There are so many different devices and ideas of ways to save money, it can become quite overwhelming. Some of these devices include: converting your vehicle to electric, magnetic clamps on the fuel lines, hydrogen injection into the air intake and even a major modification to attempt to run your vehicle on water. The main idea I have seen to save fuel is to turn your vehicle off in traffic and traffic lights.

I have tried many different ways to reduce my fuel consumption but they all fit into one of three categories:

Let me explain the above quickly. Converting your vehicle to electric would fall into category 1. If you have ever looked into this option you will know it costs in excess of $10,000. Attempting to run your vehicle on water is a good example of category 2. These manuals explain many modifications that need to be made and you can bet that GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc would not be very happy with you when you had a warranty issue.

Category 3 is covered by ideas like turning your vehicle off in traffic and traffic lights. By the time you started your vehicle to move ahead a car length in traffic or finally got moving at a traffic light, the people behind you may not be so happy. Plus, if you live in a warm place or a cold place (that covers quite a large spectrum of locations), when you vehicle is not running, neither is your air conditioner or heater. So this idea would work but for the little bit of savings it would be a whole lot of hassle.

This is where The Idle Effect enters the picture. I developed and tested these techniques over the course of a year with the above issues in mind. I wanted a solution… Read more…