Saturday, June 24, 2006

Snake oil sells by the barrel
With drivers yearning for alternatives, manufacturers of products claiming to boost mileage are offering up solutions — in the form of pills, powders, liquid additives and mechanical devices. Among them are magnets attached to the fuel line that “realign” fuel molecules, and “vortex generators” that create mini-tornadoes inside the combustion chamber of the engine.

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