People send me stuff. We’ve spent so much time on Climategate that other more important things have fallen by the wayside. We’ve seen a lot of claims on how green technology will reduce emissions and save the Earth. Often these claims are met with scorn and derision because some of them are just junk ideas as they just don’t deliver on the claims. Windpower, for example.
But every once in awhile something comes along that singularly stands out and deserves special attention because it is so unique, so “outside of the box” thinking, that is truly transcends any doubt or ridicule. It is truly the personification of state of the art green technology.
This simple accessory added to any vehicle offers an improvement on automobile fuel economy of 20% or more. Just think, if everyone in America and the EU installed one of these how much faster emission reduction targets could be met.
Here it is:
Yes, the Neo-socket (or more accurately the neo-plug) is the next generation Neo-Con.
Check out these features!
Here’s how it works (from the marketing website):
Product Description
Neo Socket is the latest technology, a breakthrough invention and patented device that could save fuel consumption by 10-30%.
Neo Socket also helps improve car’s engine acceleration and the performance of on board equipment such as stereo, air-condition and lights. It also provides more horse power, longer battery life and higher throttles response. Neo Socket, gives cars cleaner emission and helps reduce carcinogenic emissions that are responsible for Global Climate Changes (GCC). That means less pollution and more clean air. Neo Socket is proven safe, convenient and easy to use. Just plug-in into the 12V cigarette lighter of your car and Neo Socket starts working instantly.
- Increased Gas Mileage
- Lower emission
- Save on gas by 20%
- Hi-Grade (Blue)
- Cleaner emission
- More horse power
- Longer battery life
- Too easy to use and start working instantly
How To USE
1. Insert Neosocket into cigarette lighter socket.
2. The light turns ON (May be you need to turn on the engine at this time
3. Start driving
FAQ
1. Does this work for Gas/Fuel engines only?
It does work for Gas/Fuel as well as diesel engines.
2. How does this works?
Just plug-in into the 12V cigarette lighter of your car and Neo Socket starts working instantly.
3. Does this work for 24V?
No, Neosocket only works for 12V cigarette socket only.
4. Does it have a fuse?
Yes, it does have a fuse.
5. Does Neosocket work if attached to cigarette socket adapters?
Yes, it does work if attached to cigarette socket adapters.
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Alternate marketing name: Placebo Plug
You’d think it would be a green light, but it only comes in one color, blue. There are some knockoffs out there that are green, but don’t have the proper energy efficient aerodynamic shape. Don’t buy one of these:
Volkswagen has already embraced the blue light special concept with their Think Blue for a more efficient driving future slogan. Learn all about it here
This isn’t a joke. This is a real product with real claims. I encourage you to encourage all of your green environmentally conscious friends to get one of these, to help Save the Earth. Order here.
h/t to Bernd Felsche
I thought this was just a joke. But you can buy one from Amazon, 49.95 + shipping.
Good grief.
DARPA’s been working on this inertia-less drive component for years. It induces coherence in the aetheric vibrations surrounding the vehicle. The resulting Casimir effect moves your vehicle into and out of the 4th dimension in a manner that is normally undetectable, although the ~20% reduction in 3 dimensional mass of the vehicle does result in fuel savings.
ingenious, really.
This is how it works:
You were ripped off there, Anthony, I found one for $4-99.
http://www.totobay.com/neo-socket-car-vehicle-fuel-save-economizer-auto-gas-saver_p24094.html
/sarc…. !!!!!!
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And you can save even more fuel and planets:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/gas-mileage/1802932
Better still, to reduce your vehicle fuel bill, is the Google Ad that came up with this thread (in the UK) – an advert for ‘Red Diesel’, no less.
Red Diesel is approx 70% cheaper than normal diesel in the UK. Sound like a good deal then? Well, may be not – if you put it in your car, Mr Plod will nick you……
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Ralph says:
December 1, 2011 at 8:54 am
Better still, to reduce your vehicle fuel bill, is the Google Ad that came up with this thread (in the UK) – an advert for ‘Red Diesel’, no less.
Yes but that won’t save the planet from impending doom!
John Marshall says:
December 1, 2011 at 4:02 am
“More MPG! More Power!
You cannot have both at the same time. Extra power needs more fuel.”
Not if you burn and use the fuel more efficiently. Just compare the fuel economy and performance of any typical car today with a similar one built 20 years ago…
Does it vibrate?
Some years back I wrote for a local journal:
Almost as pernicious as CO2 is methane, building up even faster in relative terms, a rise which is “clearly” due to humans – you ride cars, don’t you?
Now methane used to be known as “marsh gas,” the stuff which comes bubbling up when you disturb the bottom of a stagnant pool. It is formed not only when you process oil, but also whenever there is anaerobic digestion of organic matter. One anaerobic digestion system is that of man’s symbiont, the cow. Cows rumble, gurgle and give forth methane – 100 million tons per annum, according to a German professor. That is 20% of the annual buildup of the stuff in the atmosphere, and it is the largest single known source.
