"Gas Saver" Invention That Actually Saves Gas . . . Who Knew?

The real story around auto performance, increasing miles per gallon.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(Business Wire)--
"23 mpg in the city and 45 on the highway." Isn`t this what we all look at when
choosing our car or truck? Smaller gas-burning engines get better mileage, so
they say. Touted "mpg`s" seem to rise every year, especially with the addition
of computers and advanced technology. Or do they? In reality, vehicles have
shown less than a 5% increase in miles per gallon in the past 60 years, despite
sophisticated technology.

In the face of tightening economies, excessive pollution and mileage performance
have become concerns across the globe. Mexico City motorists have
strictly-enforced "no drive" days in an attempt to control their pollution.
Santiago, Chile drivers face the same concern, as do many U.S. cities that incur
health warnings whenever smog levels soar. Eighty-six percent of all households
own at least one vehicle and first-time car buyers increase an average of 10
percent per year. Nearly 378 million gallons of gasoline are consumed every day
in the U.S.-that`s an average of 454 gallons per year for every man, woman and
child!

Joel Robinson, Director of National Fuelsaver Corp. in Boston, Massachusetts,
states, "It`s no wonder there`s been a lack of progress in the area of increased
engine efficiency. The principles of automotive engineering have been grossly
misunderstood." National Fuelsaver Corp. devised the Platinum Gas Saver in 1977,
which increases the mileage of gasoline-powered engines by 22 percent, meeting
federal and state emission standards. Their premise was as significant as their
invention.

In the mid 70`s, California, together with the federal government, decided to
get serious about the amount of pollution in the atmosphere and mandated
catalytic converters, which are basically mufflers whose internal surfaces have
been coated with platinum. Not all the gas that enters an engine is consumed;
that which escapes is released into the air as a pollutant. Platinum is a
catalyst that causes unburned fuel to burn upon contact, eliminating pollution.
It does not, however, create more miles per gallon with the increased burning of
fuel, because the burning of this fuel occurs outside of the engine. The energy
to power a vehicle is created only by the burning of fuel within the engine
after the intake valve has closed and before the exhaust valve opens. Any
additional burning of fuel outside the engine (i.e. within the catalytic
converter) has no effect on mpg.

Textbooks state that 95 percent of the gas introduced into the engine is burned,
driving the vehicle. However, according to EPA Federal Test Procedure data
gathered in five separate tests, only 80 percent of gasoline is burned in
perfectly-tuned gas engines. Additional research conducted by Champion Spark
Plugs shows that the average engine is 12 percent worse than perfectly-tuned gas
engines, bringing the burn percentage down even further to 68 percent. These two
premises are the basis of National Fuelsaver`s Platinum Gas Saver, created more
than 30 years ago. "It really comes down to chemistry," continues Robinson. "By
bringing the chemistry of platinum and unburned fuel into the engine itself, we
were able to get added use from fuel that had previously been wasted and
released into the environment as a pollutant."

The Gas Saver is a modest device about the size of a video tape and holds a
pre-measured platinum formula. The engine vacuum draws microscopic quantities of
vaporized platinum into the intake manifold where it joins the fuel/air mixture
entering the engine. With platinum in the flame zone, the fuel burn percentage
inside the engine increases from 68 to 90 percent, a significant increase of 22
percent. That allows a vehicle to travel 22 percent faster, or 22 percent more
miles per gallon, with the original amount of fuel.

Municipal officials in Los Angeles, Albuquerque and Denver, among others, have
installed the gas-saving device on diesel-powered city vehicles. A five-year
review of the Gas Saver Catalyst Delivery System was completed in 1985 by the
Federal Consumer Protection Department, that stated that independent tests in
1980 and 1982 supported an even higher increase in mpg than the 22 percent
claimed by the manufacturer, National Fuelsaver Corp. Results included: lowered
emissions; reduced carbon build-up within the engine; increased engine life
span; 3-5 point octane boost; significant pollution reduction; more power and
acceleration and is safe and compatible with all gasoline burning engines. Their
chemistry, science and premises proved valid.

So, why haven`t we heard of this device before? I can`t say, except maybe it`s
simply the right time. Although more than half a million units have been sold,
it is relatively unknown and un-utilized. But it is needed, nonetheless,
especially in today`s unstable economy where we need a break to help us keep
costs down, productivity up, pollution and waste down, and morale up. "The
purchase and maintenance of an automobile is perhaps the second largest
investment we make, next to a home," says Robinson. "Anything that can increase
efficiency and decrease cost is a real blessing in today`s world."

Niche Focus Group
Troy Bohlke, 602-463-3124
troy@nichefocusgroup.com

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