Since gas prices are so high, there has been a lot of buzz about «miracle devices„ that “convert water into gasoline». While that in itself is misleading and sounds a little bit ridiculous, there actually is a bit of truth behind all the talk.

I'm not sure what the source of confusion actually is, but the devices known as hydrogen gas savers, or HHO generators don't actually convert water into gasoline. Instead, they actually supplement gasoline usage by converting water in a combustible hydrogen/oxygen gas mixture known as HHO gas. HHO gas is also known as Rhode's Gas or Brown's gas, and has been used in high–heat metallurgy ovens and torches for over a century. The HHO gas is generated by running a current of electricity through water, a process called electrolysis. As the current travels through the water, the hydrogen and oxygen separate and group at the positive and negative ends of the current, and then bubble to the top.

While converting water into gasoline sounds a little ridiculous, converting water into a hydrogen fuel is a much better way to say it. As mentioned before, HHO gas is only meant to supplement your gasoline usage. Research shows that using HHO gas along with gasoline in an internal combustion engine can greatly improve fuel economy and also results in cleaner emissions. The main goal behind a hydrogen gas saver is to use LESS gasoline and that's exactly what it allows you to do. In some cases, fuel economy is improved up to 40%.

Perhaps the best news about these great devices is that you can actually build them yourself using inexpensive parts from your local hardware store. All you'll need is a water reservoir, some wiring to run the current through the water, some tubing to direct the HHO gas to the engine (via the air intake), and some various other mounting pieces. It should only take a couple hours to assemble and install the system, even my grandmother could do it.

Never Built Anything Like This Before?

Hey that's alright! Most people running these had never built one before either. If you're still a little fuzzy on how this works or how to build it, I highly suggest following one of the many guides that show you step–by–step, start–to–finish exactly how to build and install your own hydrogen gas saver. For your convenience, I've reviewed the Top 3 Guides available so you can decide which best fits your individual needs and budget.

Water fuel system is old technology, now rediscovered, with a real potential to help you live through the coming oil crisis. Its simple clean–burn technology may increase your mileage up to 40%, greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and you get greater horsepower through water power.

HHO Water fuel system is a hydrogen/oxygen gas that is derived from water and can be used as fuel in engines. As a matter of fact, HHO fuel from water has been used in torches, lamps, and metallurgy ovens since the early 1900's. HHO (Water fuel system), also known as Brown's Gas or Rhode's gas, has been shown to increase fuel economy by up to 40% when used in conjunction with gasoline in standard internal combustion engines.

One of the examples for those types of products which is lately flooding the market is books and web sites that suggest water can be used to improve the mileage performance of your car or truck. It sounds fantastic and a perfect solution for the gas price crisis but is it really true? It almost sounds too good to be true, isn't it?

Future cars may well incorporate Water fuel system in their design oops, they have now! Take the Honda hydrogen car FCX Clarity and the Swiss company Ethos GmbH Schweiz's 100% water car project for example.

The technology behind using Water fuel system is pretty basic and is defined as combining water molecules broken down by gasoline and electricity. Broken down water molecules, create two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen, or HHO gas. HHO gas is very clean burning and safe. When HHO gas is combined with your cars existing air/fuel mixture, a combustion occurs which is known as Water fuel system.

Can you really run your car on water? Your car will still use gas as it's primary source of combustion. You will be supplementing that fuel with hydrogen. What you are going to be doing with Water fuel system technology is creating an extremely cost–effective hydrogen powered hybrid (Water Hybrid) by taking advantage of the atomic constituents of water molecules, hydrogen and oxygen (H2O).

Brown's gas has the power of hydrogen, just about the same with the power of hydrogen bombs. It is in this nature of hydrogen that the energy is drawn from.

It has the strength of hydrogen and yet it is very stable as the chemical component of water, which is hydrogen dioxide. Believe it or not, hydrogen fuel can run a truck. It is also called HHO and if one does not want to use it as a main source of energy, it may serve as a blend with gasoline. Since hydrogen does not burn that easily, this translates into gasoline burning lesser than what is required. As such, mileage is increased.

Over a glass of wine with friends, an architect friend of mine and I started talking about hinges. And yes, I know you are thinking what an exciting conversation that must have been. But when you think about it, hinges are everywhere and affect all aspects of our lives. In fact, you probably have at least five hinged items on your person or in your purse/attaché/backpack/briefcase. You might have less, but I think you'll be surprised as you read on.

When the first hinges were invented, they were only used for city or kingdom gates and doors to sacred or holy places. Hinged doors and gates protected only the most valuable of items and lives; everyone else still had to roll a rock in front of the door, or its equivalent.

These simple ones were called pivot hinges and consisted of a post that fits into a ring or a socket. If you put a post on the top and bottom of each door and a socket in the floor and top of the doorframe, you have a simple door that swings open both ways. Other mountings of them stop the door at a certain point. An example of an ancient pivot hinged door with a stop is a drawbridge. Two massive pivot hinges were mounted on the bottom outside corners of the castle; chains raised the bridge into a door position which was then barred from the inside to hold it in place.

Ancient pivot hinges wore out and were subsequently reinforced with metal. Eventually they were made only of metal. As advances in metallurgy made metal stronger, they could carry heavier loads. They were also advancing by being downsized and used in homes; on doors, trunks, and boxes.

Today, hinges are literally everywhere. Modern garage door panels are put together with them.

Makeup compacts open with them. Your cell phone flips open with a spring–loaded hinge. Clip earrings rely on hinges. So do eyeglasses. The laptop I am writing this on opens with two of them. Some purses have hinge clasps; others have straps attached with hinges. Toolboxes, briefcases, humidors. Kitchen tongs, can openers, coffee pots. Copiers have about a bazillion hinges; every time you open a door or flip a part up to free a paper jam, you are using a hinge or two.

Now back to my friend and our hinge conversation. Our group started chipping in with all the places that they saw hinges in the restaurant. Now our server had gotten into it. Where were all the hinges? We found them on decorations, on the bar, on the icemaker. And all the different door hinges; we found four different types in that restaurant alone.

Then one of my friends brought out his money clip to pay his tab. It had a hinge! This sent us all into furious digging. How many things did we have right then that were hinged? Here's what ended up piled on the table from six friends, our server and the bartender:

five cell phones,

two lighters,

four briefcases,

five laptops,

one purse,

one set of clamshell speakers,

a multitude of makeup compacts,

two belts,

three watches,

seven CD cases,

three pocketknives,

two corkscrews,

three hair clips,

two necklaces,

a bracelet,

a ballcap,

a clipboard,

a hairbrush,

two calculators,

a travel alarm clock,

four business card holders,

three key fobs,

seven eyeglass cases,

six pair of eyeglasses,

two cameras,

two staplers,

one staple–puller,

five tins of Altoids,

a retainer case,

and a can opener!

So how close was I when I said most of you would have at least five? Close enough, I bet, to make you look at hinges in a completely different light. Imagine where we would be today without the simple, overlooked, underappreciated hinge. "Once, an empires' survival hinged on them. Today we couldn't function without them," I thought as I left the restaurant. Then I closed my car door – which hangs on hinges.