New Shell Gasoline

[big2bird]

So I'm driving to the shop today, and see Shell Gasoline touting 30% Nitrogen formula. WTH did Kalifornia do now?
Okay Chemists, what will this do to the exhaust? Increase NOX? Oh crap.:suicide:

 

[Beagle 1]

I didn't know that nitrogen is flamable. Guess all those people with it in their tires are going to get banned from the road :rofl:.

 

[mrvette]

Bottom line, US with older cars and not 100 grand to blow on a NEW ONE to MAYBE take advantage of that 'technology' are out to lunch...

I BET, you fuel economy goes down one percentage point for every point that fuel is NOT gasoline, same as when the took the lead out....in '75? or so with cat ass trophic converters....


:shocking: hopefully that shit don't show here, Shell, eh?? one of my local stations a mile away is Shell.....been troubles there over the years too....

:tth:

 

[DeeVeeEight]

I was watching one of their TV commercials and was "interested" in their choice of language touting the benefits of the new additives. It went something like this..."New Shell gasoline with Nitrogen CAN clean engine deposits and improve gas mileage with REPEATED use".....


I CAN produce methane if you REPEATEDLY pull my finger, it doesn't mean I will, it just implies that I might, especially if you are a good little toady repeat customer and keep coming back for more....

 

[010752]

What ever it is, you know it translates into more profit. They touted platformate before until it became known that all gasolines were required to have it. Bulk price of liquid nitrogen $0.113/liter (truckload, probably not Shell's bulk). And since it boils at over -300°F....
I think the petroleum industry also uses the nitrogen, since it is inert,to rid large gas storage tanks of gasoline vapor and condense it back to gasoline.
There is probably a lot more to this than they will ever want us to know.

Many years ago you could get nitrogen for free because it was a byproduct.

check this out :skeptic:

The presence of trace neutral organonitrogen compounds as carbazole and indole in derivative petroleum fuels plays an important role in the car's engine maintenance. In addition, these substances contribute to the environmental contamination and their control is necessary because most of them are potentially carcinogenic and mutagenic.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...serid=10&md5=c905f2fe5c8cf0f29af7e482b0706ff9

Never heard the term mutagenic used before

Okay, where are the petrol chemists with the real scoop:bounce: