Top Tier Detergent Gasoline

Your local gas station probably offers you 3 levels of gasoline, like gold, silver and bronze. These typically have different levels of octane in them and you will generally get a little better mileage for the more expensive type.

In addition to different octane levels there are many different additives that can be in a companies brand of gasoline. This differentiation can have a huge impact on your vehicle and even the environment.

One type of additive is a detergent. Detergents clean your engine. Without some level of detergents engine deposits form and this causes reduced fuel efficiency, acceleration and power as well as increasing emissions and rough idling.

In 1994 four auto manufacturers (BMW, General Motors, Honda, and Toyota) recognized the gasoline marketers were not putting enough detergents in their gasoline. They also recognized the U.S. EPA was not mandating a high enough minimum standard of detergents. In fact, after the EPA set a minimum standard gasoline producers reduced the amount of detergents in their gas because the standard was so low.

As a result vehicle owners were suffering reduced engine power, reduced fuel efficiency,
increased driving upsets (rough idle, stalling and surge), decreased acceleration and increased emissions.

These four automakers decided to do something about this problem because they wanted vehicle owners to have a more pleasurable experience with the vehicles they manufactured. They created their own class of gasoline called 'Top Tier Detergent Gasoline', containing a higher level of detergents, meant to keep vehicle owners happier with better engine performance and wear.

In 1994 a few gasoline distributors adopted this new industry standard and since then it has expanded to the following retailers: QuikTrip, Chevron, Conoco, Phillips, 76, Shell, Entec Stations, MFA Oil Company, Kwik Trip/Kwik Star, The Somerset Refinery, Chevron-Canada, Aloha Petroleum, Tri-Par Oil Company, Shell-Canada, Texaco, Petro-Canada and Sunoco-Canada.

I personally discovered this gas by trying the 'silver' gas out at Shell. I thought it would just increase performance for this one tank of gas due to the higher octane. Surprisingly, later fillups with the cheaper bronze gasoline still saw a 5% increase in mileage, not bad for an aging 5 year old car.

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Bmw and Nasa. What's This About?

The time was August 2007. The place is Cape Canaveral Florida.

An historic event took place on this date and time. The problem is that very few people realize that it even happened. And fewer people still understand the importance of this meeting of the minds between NASA engineers and the engineers at BMW.

But one day you will benefit from this union.

As NASA engineers were preparing to launch the Space Shuttle Endeavour, BMW of North America and NASA announced that together they had successfully completed an eight week test for the BMW Hydrogen 7 Luxury Sedan. And because this was the first hydrogen powered luxury sedan, their joint success brought a smile even to the faces of normally non-emotional engineers.

This was like getting s smile out of Mr. Spock on Star Trek. It was that important.

Both BMW and NASA are committed to hydrogen technologies research, innovative transportation systems and alternate energy sources. Fortunately, this program was made possible under a Space Act Agreement between NASA and BMW. I don’t know about you, but for me, I could feel the excitement of our tax dollars at work. Both you and I will someday benefit from this cutting edge research.

In simple terms, this is why BMW and NASA worked together. Because of the high density of liquid hydrogen the space shuttle is propelled at high speeds into space. This same concept is used by BMW to power the BMW Hydrogen 7. So BMW and NASA working together on this project was a perfect match. Also, this project is BMW’s way of showing that hydrogen drive vehicles are a viable option for your future and mine.

This test project was a huge success for BMW.

Not only did this prove that BMW could make a dual combustion engine that can switch from gasoline to liquid hydrogen seamlessly, but also as a far reaching model vehicle for the future. But the major drawback right now is that there are very few places where a driver can stop and fuel up on liquid hydrogen. But that isn’t going to stop BMW from pushing ahead with development of the Hydrogen 7.

So what’s the answer to all driver’s question, “Where do I get the liquid hydrogen?”

Another goal of this joint project was to make the public more aware of the great possibilities offered by a hydrogen driven car. And just as importantly, BMW is helping to stimulate the demand for a workable hydrogen infrastructure---that is---building hydrogen filling stations for your car and mine. This will one day make hydrogen for cars readily available and affordable.

For those of you looking just for the “specs” of the BMW Hydrogen 7, here is a little taste just to keep you going until you can get your hands on one at your local dealership. It’s being developed from the BMW 760Li , 260 horsepower V12 cylinder engine. Top speed for this baby is 143 mph as it quietly accelerates from 0 to 60 in 9.2 seconds.

One hundred of the Hydrogen 7 models have been build and are being tested in various markets around the world. In fact, the cars have already completed over 1.3 million miles during this testing phase.

Don’t expect to see Captain James T. Kirk from the Starship Enterprise driving one of these any time soon in your neighborhood. But, it sure would be a great promo for BMW and NASA.

Don’t you agree?

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Can We Really Use Water for Gas?

Water is made from the combination of hydrogen and oxygen and while hydrogen does not produce energy, it carries energy. Much energy is required to get hydrogen from water. Hydrogen has in the past been utilized as a source of compact energy in batteries and fuel cells. Currently, many companies are trying to develop technologies that can exploit the potential that is in hydrogen energy. Many people have been discussing about the power that is in hydrogen. Already, many motorists in the world have discovered that water can be added into the gas and they still travel safely to their destination. This use of water as gas means that hydrogen will be provided only when it is demanded and thus there will be no need of having storage tanks. The environment will not be damaged and the passengers will be a hundred percent safe.

In the using of water as gas, there will be no need to build and place a new engine or try to convert a car so that it can run on water, but can do it on his or her vehicle acquiring the simple items needed for the process from stores. Many people who have used gas for water have claimed that there has been an increased gas mileage by between fifty and three hundred percent. This idea of the water4 Gas has been used in many parts of the world. Since no one can claim to own this technology, it is free to any user.

Water4Gas is a term that has been used by experimenters who want to clarify whether supplemental hydrogen can be effective in reducing gas emissions and whether it is possible for the hydrogen from water to be used in saving fuel. Thirdly, they want to establish whether the use of hydrogen from water can be utilized in the modern vehicles and finally whether this hydrogen reduces emissions as well as fuel consumption in big tracks with heavy loads as they move uphill. From the publications that have been made, it is clear that supplemental hydrogen from water improving the fuel economy as well as reducing emissions is not a new discovery, with many people in the world building their own systems which they have learned from the manuals.

The technology of using water as fuel is very simple with water being split into small particles of oxygen (in this case Brown’s gas or HHO) and hydrogen and the gases then directed into the engine. Hydrogen being added into fuel has been researched by US Department of Transportation, NASA, US Patent office as well as engineers and all concluded that there is an increase in the efficiency of the engine as well as the reduction of emissions that are harmful. In this development, BMW has already announced that it has started the production of BMW Hydrogen 7 which would be the first luxury car that is powered by hydrogen. This car will be powered by 260hp 12-cylinder engine, and accelerates to 62 mph from zero in a span of 9.5 seconds.

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