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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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Default Does ethos really work?

http://www.savingmegas.com/

suppose to save 7% to 19% gas usage
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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http://fuelsaving.info/ethos.htm
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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Hope you don't plan to add that for your Z.


Unless your Z runs on diesel fuel.


If you do run on diesel with your Z...well...fak...lol...
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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no. and if you are worried about gas you should have bought a hybrid instead
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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I would not put in my Z for all the oil in Iran ! .......

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.Well, maybe for all the oil. But basically this is not for a performance car. If you are worried about your gas bill then sell your Z and buy a " smart car. "
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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It's a transitional phase. As GW said (which was pretty awesome because I generally find him to be somewhat vacuous). We have to bite the bullet and allow for local exploration for oil til we move to another technology to get around. He said basically, "I proposed we explore at home if we're going to continue to use a lot of fossil fuels. But we need to wean ourselves. The rest of the world needs the barrels as well. If production is close to use (supply close to demand), the price is gonna go up.

When pressed about the mess we're in, he said....look, I told you this was coming. I was met with no regulatory relief. It ain't on me...frankly, I gotta side with him on that. He did say this was gonna happen 7 years ago.

Today he said, "look, folk are gonna say if we look for oil at home it's gonna be 7 years til we see relief...what about now? He said...I said this 7 years ago! How about we look for relief now so 7 years from now we're not asking the same question!

I appreciated his speech this morning although hiswhole "It'll change the psychology of oil prices was shallow...

I was enamored today and I am not a fan.
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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Yes but only if combined with a grounding kit.
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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No.
And regarding GW, he has a point. any of us who plan on being alive 7 years from now should care about where oil is going to come from 7 years from now. Just a thought. don't mean to get political.

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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Not to get all political, but that's what we get when basically the entire big business sector outsources jobs. We created economies for other countries. There has never been such a large and extensive economical shift as we have been engulfed by in the past 10-15 years. As a result of creating economies for other countries, they are now in competition to get the same resources that every producing country needs. As a result, our demand has not gone down, there is a lot of other new demand for oil and as such, the current level that OPEC is pumping does not satisfy the demand around the world.
OIL PRICES WILL ONLY BE GOING UP!
We do need to look at local oil supplies, but in the long run, we need to start looking at alternative sources NOW as the oil will not last forever and as other markets around the world open up, so will the price for oil go through the roof.
sorry for the bad news bears.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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Other countries use oil too? Dayum! j/k lol
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by davidv

Yes but only if combined with a grounding kit.
Actually Sport Compact Car did a dyno test on this, but they had to move the wires around to 15 different locations and keep re-dynoing the car to see what the results were. They managed to pick up 4hp or something like that after 15 pulls.

So gains were made, but after 15 pulls and the cost of the kit, is that 4hp worth it?
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