well the point I was trying to make was it hit people pocketbooks hard in 2009 so in my driving lifetime thats when it "hit the roof" for me and many others so to speak. Which lead to people considering off the wall things like HHO generators and throttle body vortex things and stuff like that...regardless of what truth there is or isnt in the technology My opinion was it is a waste of the OP's time and money except for hobby/educational purposes... afterall stranger breakthroughs have come about from accidental or unrecognized discoveries made my those who tried something that "wasnt supposed to work" because they didnt know and the result were actually results that werent expected by the scientific community at the time... but at the same Time I wouldnt bet on anything.

 

Something that is pretty much a certainty though is: When the price of gas starts getting painful, regardless of inflation, or other circumstances, things like this come out of the woodwork again......

Wander thru EBay a bit, have a look at all the 'performance' and 'fuel economy' doodads for sale there, that make exorbitant claims of horsepower, and fuel economy gains, with a simple two wire hookup..... Uh Huh. If it were really that easy, don'tcha think the manufacturers would have adopted them a LONG time ago? I mean, seriously, with the EPA, and government mandated fuel economy numbers, the gas guzzler tax, etc..... if any of these things actually WORKED, they would have become standard equipment long ago.

A scam, by any other name, is still a scam. They prey on peoples gullibility. Folks WANT to believe that for 29.99, and a bit of soldering, they can pick up 50 horsepower, and 10 MPG. Or a bit of plumbing, or a bit of whathaveyou. Dishonesty at its best. Its called: "Marketing".

 

In some states there was odd/even rationing in 1979 -- long lines, "No Gas" signs at stations, the whole shebang. I managed a small chain of gas stations then, got to spend my days hiding in the office of a station with no gas in the ground hoping a tanker would appear. I was the guy who set the pumps to 0.999 when we hit that magic mark for the first time.

It's funny now to consider that once upon a time 0.999/gallon was the highest price a pump could charge, and during the transition the gears in the pumps were jiggered so the price you saw on the pump was half of what you were charged.

 

no... this is what I said
...not statement just a question and a admission I might be off a bit on the time frame. you just saw that and interpreted it as you seen fit to make your point like the rest of my statement..