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To: bondjamesbond

You have probably heard of Mr. Pogue from Canada who, in the 1930's, developed a carburator which used exhaust gases to vaporize the fuel so the engine ran on only fumes which is the way they are designed to do. He was able to get 200 mpg's in a mid sized car. There were numerous newspaper articles about his invention and the oil stocks even went down on the news of it. Unfortunatley, he was bought out by either a car maker or oil company, I don't remember which. It's pretty well known that the big auto makers and oil companies are purposely keeping great technology out of the scene so as not to greatly drop their profits. They believe they are doing the right thing but obviously it is hurting the average American.


8 posted on 01/23/2007 9:12:30 AM PST by fabian
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To: fabian
You have probably heard of Mr. Pogue from Canada....

I hadn't heard of him, but Snopes sure has:

Claim: A miraculous car that gets 200 miles to the gallon is reclaimed by the factory and never seen again after its owner calls to congratulate the manufacturers about its fabulous performance
Status: FALSE

http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/carburetor.asp
12 posted on 01/23/2007 9:24:37 AM PST by armydoc
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To: fabian
It's pretty well known that the big auto makers and oil companies are purposely keeping great technology out of the scene so as not to greatly drop their profits.

How did Big Lube and/or Big Piston keep the Soviets from developing that technology? What is now keeeping Big Sino from developing it?

13 posted on 01/23/2007 9:28:29 AM PST by decimon
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To: fabian

It's pretty well known that fools who heard of Mr. Pogue from Canada buy into this type of engineering quackery!

FACT: There is absolutely NO incentive or valid business reason why ANY automotive manufacturer would NOT want their products to get good or great fuel mileage.

Do you think that GM, FORD, DCX or others would sit by as their businesses crash from HIGH fuel costs? These firms are loosing BILLIONS of dollars each year.

If such an invention existed they would be the first to go after it as it could well mean their survival.

If the "Big Oil" firms had bought this device to keep it off the market they would have been dragged into the courts years ago by every firm that uses fuel.

Nice try - but it never happened.


15 posted on 01/23/2007 9:50:55 AM PST by Jambe ( Save the Cows ! -- Eat a Vegan !!!)
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To: fabian

By this time any patent on this invention would have expired. If the idea is so great why hasn't the idea been used by anyone anywhere in the world?


34 posted on 01/24/2007 9:18:29 AM PST by 2ndClassCitizen
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