HOUSTON, Aug. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Houston-based Additech offers consumers a way to take care of the environment while they take care of their car. Additech's patented "tune-up at the pump" fuel additive service gives Denver customers the option to purchase specialty fuel additives that are dispensed as they pump their gas, allowing consumers to conveniently perform routine auto maintenance that reduces auto emissions and improves their vehicle's performance.
How Additech fuel additives work
Through normal engine wear and tear, carbon deposits begin to build-up on fuel system and engine parts in as little as 1,500 miles. Additech fuel additives improve a vehicle's performance by removing carbon deposits that build up in fuel injectors, intake valves and combustion chambers over time, resulting in more efficient fuel combustion.
"If every motorist in the U.S. used Additech to maintain a clean vehicle fuel system, we could reduce annual fuel consumption by 3.6 billion gallons or 180 million barrels of oil -- a 9 day U.S. supply of oil," said Andy Austin, Additech president. "This would help the environment by reducing the amount of vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, the number one cause of rising greenhouse gases, by more than 30 million tons annually and reduce the amount of poisonous carbon monoxide emissions by more than 2.5 million tons annually."
Additech in Major Retail Fuel Centers Nationwide
Additech operates its system at nearly 1,500 fueling positions across 18 states at major retailer fuel centers. The company expects to have the systems installed at over 2,000 fueling positions in over 450 sites by year-end. To find an Additech location near you go to: http://locations.additech.com/Find_An_Additech_Site.aspx
Fuel Consumption and the Environment
-- The U.S. consumes most of the world's oil, and generates most
of the world's carbon emissions. (EIA)
-- The U.S. consumes 20 million barrels of oil/day.
(howstuffworks.com)
-- 1 barrel of oil (containing 42 gallons of crude) produces
20 gallons of gasoline. (howstuffworks.com)
-- The U.S. consumes 120 billion gallons of fuel each year
(greencars.com)
-- Motor vehicles are responsible for about 60 percent of carbon
monoxide emissions nationwide (greencars.com)
-- In the United States, we now have more motor vehicles than
licensed drivers, and we travel over 2 trillion miles per year,
burning 120 billion gallons of gasoline. Not counting the
"upstream" emissions from producing the fuel, the result is over
a billion tons of carbon dioxide pollution each year.
(greencars.com)
About Additech
Additech, Inc. headquartered in Houston, TX, builds and operates a unique at-the-pump marketing and distribution system of branded fuel additives that combines the advantages of physical point-of-purchase retailing at the gas pump with real-time direct-to-consumer interactive marketing technology.
For more information visit Additech's website at www.additech.com