This reminds me of one I heard a while back where a guy was talking about building an electric car that had the drive motor on one axle, then a generator on the other axle, so he could ôchargeö the batteries while he was driving down the road. And again, losses were not taken into consideration, so obviously it wouldnÆt work, but the way he presented it, it sounded great, until you actually used a little common sense and thought about it.

It amazes me all of the scams people come up with to prey on the public. If it were really that simple, some auto manufacturer would have already done it. Imagine even 5 years ago when fuel was under $2.00 a gallon, if auto manufacturer (fill in the blank) came out with a simple bolt on component/ device for an engine that doubled fuel efficiency, it would have been patented and they would have it on every vehicle they sold, and they would have likely put a huge dent in everyone elseÆs auto sales.


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Sean