Auto Fuel Savers RunningCarWithWater.com, claims they can double your auto gas mileage and reduce fuel emissions by installing one of their devices that supposedly extracts a hydrogen compound that mixes with your gas to improve engine efficiency. They claim to be EPA approved. Is this true?
I assume you meant http://www.runacaronwater.com/. RunningCarWithWater.com doesn't appear to be a valid URL. I haven't been able to find a definitive answer to your question. I've forwarded it to one of our technical assistance engineers, who may be able to give you an answer.
Meanwhile, you may want to take a look at the following:
I looked briefly at the web page runacaronwater, and I've seen other "easy" bolt-on systems that claim similar improvements. The claims are attractive, especially to the conspiracy theorists in many of us. I'm both curious and skeptical, leaning very much towards skeptical/doubtful. I've never seen more than performance claims via the internet.
I'd be very happy to see an actual system in place or meet someone who's done it.
Maybe you can find enough interested people to chip in the money to conduct a test. If you ever do, I hope you'll share your results.
Biodiesel tax incentives I have heard about a $1/gallon government incentive for biodiesel. I would like some information about who provides the incentive and who gets it.
This incentive is also known as the Biodiesel and Ethanol (VEETC) Tax Credit. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-357) created tax incentives for biodiesel fuels and extended the tax credit for fuel ethanol. The biodiesel credit is available to blenders/retailers beginning in January 2005. It also established the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), which provides ethanol blenders/retailers with $.51 per pure gallon of ethanol blended or $.0051 per percentage point of ethanol blended (i.e., E10 is eligible for $.051/gal; E85 is eligible for $.4335/gal). The incentive is available until 2010.
Section 1344 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended the tax credit for biodiesel producers through 2008. The credits are $.51 per gallon of ethanol at 190 proof or greater, $1.00 per gallon of agri-biodiesel, and $.50 per gallon of waste-grease biodiesel. If the fuel is used in a mixture, the credit amounts to $.0051 per percentage point ethanol or $.01 per percentage point of agri-biodiesel used or $.0050 per percentage point of waste-grease biodiesel (i.e. E100 is eligible for $.51 per gallon) (Source: http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/progs/view_ind_fed.cgi?afdc/319/0)
For more details on this program and other incentives for using alternative fuel sources, see:
State & Federal Incentives & Laws http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/laws/incen_laws.html
This database captures state and federal laws and incentives related to alternative fuels and vehicles, air quality, fuel efficiency, and other transportation-related topics. State-level information is updated annually after each state's legislative session ends. Federal information is updated after enacted legislation is signed into law.
Wisconsin Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program Where do I get information regarding requirements and an application form? This site doesn't work: commerce.wi.gov/BD/BD-CA-Diesel-Grant-Program.html
If neither of these work for you, you can contact the program staff at Jean.Beckwith@Wisconsin.gov. You can also phone Jean Beckwith at (608) 261-2517.
The Energy Information Administration has current and historical statistics on gas prices by region and for certain large metropolitan areas like Chicago. See:
Gas Prices: How Are They Really Set?
http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/042902gasreport.htm Report from the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations regarding the production, marketing, and pricing of gasoline in the United States.
