Comments on: Fuel scam of the day http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-972 Fri, 04 May 2007 21:40:42 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-972 I've just updated the image with a nicer version from David, with the dude-unassociated-with-the-scam removed :-). I've just updated the image with a nicer version from David, with the dude-unassociated-with-the-scam removed :-).

]]> by: Joe Bloggs http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-970 Fri, 04 May 2007 11:22:08 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-970 As a HK resident, I remember there was an exhaust cleaning system based on water invented somewhere in these parts--simply bubble the exhaust through water to get rid of the particulates. Don't know where the fuel economy and fusion hoo-ha came in though. As a HK resident, I remember there was an exhaust cleaning system based on water invented somewhere in these parts--simply bubble the exhaust through water to get rid of the particulates. Don't know where the fuel economy and fusion hoo-ha came in though.

]]> by: davidf http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-969 Fri, 04 May 2007 08:27:33 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-969 As Deep Throat in this article I should point out that the guy in the photograph has nothing to do with the contents of the story As Deep Throat in this article I should point out that the guy in the photograph has nothing to do with the contents of the story

]]> by: alphacheez http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-968 Fri, 04 May 2007 07:03:18 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-968 The mention of helium means this better be a joke. Up to that point it reads like the typical clueless reporter writing a story about something they don't understand. Who could honestly think there is helium in gasoline, let alone somehow a combustion byproduct (which seems to be implied). I imagine you could get pretty great fuel economy from a hydrogen fusion powered car though. The only thing that would give you better energy output/fuel input would be a matter/antimatter system. The mention of helium means this better be a joke. Up to that point it reads like the typical clueless reporter writing a story about something they don't understand. Who could honestly think there is helium in gasoline, let alone somehow a combustion byproduct (which seems to be implied). I imagine you could get pretty great fuel economy from a hydrogen fusion powered car though. The only thing that would give you better energy output/fuel input would be a matter/antimatter system.

]]> by: Mohonri http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-967 Thu, 03 May 2007 23:33:08 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-967 Wow. Anybody who's taken a high school chemistry course would be able to debunk this one. Holy smokes! Re: Helium in gasoline--Helium is actually quite valuable, as things-that-come-out-of-the-ground go. I work for an oil company, and there's a natural gas plant in Wyoming that actually gets (IIRC) 25% of its revenue from the production of helium, even though the helium comprises only about 2% of what comes out of the ground. They work very hard to extract that helium, so there's practically none of it left in the natural gas when it leaves the plant. Oh, and never mind that Helium, if any were actually present in the gasoline to begin with, would very <i>very</i> rapidly come out of solution and evaporate before it got from the gas pump to your gas tank. Wow. Anybody who's taken a high school chemistry course would be able to debunk this one. Holy smokes!

Re: Helium in gasoline--Helium is actually quite valuable, as things-that-come-out-of-the-ground go. I work for an oil company, and there's a natural gas plant in Wyoming that actually gets (IIRC) 25% of its revenue from the production of helium, even though the helium comprises only about 2% of what comes out of the ground. They work very hard to extract that helium, so there's practically none of it left in the natural gas when it leaves the plant.

Oh, and never mind that Helium, if any were actually present in the gasoline to begin with, would very very rapidly come out of solution and evaporate before it got from the gas pump to your gas tank.

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-966 Thu, 03 May 2007 22:00:31 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-966 * - my calculation, 60 seconds is too generous by far. The entire 2nd last line should also read: Ah, yes, but these <strike>imbeciles</strike> guys I work with are architects - they may have designed a building <i>you may one day have to stand under.</i> * - my calculation, 60 seconds is too generous by far.

The entire 2nd last line should also read:

Ah, yes, but these imbeciles guys I work with are architects - they may have designed a building you may one day have to stand under.

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-965 Thu, 03 May 2007 21:58:04 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-965 "I could get around with no sunscreen in the middle of summer and not get burnt" Gimme some'o'that <i><em>sheer teknoligy</em></i>. He might have: 1. Stayed in the shade. 2. Not gone outside. 3. Worn a good hat, sunglasses and long-sleeved shirt / trouser 4. Stayed under the annual South-East Asian Smog Hood All of which are entirely possible (and I can confirm that) in China. The 4th is thankfully not possible in Australia. <i>Yet.</i> 3 guys at my office saw this article (or other reports in cat-litter filling (cough) newspapers and / or talkback radiation) <i>and believed every word</i>. "So what" you may say, "there's a sucker born every 2 seconds*" Ah, yes, but these <strike>imbeciles</strike> guys I work with are architects - they they have design buildings <i>you may one day have to stand under</i>. Be afraid; and hope you stand under one of mine! "I could get around with no sunscreen in the middle of summer and not get burnt"

Gimme some'o'that sheer teknoligy.

He might have:
1. Stayed in the shade.
2. Not gone outside.
3. Worn a good hat, sunglasses and long-sleeved shirt / trouser
4. Stayed under the annual South-East Asian Smog Hood

All of which are entirely possible (and I can confirm that) in China. The 4th is thankfully not possible in Australia. Yet.

3 guys at my office saw this article (or other reports in cat-litter filling (cough) newspapers and / or talkback radiation) and believed every word.

"So what" you may say, "there's a sucker born every 2 seconds*"

Ah, yes, but these imbeciles guys I work with are architects - they they have design buildings you may one day have to stand under.

Be afraid; and hope you stand under one of mine!

]]> by: Matt http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-964 Thu, 03 May 2007 21:05:25 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-964 Perhaps the RACV are after another award? http://www.skeptics.com.au/spoon/aboutthespoon.htm Perhaps the RACV are after another award?

http://www.skeptics.com.au/spoon/aboutthespoon.htm

]]> by: Matt W http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-962 Thu, 03 May 2007 18:45:53 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-962 Hilarious. Probably the most cringe inducing article yet. My vote is for collective imbecility at the RACV and Box Hill. Hilarious. Probably the most cringe inducing article yet.
My vote is for collective imbecility at the RACV and Box Hill.

]]> by: Dan Gordon http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-961 Thu, 03 May 2007 18:39:35 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/05/03/fuel-scam-of-the-day/#comment-961 Of course, if he was in a big Chinese city, then Kevin might have been protected from the sun's damaging rays by airborne pollution. Of course, if he was in a big Chinese city, then Kevin might have been protected from the sun's damaging rays by airborne pollution.

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