Keeling Curve

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This initiative started forming in 1978 when as VP of a startup company doing Computer Controlled Energy Management Systems, I read an article in a trade journal by two engineers from the Pasadena JPL on the positive benefits of injecting a little Hydrogen into the air intake of any engine. Twenty-five years later (2003) I had an opportunity to test their hypothesis and it worked. Using Hydrogen that was produced from water on board a vehicle and with just a little of the electricity produced by the vehicle's own electrical system, The Hydrogen injection improved the fuel economy of various 12 Liter diesel engines in large trucks by 20% and by 30% in my Mercedes 300D. Calculations indicated that fuel savings of as much as 45% were possible. Other engineers with the appropriate test equipment said that their tests showed up to 80% reductions in the toxic emissions of the diesel exhaust. My objective then was to develop an onboard Hydrogen generator that would help offset the effects of increasing petroleum prices like those that started four years later (2008) when oil hit $147 per barrel.
This was a significant moment, it was when I realized that it was possible to improve an existing engine's fuel efficiency and reduce its exhaust emissions to be better than the day that the engine was originally manufactured. Hydrogen injection was the first of the technologies that I subsequently found to improve the burn efficiency of fuels and that reduce toxic exhaust emissions.

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Our mission is to reduce the global consumption of petroleum that is currently used to produce transportation fuels by making the fuels themselves burn more completely and uniformly. Improved fuel efficiency is made possible by utilizing the Fuel Additive mentioned previously in BIO and producing it from free captured CO2.
In 2006, I began testing the Fuel Additive and studying its viability. The Additive was tested in a California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved laboratory, and was found to improve the burn efficiency of Diesel fuel by 5% and reduce the NOx emissions by 25% and PM emissions by 50%. My testing of the additive in Spain showed fuel savings of 10%. Engine manufacturer, design, age and wear affect the amount of improvement in efficiency that is possible.
Two companies are currently capturing and processing CO2 into Synthetic Drop-In fuels, but are noncompetitive with less expensive petroleum based fuels. However, if the Synthetic Fuel is refocused to produce the Fuel Additive it is a viable product because of its increased value per Liter.

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