibles available that year.
The car had two available engines: a 4 cylinder engine with only 88 horsepower, and a German-built 171 ci 2.8L V-6 rated at 105 hp. In 1975, Ford reintroduced the 302 cubic inch small block eight to the Mustang II, but with only 122 horsepower. Compare that to the 2005 model that gets up to 300 hp.
With congestion continuing to rise on Britain’s roads a number of solutions have been proposed, raising tax being the main one. However, every day in the UK there are over 10 million empty seats on the roads. Worse still, the vast majority of these empty seats are during the rush hour, with average occupancy for commuting only 1.2. The solution appears to be simple – car sharing. This is further supported by recent research which found that over 50% of commuters would car share on their way to work if they could find someone suitable to share with. Car sharing has often been talked about but only ever considered to be a small scale solution, unlikely to have a significant effect on congestion levels. Again, the evidence suggests otherwise. A 25% increase in car occupancy levels would result in the number of commuting cars on the road falling by 21%. Put another way, if everyone shared a journey to work just once a week then the effect would be similar. With over 50% of people happy to try car sharing out this could be an attainable target. So why has car sharing failed to take off in a big way? Put simply, a lack of funding. Without the money to raise awareness of car sharing and the ways to go about finding someone to share with, the concept of car sharing is always going to be doomed to being an insignificant solution. Why hasn’t the funding been provided by the government, particularly in light of the many reports that have come out over recent years highlighting the potential of car sharing? One can only speculate but to governments the idea of car sharing isn’t so attractive. It generates no additional government revenue and is in fact likely to reduce it, particularly with the decline in fuel consumption. Compared with the prospect of continuing to dramatically increase taxes on motorists, many of whom have no choice but to use their cars, car sharing doesn’t stand a chance. The benefits of car sharing are also often vastly underestimated. Car sharing does hugely reduce petrol consumption for the individuals involved and if promoted in a large way then congestion and pollution could be reduced significantly. Other benefits include reduced parking problems and the lower mileage done by each car means that they depreciate less rapidly. However, one statistics that is overlooked is the impact of car sharing on road safety. The number of speeding fines handed out in the UK in 2005 reached the 2 million mark. With road safety being of such apparent importance the statistic that the likelihood of having an accident is reduced by 50% if there are two or more people in the car should make the relevant authorities sit up and take note. The way to increase road safety is to promote car sharing. The added fact that it is also makes driving cheaper for the individual, and reduces congestion and pollution, should encourage people to take car sharing seriously. Becoming involved in car sharing is very straightforward. Liftshare.org was established in 1997 and now has over 130,000 members one million journeys registered. It’s also free to join, with a simple registration form to complete before you can register a journey and begin searching for travel companions. Whether you’re traveling to work, a festival or a sporting event car sharing is possible.
Charles Cridland founded YourParkingSpace.co.uk, a site where you can earn money through renting a parking space, or find long-term parking spaces for rent.
…your carbon kids are taken away. In fact, your will be spending your “mun, mun, mun” until those skuzzy little rebels are removed.
Remember the good old days when you drove your brand new vehicle off the lot — the engine purred like a kitten, responded to your slightest touch, you got the miles per gallon claimed on the sticker, and driving was something you looked forward to? You may have even enjoyed being nominated the “designated” driver.
As a society we are concerned about auto exhaust emissions. As more and more people purchase larger vehicles like SUVs, the price of gas becomes as great a concern. A new technology may just be able to help you combat both issues.
The Econo Fuel Chip the QX-3 was created to address just those issues.
What do you call trucks from Mexico which come into the United States and pollute the air and do not comply with air quality or EPA rules for trucks? What do you call a truck from Mexico, which is not mechanically sound and may have many equipment violations including faulty brakes? What do you call a truck from Mexico, which is a rolling violation and mirrors a portable junkyard?
Well, you do not call it a “Mexican Truck” says a think tanker recently on a major online Think Tank Forum, stopped by to tell the group that the term “Mexican Trucks” as that is a negative connation on Mexicans we are now told. Some on the Think Tank believe that this is completely a PC comment and they are not buying it. One think tanker replied back.