Every few weeks I see a story about a revolutionary new technology that will greatly increase EV range while charging up in a few minutes. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for the 100 mpg carburetor I read about 60 years ago.
A place where I used to work many years ago, a retired engineer was given space next to our calibration lab to work on an invention, since he was friends of the owner and was possibly a investor.
I would talk to him from time to time to see what he was doing and he told me he was working on a ‘fuel deliver system’ for engines that would revolutionize air and land travel, and get huge energy savings and reduce pollution.
Basically what he was working on was a pre-heater for fuels, gasoline, diesel or kerosene jet fuel, that would heat the fuel to a very high temperature AND AT A VERY HIGH PRESSURE to be injected directly into the cylinders or the jet’s combustion chambers.
While this idea is not new, he had some special materials he was working with that would make it practical for everyday use in cars and trucks.
I would help him from time to time if he needed some muscle putting together some of his experimental apparatus and told him when he was ready to fire it up to let me know so I could evacuate the area! He just laughed and said okay.
Unfortunately he passed away before that day came................................