Far be it from me to suggest that red-blooded males should stick to chicken barbeques, or that millions of Hindus should put down the sacred beasts.
The great mind has pondered, and has the Final Solution (Pat Pending). This is the Bovine After-Burner, a small piece of electrically heated platinum, supported close to, but not touching, the point of emission. A further support keeps the tail of the animal from interfering with the BAB, while shutters activated by a small accelerometer placed in the flight path protect it from damage during solids fallout.
The whole is microprocessor controlled, and guaranteed to reduce methane emissions by at least 80% while operating. In mass production, it is estimated to cost less than $50.00 provided the local platinum industry agrees to make scrap platinum available at a nominal charge, which it should do as a public gesture in view of the success of its other catalytic after-burners.
Those who really care about our environment and its protection are invited to send $50.00 to me as part of my “equip-a-cow” scheme. In return, they will receive a signed photograph of the cow which they have adopted, fitted with a BAB. Don’t delay!
I received (and returned) three $50 checks!
Will it work with an EV, or just drain the battery?
Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Glasses and now Neosocket!! Just in time for Christmas!
Why don’t I ever think of these things?? Guess I’m just a bit too honest….
“Hi-Grade (Blue)”
Well, there you go! The science is settled.
Thank goodness the auto manufacturers had the foresight to connect the fuel control system to the cigarette lighter!
I suppose it *could* work if it prevents you from plugging in some power-hungry electrical device that keeps the alternator running continuously. I’m just sayin’….
For a moment I thought it was April 1st (All fools day in the UK – quaint anglo saxon custom!)
It also cures wrinkles, alleviates the hearbreak of psoriasis, reduces the duration of a cold from 7 days to 1 week, cures halitosis, stops food from sticking to the pan, improves your serve by 20%, suppresses cough and runny nose, is new and improved, improves traction on ice with micropumps, improves tire performance almost as much as filling tires with nitrogen gas, helps reduce weight without exercising, etc. I suspect that more than half of our economy is made up of the trade in useless or fraudulent items. Who needs the FDA when we have natural selection? One of the marvels of perpetual economic growth is, apparently, that it doesn’t have be rational or useful. I am going to buy one of these right away. Long live the snake oil salesman. (PS. I hope it doesn’t contain melamine, but then I am sure that while it is likey made overseas, it is made to highest American standards- no worries). (PPS, I wonder if supermagnets will make it perform even better).
You mean like the Everyready enemizer rabbit?
Even has a ‘scratch and dent’ deal $14.99 + s&h at $4.99
http://ezfuelsaver.com/order2.htm
The returns of the initials at $50, I presume.
This is the funniest thread I’ve seen here in a long time, and that says a lot. I followed the DVD rewinder link and found this interesting info:
“All ten REWINDERS are very simple to operate. They all have the instructions printed on the back as a handy guide. Below is a generic copy of these instructions. Substitute whichever type of REWINDER you have, or are interested in, for the word DISC.
Remove (DISC) from player.
Open your (DISC) REWINDER.
Place your (DISC) in special DISC socket.
Close your (DISC) REWINDER.
Open your (DISC) REWINDER.
Return (DISC) to your player, or store in original box.
Your (DISC) is rewound and ready to play.”
Genius. But does it vibrate? h/t Keith
Oh, golly, iceman!
Question: I have a double adapter on my cigarette lighter socket. Can I plug in 2 Neo Sockets and get 40% reduction?
Hey, if this is working I will get 6, and have the car makes fuel as I go. I can sell the gas to the suckers who haven’t bought Neo Socekt!
I have an idea for something similar. Except my device turns a gasoline powered car into a zero emission vehicle. You plug it into your automobile’s electrical system, and it instantly lowers your emissions by shorting out your entire ignition system and causing your engine to stop running. Results are immediate.
According to http://trust-e-reviews.com/neosocket/ it is merely a capacitor. Sucks electricity (energy) from your battery and that store of energy (right, some ‘store’) is then available under demand.
Hmmm… it sucks energy and can then supply the energy but must re-suck more energy to recharge… is not the net energy zero minus leakage? Seems to me.
If your gullible to ever try one of these just don’t leave it plugged in for days on end or the ‘tiny’ leakage will ruin your battery, believe me. Son-in-law gave me a solar battery charger to ‘help me’ keep my battery charged since my driving is rather spotty. Four days of solar ‘charging’ through the lighter socket and I had a totally dead battery that battery never really recovered. Buy new battery. Lesson learned.
This reminds me of why they invented plumbers putty… to fix that peeking vertical smile above the back of the belt.
So if I put in six cigarette lighters/Neo Sockets, the power company has to buy my excess power right? Wow, if they give volume discounts, I’m buying 50!
Eyal Porat says:
November 30, 2011 at 10:12 pm
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My experience says “scam”.
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REPLY: …and the story tag says “satire”. Of course its a scam! – Anthony
Sorry Anthony, I missed “satire” tag, but I am happy to see my instincts are good.
From now on I promise I will check the tags first. 🙂