Transportation | August 21, 2008 |
Cheap Gizmo Saves Gas
A simple tailpipe cap for $199 increases your fuel efficiency at least 30%.
Blade's gizmo also reduces emissions of hydrocarbons 57%, nitrous oxide 34%, methane 33%, carbon monoxide 14%. Sadly, it only reduces your carbon footprint a mere 5%.
It fits most cars, but works best on 4-cylinder vehicles. You can install it yourself with the help of their how-to videos online, or take your car to an authorized installer near you.
I'm afraid you're on your own with your $199 investment though. The Bush EPA has somehow neglected to test any new fuel savers, since 2000. While a plethora of reports cover testing done on the efficacy of devices invented from the '70s 'til '99, only one test has been done since 2000.
Oh, wait: I see the California Air Resources Board (CARB)has lab-tested it and found that after six months with the device installed, the gas mileage of a 2004 Honda increased to approximately 53 MPG (highway). CARB reports that although the Blade provides immediate benefit to the car’s emissions and gas mileage, the benefit increases significantly after driving the car a minimum of 50 miles with the device attached.
If every car and light-duty truck in the U.S. had a Blade, it would eliminate the need for any Middle Eastern OPEC oil, and cut almost a fifth of what we would need from anywhere else, like Canada. If every one of the 800 million vehicles already on the road today worldwide installed this simple gizmo, we would reduce our need for oil by 30%.
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This article was corrected to reflect the accurate price of the Blade
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You're not serious are you? Please don't add to this snake oil money grab. These people count on reporting like this because they will point out that their site never claimed at least a 30% fuel efficiency increase. They repeatedly claim that the device was tested at independent labs but never say what the findings were. They repeatedly say up to x% which makes even a loss of fuel mileage acceptable.
Please use critical thinking before encouraging gullible people to throw their money away. And if you are receiving money for posting this story then you are no better than they are.
Hi Chuck,
CARB testing is actually pretty impartial. The (California Air Resources Board) is what mandated EVs in the 90's, and CARB found at least 30%, so I went with the modest CARB findings, and called it "at least" 30% rather than the "up to" 34% or whatever they post on the site.
You are right though, "up to" can easily be a "down to" too!
Frankly I wish it did better cutting carbon emissions though (measly 5%)...
That would be the news story breakthrough of the century!
Chuck, We are very interested in everyone's opinion on our product. However, Please do some research before arbitrarily dismissing any emissions solution simply because you don't think it is possible. You may not understand that there is a direct coorelation between reducing CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. There is science behind the technology and positive test results to back up the science. Please refer to the following references to educate yourself a bit. Please also visit our website and send a note to Info@bladyourride.com and I'll be happy to talk with you directly. Susan, don't under estimate a 5% reduction in CO2. A "Measly" 5% reduction in CO2 if applied to every automobile and light truck (including Pick ups, SUV's etc) in the US would reduce CO2 emissions by 85 Million Metric Tons which equates to burning 9.7 Billion Gallons of Gasoline. Since Mobile^ estimates that the average passnger vehicle uses 600 gal/yr, the practical result above is equivalent to taking 16.1 Million Cars and trucks off the road.
http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/reports.htm
www.automotivetesting.com
T.
I stand corrected...ok, "a measly" was mean. No, seriously, I am glad somebody is doing something to reduce CO2! Thats what I found interesting.
...Man, I'm just gettin it comin and goin!
You gotta be kidding- and awfully gullible. The site mentions CARB testing, but doesn't reference any official CARB data. It's simply their word, and no doubt the site will be shut down and the owners of it fined. Amazing how people think they can get away with these false cliams. But there's a sucker born every minute.
There are no such devices. I've read about this garbage since I was 13 years old in Motor Trend. All garbage- all of it.
"There is science behind the technology and positive test results to back up the science. Please refer to the following references to educate yourself a bit."
You stick a rag in a tailpipe extension and call this "technology?"
Explain how reducing CO2 at the tailpipe increases fuel mileage. The only thing your snake oil can do is increase back pressure. The manufacturers tune their engines better than sticking filter material in the tail pipe.
You wouldn't happen to know the guys who recently "found" Bigfoot would you?
The article claims the part is $1.99 but if you look on the website it is actually $199. Pretty big difference for just under two dollars I'm thinking, damn why doesn't everyone install one of these just to test it out for $200 I need more data backing the claims!
Hi Dawn,
yeah, I really fatfingered that typo...it's fixed now, thanks!
Susan, this entire article is "fatfingered" but since I'm a gentleman, I won't use the term it really is.
You might-just might- want to consider yanking this fraud off your site and your byline to protect what little credibility you have left.
Who could be stupid enough to believe this rubbish?
Susan, I did not intend to be harsh in anyway. I simply wanted to make the point that 5% is a tremendous number. Auto makers are killing themselves to find a 1% improvement. Thank you for your comments and article. Don't be intimidated by ignorance. Do your own research and post what you find. Proof is in the research. By the way, if you read the EPA 511 document posted on the link that I sent, you will see that the EPA does not certify aftermarket products and neither does CARB thanks again. It is up to the manufacturer to test the device in a EPA or ARB recognized independent lab using this test protocol.
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