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So it’s like when “Synthetic” motor oil doesn’t actually mean the oil is synthetic because “synthetic” != “100% synthetic” ?

Words have no meaning anymore. Up is down. Left is right.




All of synthetic motor oil is a synthesis of components, individually chosen and assembled. It is an engineered product, as opposed to natural motor oil, which is a naturally-ocurring product that has been refined. Both being fossil fuel petrocarbons is neither here nor there — it’s not a claim made.




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