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In article <25350@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW) writes:
> >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?
> 
> I'm not sure I can stop laughing long enough to recall the details
> of what I posted to rec.autos the last time a similar device came up.
> 
> That one did not invoke MHD; instead, it claimed to make the 
> molecules, presumably of gasolinium, "heat-seeking," which I suppose
> implies that they were getting their snake oil from pit vipers. It's
> a variation on the general theme of "cow magnets."  Remember those,
> from the depths of the second Arab oil embargo? (Which may not have
> been its first time around, but I don't recall the earlier occasions.)
> Anyway, cow magnets have a legitimate use -- in dairying and ranching.  
> Some idiot-savant decided to expose his carburetor to their mysterious 
> magnetic field and perceived an increase in his gas mileage.  Mystified 
> feed-store proprietors were cleaned out of the things within weeks by
> people who had never come closer to a cow than at McDonald's.

In Germany, similar devices were offered as `spin harmonizers'.
There was also some connection to tachyons and Tesla if I remember 
that correctly.

Anyway, the German automobile club ADAC tested them some years ago 
and found no effect on fuel usage. I've never heard about them since.



Ulf R. Andrick                                  andrick@rhrk.uni-kl.de
Tierphysiologie
FB Biologie
Universitaet
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