This week, the largest gathering ever of HHO advocates, buyers, inventors and skeptics has taken place in Palmetto, Florida. Spearheaded by Joe Shea, the HHO Games and Expo was supposed to bring together all types for the discussion and showcase of this emerging technology.

Now, there is some confusion in the community as to what a hydrogen generator is and isn’t since they can be used in the automotive, medical and even welding fields. For our purposes, we’re talking about hydrogen and HHO generators for cars, trucks and other vehicles.

At the HHO Games, many big names in the industry including dozens of inventors will be there showing their wares. Names like Larry Jarboe, James Robey and perhaps even Bob Boyce (they’re trying all they can to get him there) will talk about all sorts of HHO industry subject to convince the skeptics and reassure the advocates of the viability of this technology.

This is the last day for the HHO Games, so if you’re in the area, it would be worth the visit as both seminars and inventors will be there all day.

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Dan Green (yes, his real name) of Kilauea, Hawaii has invented an HHO generator for his 1985 Volkswagen Westfalia that he says improves gas mileage by 30-percent. What is unique about Green’s van is not the hydrogen gas saver unit itself, but the fact that the device is powered by solar energy.

Green has a solar panel mounted on top of his Volkswagen that collects the sun’s energy. The energy is transformed into electricity and fed to a second battery at the back of the vehicle. This battery in turn supplies power to the hydrogen gas saver that injects HHO gas into the engine of the vehicle.

Like other HHO generators, Dan Green’s device boosts the power, efficiency and fuel savings of his vehicle. Green also mentions the trucking and shipping industries as the two candidates that could benefit the most from this technology now.

With as much fuel as large ship burn while out to sea, one would think they would be all onboard with hydrogen gas saver technology. However, this is one area that is seriously lacking right now in the industry.

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I’ll have to admit that this is a tricky subject. Separating fact from fiction regarding the mythical water car, hydrogen cars and regular cars partly powered by HHO gas can make many people’s heads swim.

But, the problem with mixing up technologies is that the readers’ heads continue to swim afterwards. I’ll have to give the Muse paper its dues because it mostly got the article right. But, there are also a few errors that need to be corrected.

For instance, the official Daniel Dingel website says that the inventor’s water car is actually a hydrogen on-demand device for a standard automobile. This is a newer interpretation of older claims of a 100-percent water-powered car.

The Muse Online also calls a popular HHO eBook at “kit” which of course it is not, only a set of plans to build a kit. In the article the term “H2O powered car” is also used loosely so that the reader doesn’t mean if this refers to a 100-percent water car or a car partially powered by electrolyzed water. There is a huge difference here.

Like I said, this is a difficult subject to wrap one’s head around. But, in order to separate fact from fiction, the media does need to get the similarities and differences straight.

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World Energy Solutions has just acquired H-Hybrid Technologies from the UTEK Corporation. H-Hybrid technologies is known for their patented line of hydrogen gas savers (HHO generators). The hydrogen gas savers electrolyze water on-demand to create oxyhydrogen fuel, which lowers emissions and increases fuel mileage.

According to CEO Ben Croxton of World Energy Solutions, “We believe the addition of this licensed technology will advance our goal of introducing our own system for fuel enhancement and emissions reduction for the OEM marketplace. We feel that combining these technologies with our existing technology will strengthen our intellectual property focused on improving fuel efficiency and lowering emissions in automobiles.”

So, in other words, this is a natural pairing since World Energy Solutions has been working on their own line of hydrogen gas savers for a while. Back in February 2008, World Energy Solutions announced that with their latest prototype they were able to reduce carbon monoxide emissions by 99-percent while increasing fuel mileage by an average of 24-percent.

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Usually the companies that engage in the generation of hydrogen target either automobiles or home use, but not both. This is not the case with Generation H (or GH).

In fact, a company called Modern Technology Corporation likes the fact that Generation H is targeting both markets, so much so, that they’ve just purchased a 5-percent stake in GH. The first market for GH is retrofitting both cars and truck with hydrogen gas savers that reduce fuel consumption between 10 and 80-percent.

In addition, Generation H uses this same water electrolysis technology for commercial and residential power creation. With hydrogen gas savers becoming so popular with home builders and small time mechanics it was only a matter of time until corporations would become interested in this market as well.

In earlier posts, I had talked about Ronn H2GO, Ecomobil HFactor and Hydrogen Hybrid Technologies as the larger commercial players getting into or already into the marketplace. Add Generation H to this list as now the big boys have come to play in the hydrogen gas saver arena.

