high gas prices

High gas prices have been ruining household budgets and making our purses and wallets much lighter in the past number of weeks and months. There is a solution that can help and its origin was in the 1980s in California.

In the late 80s, the California government set a mandate for an emissions standard for gasoline sold in California. Oil companies were given two years to comply. The 70s had been a nightmare environmentally speaking. The smog was so thick you could hardly see 15 miles out. Standing on a balcony facing the mountains, you could not see the mountains unless you had a map telling you that they were there. The smog and pollution was that thick. Children in poorer families in the suburbs were getting asthma and lung problems. If something was not done everyone would have been wearing gas masks.   What happened?

Oil and gasoline companies already knew there was an easy way to comply, but it would mean gas would have to burn more effectively and mileage would increase and less money for them.  To comply they increased the fuel efficiency just enough to meet the new emissions standard and not enough for them to lose money. How did they do it?

Most people don't know that the average car engine is only 17% to 23% efficient because of energy conversion inside the engine and because 20% of the gas you buy usually goes right out the tailpipe.  Hence the dark circle of smudge on your finger if you were to run your finger around the inside edge of the tailpipe of your car. This is wasted unburnt gas by your car engine and wasted money. If you spend $40 to fill up your tank, $8 goes right out the tailpipe.

After the liquid gas is pumped into the gas tank it must be converted to gas vapor in order to burn. The car engine mixes oxygen with gas to create a gas/oxygen mixture through the fuel injection system or carburetor in older cars.  Only 30-50% of the gas put in your car gets properly vapored. 15% to 20% of the gas gets unburnt due to the size of the gasoline molecules.  The unburnt portion is deposited inside the car engine and comes out of the tailpipe as smog and pollution.

When you pump gas you are getting ripped off twice. First by the high gas prices and second because of the gas not burning properly. It's like pouring one fifth of the gas you buy all over the ground.

What the oil companies do in California to overcome this problem goes back to the gasoline molecules. Gas is a heavy, rich compound, like a bunch of marbles stuck together tightly.  The gas companies found a way to spread out the molecules, like popcorn, letting air and oxygen between them and making them burn better. Regular, Premium and Plus are merely different grades of spacing of molecules. The more air that gets into the gas the more effectively it burns and the more money you save! But we don't... because the gas companies charge more money for the gas with higher molecule spacing.

Los Angeles today has carbon dioxide levels (pollution/smog levels) that are among the lowest in the world and Lexington, Kentucky ranks among the highest.

In 1997 a little mom and pop operation in California called "Ethos Environmental, Inc." started selling a gas saver invented by the owner. The invention used 'esters' which are tiny particles inside the formula to separate the gas molecules and make the gas more effective. The owner sold little bottles of this transparent liquid, which he claimed  were 100% natural and biodegradable, meaning there is no alcohol or petroleum in it, making it environmentally safe.

The product naturally lubricated the inside of the car engine, increased its life and reduced wear-and-tear.  The mileage increased 7% to 19% by reformulating the gasoline. The toxic emissions from the tailpipe decreased by 3%. The results from the product were so solid that the office was flooded with testimonials and orders for these little bottles. It was son sold to trucking and shipping companies by the gallons and didn't stop there.

It wasn't long until the product was lab tested and approved.  It was registered by the E.P.A., taken over by a major sales corporation (4E Corp) and now sold directly to consumer in small bottles, not gallon drums. Learn more about Ethos and stop high gas prices.