05-05-2013, 04:04 AM
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http://fuelsaving.info/index.htm shut down
A great site that debunks a bunch of "fuel saving" shenaigens has closed it's doors.
Tony's Guide to Fuel saving
Shows how often I go there, as it was in November of 2012 but it was nice to know that info was just right there.
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05-05-2013, 07:53 AM
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Bummer!
This is a loss. I know I've linked to Tony's site dozens and dozens of times.
Issues seem to be: declining traffic, ongoing hosting costs and threats of lawsuits... with that last point being a big one.
I can identify. I've been threatened with legal action a few times as a result of this site or metrompg.com. Fortunately, nothing has ever come of the threats (which were baseless anyway).
But as Tony points out, lots of people/companies file baseless lawsuits all the time. (Hello, USA!) The potential for enormous inconvenience, cost and stress of being brought into court - even when you know you're in the right - can be enough to make you want to fold up your tent and go away.
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05-05-2013, 09:21 AM
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Maybe he'd be amenable to selling the content or donating it for hosting elsewhere.
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05-05-2013, 09:38 AM
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Wow, bummer!  Tony is a voice of reason and intelligence in a sea of misinformation and just plain ignorance. I'm glad I had the chance to read everything his site once had.  |
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05-05-2013, 02:05 PM
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05-05-2013, 06:11 PM
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05-05-2013, 10:27 PM
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For people like us, who know what to look for, it's easy.
It's the uninformed and un-tech-savvy who really need the info, and having it as a domain name rather than something to be searched for in the archives really, really helps.
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