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In early June I had talked about the Ronn Motors Scorpion exotic car coming standard with a hydrogen-on-demand (HOD) system that would be the first of its kind anywhere. Now, Ronn Motors of Austin, TX has decided to do itself one better and promotes its H2Go HOD system for use in the long haul trucking industry.

The Scorpion actually uses a Hydrorunner G3 hydrogen on demand system, in which a small amount of water is electrolyzed and the resulting hydrogen is then injected into the supercar’s intake system. Presumably the Hydrorunner will now be relabeled and sold under the Ronn Motors brand.

Ronn Motors will be competing with other large names in the HOD trucking industry including the Canadian Hydrogen Energy Company (CHEC), Hy-Drive Technologies and HyPower Fuel.

CEO of Ronn Motors, Ronn Maxwell is predicting that the H2Go system will save long haul trucker in the range of 25-percent fuel savings. If this number is accurate this could heat up the competition considerably since CHEC is only guaranteeing a minimum of 10-percent savings for long haul trucks.

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The Show Us Yours hydrogen booster rally took place Saturday, August 16 from 3 to 5 pm at Blue Jay parking lot in Norwood, Colorado. Local inventors and the public were invited to this event to check out how the latest hydrogen gas savers can save drivers money at the pump and the environment at the same time.

Inventor Pat Barber was also there showing off his series cell hydrogen booster mounted on his Toyota pickup truck. Barber is not a mechanic by trade, rather a musician, but he designed his hydrogen booster after reading an eBook such as the ones well sell through this website and blog.

One of the advantages of Barber’s design is the series cell design which lowers voltage across the cells, while increasing the output of HHO gas. Besides using his booster design for his own vehicle, Barber also uses the hydrogen generator for cooking and welding as well.

It’s grassroots events such as this springing up all over the U. S. that will get the message of hydrogen gas savers out to the public. Since the large automakers won’t be doing this anytime soon it is up to people at the grassroots level to make this happen in a big way.

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The Union Democrat ran an article about hydrogen gas saver inventor Frank Robinson, 63, who is selling two dozen or more devices per week. Robinson is a garage tinkerer whose business has spread mostly by word of mouth.

Robinson attributes his success to Stan Meyer, a very controversial figure in this field, who invented a so-called water-powered dune buggy. Even though Meyer has been discredited by the courts in Ohio, he still has many avid fans who have replicated parts of his technology with positive results.

One of the testimonials to Robinson’s hydrogen gas saver is the local hair dresser who says her vehicle when from 14 mpg to 27 mpg with the hho generator installed. According to the article, local firefighters are also using the hydrogen gas saver on their personal vehicles.

As you can see from this blog and others, inventors of hydrogen gas savers are now coming out of the woodwork. It’s about time, too as this country now needs a solution to saving fuel and reducing greenhouse gases.

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According to the Business Line, an American company EcoMobil will be introducing its Hfactor hydrogen gas saver in India. EcoMobil CEO Mr K.B. Prasad says the Hfactor hydrogen generator will reduce fuel costs by up to 30-percent, which is one of the more believable claims from new companies in this industry.

The Hfactor will cost around $450 USD and will carry a vehicle over 2,000 miles before it needs to be “recharged.” The hydrogen generator kits, besides being sold in India initially will also be manufactured there as well.

The EcoMobil Hfactor is also seeking car manufacturers in India for the device. According to Mr. Prasad this will help with consumer confidence that this emerging technology is viable.

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I came across a good article recently that is two years old but still applies today. In the article, three spokespeople for hydrogen gas saver companies talk about how their products are positively affecting the long-haul trucking industry.

Especially interesting are some of the comments about why hydrogen fuel injection technology is not being adopted by the automotive industry.

According to John O’Bireck of Fly-Drive LTD, “It will be a while before the automakers bite on it. It will have to become successful in the aftermarketfirst. Every new innovation – the automatic braking system, seat belts, everything has had to sell on the aftermarket, then the trucking industry accepted it and it became widespread. Today the market is not demanding our solution. The automakers want us to lead the fight in selling it, then when enough people want it, the automakers will say ‘We want to be a part of it.’”

Many critics will say that if hydrogen gas savers are such a great idea then why aren’t the automakers interested. Well, that is the answer why. Also, the critics will say that if hydrogen on demand technology is valid, why isn’t it in every Pep Boys and Autozone nationwide?

The answer is that it will be. There is so much confusion out there as to what hydrogen gas savers are and are not, many people throw up their hands and call the whole emerging industry a scam. But, just last year, the U. S. Department of Transportation acknowledged hydrogen fuel injection as a viable technology. It’s only a matter of time until others acknowledge this as well.

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