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Re: Octane boost brand
From: "benf802961(at)aol.com" <benf802961(at)aol.com>
Subject: Re: Octane boost brand
Date: 23 Sep 2005 22:16:19 -0700
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95% of Octane Booster is just snake oil.
It won`t hurt anything but your pocketbook.
From: Barking Rats <noemails(at)myemail.com>
Subject: Re: Octane boost brand
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:39:56 -0700
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In article <1127538979.795543.158050(at)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"benf802961(at)aol.com" <benf802961(at)aol.com> wrote:
> 95% of Octane Booster is just snake oil.
> It won`t hurt anything but your pocketbook.
Is this a personal opinion or can you cite any reference material I
might be able to look at?
As I mentioned, I`m not after the boost as much as the lead substitution
and fuel stabilization qualities. 94 octane unleaded seems to do OK in
my 427 - though i don`t get my foot in it very hard, very often.
Here`s waving to ya - ||||
Owen
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From: PJ <pj4380(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Octane boost brand
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:50:31 -0700
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Barking Rats wrote:
> In article <1127538979.795543.158050(at)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> "benf802961(at)aol.com" <benf802961(at)aol.com> wrote:
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>>95% of Octane Booster is just snake oil.
>>It won`t hurt anything but your pocketbook.
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> Is this a personal opinion or can you cite any reference material I
> might be able to look at?
No credentials for the folks in <
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-395658.html >; but,
one poster says that auto store products are mostly legit--only the
decimal point is in a different place. "Four points" of boost means
that it raises octane from 87 to 87.4. Thread also has a formula for
adding bulk xylene or toluene to gasoline--remember that xylene attacks
some plastics and toluene is toxic. As a kid I breathed a lot of
toluene cleaning engines (perhaps the reason I`m senile 55 years later).
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> As I mentioned, I`m not after the boost as much as the lead substitution
> and fuel stabilization qualities. 94 octane unleaded seems to do OK in
> my 427 - though i don`t get my foot in it very hard, very often.
Here`s a Brit thread < http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/fuel/LRP.html >
that contains less environmental emotion on the lead topic and it offers
some substitute products. I hadn`t realized that the Brits were a
couple of decades behind us in making a universal move to
stellite/hardened valve seats. If you opt for a manganese product, it
might be available in Canada as they are more tolerant of manganese
additives that we are in the U.S.
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> Here`s waving to ya - ||||
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> Owen
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> `67BB & `72BB
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> -- not affiliated with JLA forum in any way -- alt.autos.corvette is
> original posting --
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> "To know the world intimately is the beginning of caring."
> -- Ann Hayman Zwinger
...PJ
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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:05:30 +0000
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Title: 9/25/2009 --it hits the fan
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:07:41 +0000
Author: seamorg
Today the world buzzes with reports of a secret nuclear site somehow unearthed in Iran (I haven’t heard how exactly this unfolded quite yet), and the dilemma: how to “punish” a country that is already knee deep in sanctions? An NPR piece summarized the following problem: even with the current multilateral sanctions on Iran, Iran’s GDP is estimated to grow 2% next year. Trade with Iran continues through Dubai. Clarification: just because the GDP grows, don’t mean the average man sees it. Average Iranians have lived with high unemployment, low income for years; the source was unclear whether this is thought to be an effect of the sanctions or of mismanagement [will post NPR link soon].
A few things to think about:
1. It is wrong to talk flippantly about how to punish a country. Iranians screamed out to the world that they are not their leaders and are prepared to die to change the actions of these leaders. We need to figure out how to punish/regulate the leaders, in partnership with the people.
2. There have never been complete sanctions on Iran and there probably will never be.
The unrecognized elephant in the room is that, if we were really to punish Iran and specifically Iranian leaders, we would stop them from selling oil. In order to do that, of course:
the rest of the world needs to stop using so much oil.
How silly of course. It’s easier to prohibit an entire nation (74million) of people from buying and selling the things they need for survival, such as: antibiotics, scholastic jourals, airplane parts, food, and even to consider military intervention, than to organize sanctions that would affect Iran’s leaders. A freeze on Iran’s oil would be harsh; but why not free up access to basic goods and freeze up the sale of oil. You’d see how quickly things change. More on: http://iranelectionstories.org/2009/09/26/9252009-it-hits-the-fan/
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