Friday, October 3, 2008

How can hydrogen improve your car's fuel mpg?

 

It seems highly unlikely that by simply fitting a water container in the engine compartment of your car, inserting some electrical plates and using the gas that is generated to add to the normal fuel in your engine, you can greatly improve your fuel MPG. But countless DIYers have built their own systems to do exactly that. And there are now a number of different e-manuals available on just how to go about it. Guides like Gas4Free offer full instructions on how to build a system, install it in your vehicle and tune it for optimum fuel mpg.

There is no doubt that the technology really works because a quick search will bring up hundreds of glowing testimonials. But if that's so, you'd think the automobile manufacturers would put it into all the cars they make, wouldn't you? Even if the hydrogen generator system has already been patented, a simple licencing arrangement could easily resolve that issue. After all, the environmental benefits and financial advantages that would, accrue would be huge. Why would any manufacturer not want to include this modern technology in their cars to improve their fuel mpg? And it's difficult to believe that any car offering twice the fuel mpg of its competition wouldn't completely dominate the market. 

There must be something preventing the car companies from taking the plunge.

Are they being pressurized by the global oil companies not to introduce new fuel saving technology because sales would fall? 

Are they in a cartel? Are national governments involved in this?What about the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries? Do they have a position on this - who knows? It’s not at all clear is it?

The various websites of the different systems show dozens and dozens of testimonials from satisfied customers who have achieved the fuel mpg savings promised. 

Now I’m not stupid enough to believe everything posted on the Internet is true so I’m going to fit a system in my 2003 Toyota and see just what sort of fuel mpg savings I can make. 

Fortunately, although I’m not a mechanic by any means, I do enjoy doing DIY projects and from everything I’ve read so far all the systems look pretty simple to build and install. As time goes on I expect to see plenty of dealers offering ready built systems that you can simply install in a couple of hours. There are a number of e-books available - this review seems to focus on the most popular ones and may assist you in finding the right one for you.

 

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