A Unicorn In Your Tank: Magic Tablets That Won't Improve Gas Mileage

A Unicorn In Your Tank: Magic Tablets That Won't Improve Gas Mileage

A Skeptalk and discussion presented by the Bay Area Skeptics

WHY: Because we're curious creatures

Every few years, claims appear about a Super Duper Fantastic Magic Gas Saving Device. Right now, it's the EnviroTab: a tablet promised to give your vehicle 10%-20% better gas mileage when dropped into the gas tank at fill-up. And this latest version adds the cruel twist of being a MLM (Multi-Level Marketing -- aka Pyramid -- scheme) <http://tinyurl.com/3cqmjc9>.

Please join Scientific Instrument Engineer, Skepticblog author, and Survivor star Yau-Man Chan in a discussion of the bad economics and worse chemistry of this automotive snake oil.

Yau-Man Chan, Chief Technology Officer, College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yau-Man_Chan>