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Subject:Mythbusters
From:John Rodgers
Date:Sun, 14 May 2006 23:24:32 -0500

Couldn't sleep last night. Wo in the wee hours turned on the tube and
watched an episode of Mythbusters. Pretty interesting this one.

They were debunking a number of devices intended to increase gas
mileage. One was a little fan that mounted on top of the carb. Said to
better atomize fuel and thus get a better burn on the fuel and thereby
increase gas mileage. Fraud! Abolutely didn't work. Next was an attempt
to produce hydrogen via eletrolysis and introduce it directly to the
carb. Flopped on it's face - insufficeint hydrogen to even start the
engine. That system was debunked.

The last test was interesting. Using a measured one gallon, a Mercedes
diesel was used and driven on a t9 mile tract @ highway speed. Went 33
miles on the gallon of oiol before giving up. Straight   vegetable oil
was used next, and it went 33 miles on the tank of fuel.

Regards,

John Rodgers

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