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Originally Posted by penny there have been a few developments in the past, but they never get anywhere, 1 of two things seem to happen, the design etc gets brought by a large petrol company, and we never hear about it again. OR the inventor seems to die in a strange accident! |
You mean people like Archie Blue and the kid from a Wanganui High School.
Archie Blue was living in Christchurch
NZ when he developed his method of electrolysing water into hydrogen and oxygen which he recieved a US patent for (#4,124,463 issued Nov 7, 1978) before moving to the tax haven of one of the Channel Islands. Rumor has it he retired a very rich man and he made no developments on his invention.
Some more info with a simple diagram is available here.
More disturbuing is the assult on the kid from a Wanganui High School about a dozen years ago. I can't find anything on the net to confirm my memory but as I recall he had made a science project that showed a simple way to convert water to a usable fuel and while walking home one afternoon/evening he received a beating. After the beating he did not continue developing the project. Maybe it was a "warning" ?
With the current escalation of petrol prices (and rumours of a bad batch of fuel in
NZ causing engine 'pinking' etc) I have to wonder if it is time to start looking at having a play in the garage.
After all, why not just cut out the 'middle man' and refuel your car from the garden hose (or even better a rain water tank) and save money and the environment?