I'm not positive that this is a scam, but I do question the results. I've started a preliminary investigation into this due to an SPAM email I received. The spammers really provide a lot of fodder to fuel the writer's fires. Yeah for spammers! Especially, since they're the only ones that can send email anymore.
The website at http://www.nqpo.org sells a device called the "Fuel Saver". For only $89.95 you can increase fuel mileage by 27%+. This claim, I believe, falls into the category of "to good to be true". Why wouldn't manufacturers spend this little amount of money to allow their vehicles to meet Federal emissions and fuel economy goals?
Here's more fuel for this fire: they cite "The achievements of the Fuel Saver is so noteworthy to the environmental community, that Commercial News has featured it as their cover story in their June, 2000 edition." Doing a search on Google for "Commercial News" yielded no results. If this were a valid claim, do you not think they'd actually show you a picture of the cover? And what did the article, if it exists, really say?
For further investigation of claims of fuel economy and emissions reductions, I'd suggest folks look at the EPA's list of reports at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/reports.htm on "Gas Saving and Emission Reduction Devices Evaluation". Their is no indication of a fuel savings device called the "Fuel Saver". If the device has another name that matches one of their reports, wouldn't you think they'd link you right to it. I would if I were selling such a device. Checking similar names for devices yielded no indication of a device that improved fuel economy or emissions.
As further investigation, I submitted a request for more information from a company that they claimed did the testing, California Environmental Engineering. Here's what I asked them "On the following website, http://www.nqpo.org/test.asp, you are credited with conducting testing on a Fuel Saver device sold by this company: " On January 21, 2000 and February 15, 2000, California Environmental Engineering, A recognized EPA Testing laboratory, tested Fuel Saver, obtaining the following results:" They also identify EPA as stating that their device improves fuel economy and mileage. Do you and can you verify the results of this testing? I'm reporting for a scam reporting site and find it unbelievable that manufacturers would not spend $89.95 to improve fuel economy." I'll let you know if they respond.
There's a lot of good stuff on the Internet, but it is a case of buyer beware and conducting some due diligence.
The website at http://www.nqpo.org sells a device called the "Fuel Saver". For only $89.95 you can increase fuel mileage by 27%+. This claim, I believe, falls into the category of "to good to be true". Why wouldn't manufacturers spend this little amount of money to allow their vehicles to meet Federal emissions and fuel economy goals?
Here's more fuel for this fire: they cite "The achievements of the Fuel Saver is so noteworthy to the environmental community, that Commercial News has featured it as their cover story in their June, 2000 edition." Doing a search on Google for "Commercial News" yielded no results. If this were a valid claim, do you not think they'd actually show you a picture of the cover? And what did the article, if it exists, really say?
For further investigation of claims of fuel economy and emissions reductions, I'd suggest folks look at the EPA's list of reports at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/reports.htm on "Gas Saving and Emission Reduction Devices Evaluation". Their is no indication of a fuel savings device called the "Fuel Saver". If the device has another name that matches one of their reports, wouldn't you think they'd link you right to it. I would if I were selling such a device. Checking similar names for devices yielded no indication of a device that improved fuel economy or emissions.
As further investigation, I submitted a request for more information from a company that they claimed did the testing, California Environmental Engineering. Here's what I asked them "On the following website, http://www.nqpo.org/test.asp, you are credited with conducting testing on a Fuel Saver device sold by this company: " On January 21, 2000 and February 15, 2000, California Environmental Engineering, A recognized EPA Testing laboratory, tested Fuel Saver, obtaining the following results:" They also identify EPA as stating that their device improves fuel economy and mileage. Do you and can you verify the results of this testing? I'm reporting for a scam reporting site and find it unbelievable that manufacturers would not spend $89.95 to improve fuel economy." I'll let you know if they respond.
There's a lot of good stuff on the Internet, but it is a case of buyer beware and conducting some due diligence.
