'Gashole'

[snopes]

"Gashole" revives the urban legend that the technology already exists to power our cars with water vapor — and it provides evidence that the legend is true.

We learn that a young fellow named Tom Ogle built a steam-enhanced car in the '70s, publicly demonstrated that it could travel more than 100 miles on one gallon of gasoline — and soon was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on the side of a road near Las Vegas.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/ent...E?OpenDocument

[Singing in the Drizzle]

I believe it is possible to make a car that get 100 mpg with today's technology. We just have to make a lot of scarifies to cars performance and luxuries as well as weight.

I do have problems believing that some device, simple technology change or readily available fuel it just sitting there waiting to be used. I have a lot more trouble believing that there is some sorta conspiracy do such a good job of covering it up all these years.

The thing is it is not stated that it was a secret it was widespread why wouldn't someone continue this line of research.
This article http://elpasotimes.typepad.com/morgu...les-inves.html says there were 50 investor who just watched thier investment go up in thin air?

[DrRocket]

Ever since the Arab embargos of the early '70s, we've all heard various stories of a myraid of devices that supposedly enable an existing car to go many more miles on a gallon of gas. 100mpg carb-you-rettors, cow magnets, vortex generators, ad-nauseam. All, supposedly bought out and suppressed by the auto companies.

OK, let's look at this from the auto manufacturer's point of view. In the current economic climate, if General Motors introduced a lineup of vehicles that was as big, and comfortable, and full of accessories/options/safety features (Air bags, internal bracing for impacts, anti-skid/stability systems.) as their current lineup, yet was able to obtain three to four times the gas mileage as their current offerings, do you think people would buy those cars? You betcha they would! Do you think the corporate brass at GM knows this? You betcha they do!

These gizmos are always portrayed as being absurdly simple and obvious. Yet they never quite seem to measure up.

Whenever I read these fantasies I can never figure out why people equate the car makers with the oil companies.
Or am I missing something if a car company could make a car that got a bajillion miles to a drop of gasoline of course they would build it after all they don't care how much gasoline is bought.
Now if we were talking about auto parts that never broke it would be a whole different story.