"Mother of Invention" my fanny!

Damn right, someone is reading our blog! We already know that the Capitol building and the FBI have visited, and no doubt we are all over the DHS computers, too. I certainly hope SOMEONE is listening to us!

The examples given today about past administration that have offered prizes for advancements are outstanding, but what is great about Mac's plan is that the money can be used to off-set the cost of implementation of the innovation or design. This isn't a "money" prize... it is a chance to take a HUGE leap into the markets of the future before they are even fully developed.

For example:

For several weeks now, I have been reading about a process that was invented by a welder to create cheap but serviceable fuels for torches (to replace expensive oxy-acetylene gases) used in cutting metals and sheet welding. The inventor came up with a way to use a small amount of electricity to take plain tap water and turn it into HHO (hydroxy gas). This gas burns safely and with ZERO emissions (the only result of the burning is heat and H2O), but can reduce a one pound ball of brass into a glowing mass of molten metal in less than 30 seconds, and can cut plate steel like it was wax.

He then tried mixing this hydroxy gas with the gas going into the carburetor in his truck, and guess what? He tripled the amount of mileage he was getting from a gallon of gas, and nearly eliminated the crud that builds up inside the cylinders of his engine (the steam from the combustion keeps the stuff from sticking to the cylinder walls).

One can now buy kits for around $275 that can be installed under the hood of 99% of all cars manufactured (at least the ones that run on gas or diesel... no hybrids) at an average cost of between $75 and $150 for the labor. These kits take 1 quart of tap water and turn it into 100 cubic liters of hydroxy gas (or about 600 miles of driving) that is then mixed with the gasoline BEFORE it goes into the fuel injectors or the carburetor. NO work is actually done on the engine... only on the mounting of the conversion cylinder and connecting it to the fuel line and the battery (which provides the electricity to convert the water to gas).

One Allan Mulally (CEO and Pres. of Ford Motor Co.) was quoted as saying that this invention would be a standard feature on all US gas-powered vehicles by 2012, and on all gas-powered combustion engines by 2020.

My point? It is two-fold...

#1 WHY hasn't this story been all over the mainstream media? I think it is because the liberals don't want to take the focus off the Bush White House and its inability to address the oil crisis other than to say "more drilling"... and the conservatives don't want to bring it up because it might vindicate the "green" side of the table.

#2 WHY wasn't this kind of innovative thinking being promoted by the Feds since the US first realized it was at war with radical Islam AND was completely dependant on 65% of all its crude oil needs from questionable Islamic states?