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Re: FW: Synthetic Oil

To: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: FW: Synthetic Oil
From: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:42:05 -0400
Bob, love the snake oil reference.  PT Barnum said it best, A Sucker Born.....

But of course, putting a magnet on the fuel line to straighten out the gas
molecules, really, really, really work.  Sure it does.

Larry

Bob Palmer wrote:

> Dear Dr. Moonstone,
>
> I certainly agree with your overriding theme that you can't trust anyone,
> especially the U.S. Government. There is no shortage of examples in this
> regard. You have combined a bunch of disparate and unrelated issues in one
> post, so I won't comment on all of them. However, with regard to the long
> range bombers in WW-II, I doubt that they tested any additives by asking two
> women from LA to fly a bomber to Hamburg and back with all the oil drained
> from the engines. ;-)
>
> With regard to testing, I believe the onus is on the manufacturer to prove
> his claims, not the other way around. My attitude is, if it's being hyped
> like snake oil, it probably is snake oil (although real snake oil might
> actually work better than Prolong.)
>
> Bob

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