🚀 go-pugleaf

We acquired a leaflet about this at the local shopping centre (Cameron
Toll), stuck under the windscreen wiper.

It claims to be "..a highly effective , easy to install fuel saving
device, created through the technology of Magneto Hydro Dynamics (MHD).
It will enhance your engine's performance and reduce exhaust emissions."

Allegedly it works by aligning hydrocarbon molecules in a concentrated
magnetic field.  (What is the magnetic moment of petrol (gas) anyway?). 
This alignment creates a more effective fuel/air mixture. 

Apparently it can increase efficiency by 15 to 20 %. (There must be a
massive conspiracy by fuel processors and sellers to keep this
information from us:-)  Just think how much money could be saved if you
got an extra tank of petrol for every six you bought :-). )

Seriously, anyone care to tear this to shreds, in words that a literate
non scientist can understand?




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Standard disclaimer applies:   L. Bootland    eang42@castle.ed.ac.uk
                               University of Edinburgh, Genetics.