Fuel Pill Schemes Try to Rip You Off!

Have you noticed ads for pills or powder or even liquids that you put into your gas tank and, magically, you will get up to 30% better gas mileage? Wow, that's more powerful magic than Harry Potter can produce! The number one selling fuel pill out there was a product made by Bioperformance. Their product was known as the gas pill or the fuel pill.

The State of Texas Attorney General filed a criminal charges against Bioperformance. 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 called them exactly what they should be called, con artists. It turns out, if you put moth balls into your gas tank you would accomplish the same thing as the fuel pill. That is because the fuel pill is basically the chemical equivalent of mothballs, which are toxic.

Bioperformance was really only out to encourage the recruitment of more and more paying members into what seems to be pyramid scheme 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.

Most of their claims are based on testimonials from drivers. An average driver cannot scientifically make the comparisons they claim. To really do a believable test it needs to be done under controlled conditions with sophisticated and expensive equipment.

Normal driving conditions preclude keeping conditions constant. Weather, traffic volume, accidents, road construction and stop light patterns all have a tremendous impact on fuel economy from day to day. There is no way an average driver can take those factors into consideration in order to run a sound test.

Enviromax Plus claims that it makes the fuel in your engine burn more efficiently. The claim is Enviro-max will lower the unburned fuel in your engine from 15 percent down to 1 to 2 percent. Fortunately for you and unfortunately for Enviromax, todays engines actually burn gas with an efficiency of about 98 to 99 percent. That is without any help from any additive.

The bottom line, save your money. Don't believe the wild claims of these modern day snake oil salesmen. As always if it seems to good to be true, it is!

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