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Energy Saving?

06/25/2014 7:37 PM

Nosing around on the net (boredom) I found this ruling from the UK Advertising Standards authority. http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudications/2012/2/Blue-Carbon-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_157911.aspx which relates to this thread from a while back http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/87790

One of the contributors mentioned Blue Carbon Ltd.

Thought it may be of interest to those who like me don't believe most of the electrical energy saving rip offs.

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06/26/2014 8:29 AM

Methinks they need a better BS writer for their advertisements.

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06/26/2014 12:48 PM

At one time I did sales. I was traveling just under 100K a year and the Cavalier was eating me alive in gas. I read through the gasoline saving devices in all the automotive catalogs. Some devices claimed as much as 15% fuel savings. I bought several hundred dollars worth and installed them all. The results were absolutely amazing. I had to stop the car every 5 or 6 hundred miles and drain the gasoline from the tank. I provided fuel for my other cars and my neighbors. Eventually and tax folks caught up with me. Turns out I was impacting the sales tax revenue and had put two filling stations out of business. The final straw occurred when I was pulled over on the NYS Thruway. I was miles from home, all my cans were full, and gasoline was pouring from my fuel tank.
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06/26/2014 7:18 PM

I can see you were a good salesman!

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HA!
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06/27/2014 12:09 AM

I tried your link directly several times, and also copied and pasted it in whole and part. ...never got anywhere.

Not that it matters much - I'm pretty sure it is scam-related...

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06/27/2014 3:48 AM

Blue Carbon Ltd shut down in 2012 after the ASA ruling:-

"Blue Carbon Limited was set up on 10 Jun 2010. Its current status is listed as "Dissolved" and it had 4 directors at the time it closed. It was founded by Mr Phillip John Van Tenac, Mr Edward Nicolas Cowdery, Mr Darren Trussell. Blue Carbon Limited has no subsidiaries."

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06/27/2014 8:26 AM

I'm surprised the US Dept of Energy didn't give them a grant.
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