[Spridgets] Shell Gasoline

[Tim Collins]

I've been waiting for the subject of gasoline to come up so I could 
ask about Shell's "new" gasoline. On various web sites Shell 
advertises a gasoline that is "Nitrogen Enriched Gasoline". Shell 
announces: "Introducing a new molecule designed to seek and destroy 
engine gunk in both conventional and modern engines." Nitrogen? 
Nitrogen? How's that work, I wonder? Nitrogen?? the inert gas? Their 
web site says.  . .

Nitrogen is a key element of the active cleaning molecule in the new 
fuel, making it significantly more stable at higher temperatures 
common in modern engines, such as direct fuel-injection gasoline 
engines. The increased stability ensures that the molecule can work 
under much tougher engine conditions by resisting thermal breakdown 
better than conventional cleaning additives.

Hmmmm

Tim Collins
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