Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:17:30 -0400
Reply-To: Wil Haslup <wil@CHARMFX.COM>
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From: Wil Haslup <wil@CHARMFX.COM>
Subject: Re: acetone // Art Bell
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rpc wrote:
> As soon as acetone was mentioned on the list I thought it was in response to a guest on the Art Bell radio show last week. Guest made all sorts of claims about the conspiracy to keep the driving public from using acetone. I don't really listen to this show---just happens to be on before I go to sleep.
> While I wont be running any acetone in my vanagon (173,550 miles), I am keenly interested in getting some "energized water" for my coolant mix. I remember hearing about it on same show/ different date. I figure this "power water" could restore 100K miles to my engine.
>
> Chris // 90 MV
>
>>On 6-Oct-05, at 8:48 AM, Don Williams wrote:
>>
>>Acetone is an organic solvent and has properties that are very different
>>than gasoline. I wouldn't want to even ride in a vehicle whose fuel
>>lines
>>have been exposed to acetone----you just can't know what the effect of
>>small amounts of acetone in gasoline might have on those lines. I'm
>>already pissed off about the additive changes that have been made to
>>gasoline, and the extent to which the driving populace is a guinea pig
>>for
>>the trial of these materials.
>>Engine fires are not fun events and it seems you should do everything
>>possible to prevent one. That should include not experimenting with
>>solvents on fuel lines.
>>Don
I'm not sure of the benefits of either yet but the two topics seem
functionally different.
If you're someone who routinely dismisses new age stuff as BS the water
thing won't be something you'll even look at.
A recently popular book documents recent research into water and crystal
structures, relevance to disease, etc. Essentially the premise is that
water absorbs, stores and structurally reflects emotional states and
energies around it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582701148/002-5246746-7380863
While the premise for acetone improving fuel economy assumes it can
increase fuel dispersion inside the cylinder prior to combustion, at
least that is a bit more straightforward and testable IMHO.
Considering the junk I've driven over the years just keeping good
thoughts is something I've done as standard procedure.
; )
Since I'm currently driving an air cooled Vanagon even water full of
positive vibes isn't of much help to me unless I'm just keeping jugs
full in the van for its positive aura.
--
Wil
-- http://www.charmfx.com/
"Every person takes the limits for their own field of vision for the
limits of the world."
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
