Beware of Fuel Pill Schemes!

Have you seen lots of ads for pills that you add to your gas tank and magically you will get 10, 20 and even 30% better fuel economy? There was a product made by Bioperformance. These pills were known as fuel pills or gas pills.

The product came under the scrutiny of the State of Texas Attorney General, as Texas was where Bioperformance was located. After investigating, the attorney General filed criminal charges against Bioperformance and it's owners. The Attorney General stated "We will aggressively fight these con artists who cynically exploit the public's concerns about high gas prices to line their own pockets."

He called them exactly what they should be called, con artists. It turns out, if you put moth balls into your gas tank you would accomplish the same thing as the fuel pill. That is because the fuel pill is basically the chemical equivalent of mothballs, which are toxic.

Bioperformance and it's owners were really only out to recruit as many investors or paying members as they could into what at this point looks like a full blown pyramid scheme. That was according to statements made by the attorney general.

Believe it or not, there are still companies and products out there that are making the same claims all over again. MPG-Cap is one. Another one is Enviro-Max. They promise essentially the same thing Bioperformance did. They claim you will get big increases in gasoline economy simply by dropping their pills into your fuel tank.

Most of their claims are based on testimonials from drivers. An average driver cannot scientifically make the comparisons they claim. To really do a believable test it needs to be done under controlled conditions with sophisticated and expensive equipment.

The normal driving conditions of weather, traffic volume and stop light patterns have a tremendous impact on any days fuel economy. There is no way for the average driver to take those factors into consideration to be able to run a believable test.

Enviromax Plus claims that it makes gasoline burn more efficiently. It claims it will lower the unburned gas in your engine from 15 percent down to 1 to 2 percent. Unfortunately for Enviromax but fortunately for you, todays current engines actually burn gas with an efficiency of about 98 to 99 percent. That is without any help from EnviroMax.

Don't believe the wild claims of these modern day snake oil salesmen. Save your money! The bottom line, as is usually the case, if it seems to good to be true, it probably is!

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