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Ohio is no stranger to hydrogen. The hydrogen-powered Buckeye Bullet 2 racecar was built by students and faculty at Ohio State University. In 2007, Wal-Mart had successfully tested hydrogen fuel cell pallet trucks in on of their Ohio stores. And NASA has decided to build a hydrogen fueling station based upon renewable energy at the • Read More »

Oregon inventor Abe Fouhy has converted a 1999 Ford Contour to run on hydrogen and has also built lawnmowers and BBQ grills that run on H2 as well. In addition, the 28-year-old inventor also hopes to one day run his 1905 farmhouse on hydrogen. Working as an intern at a fuel cell technology company, Fouhy • Read More »

Dr. Roger E. Billings started his long and illustrious career in hydrogen, by converting a gasoline-powered lawnmower engine to run on H2. Now, half a century later, 17-year-old San Diego high school student Josh Wesolowski has built a hybrid lawnmower engine that runs on unleaded gasoline, propane, methanol and hydrogen. The lawnmower engine starts with • Read More »

I received an email from Mark M. from Tallahassee, Florida on Monday who pointed me towards a video of a hydrogen engine that he’s been working on in his garage and perfecting. I asked for some more details about his project and here’s what he had to say: Mark: “I have been building engines since • Read More »

Wired is reporting that an entrepreneur from Tallahassee, Florida Mark Miller has created a small internal combustion engine that runs on hydrogen and electricity. The hydrogen is created on-demand from calcium hydride and water (or spit), which fuels the small motor. The motor is rated at 6.4 horsepower in hydrogen mode and 3.1 horsepower in • Read More »

Thomas in Kansas sent me a few emails a couple of days ago. He is an entrepreneur who wants to build a wind-to-hydrogen facility from the ground up. I think the proposal is interesting so I’ve included it here. Thomas: “I want to be the first to build a commercial sized hydrogen 2 fuel production • Read More »

The Hydro Power Car forum is the true garage inventor’s dream message board, where those interested in building a better mousetrap congregate to share ideas about how to create supplemental hydrogen to power cars, lawnmowers and any other device that can be run on fossil fuels. On this forum participants share ideas about successes and • Read More »

A garage inventor in Laramie, Wyoming has come up with a small hydrogen electrolysis unit that fits underneath the hood of a car, which will supplement a gasoline engine with hydrogen gas. According to the Associated Press, inventor Dennis Jarrett says his hydrogen unit can reduce emissions by as much as four times normal and • Read More »

This seems to be “Video Week” here on the blog as this will be the third video I’ve posted a link to this week. I’ve been getting quite a few requests recently from people at the grassroots level who want to build their own hydrogen cars or at least hydrogen engines. So, I came across • Read More »

The Grayson County News-Gazette out of Leitchfield, KY is reporting that a local man, Russell Cook, has developed a device to deliver hydrogen as an additive to the gasoline system of a car or truck that will increase gasoline mileage. Mr. Cook is calling his device the Aqua Quantum Fuel Saver. The Aqua Quantum Fuel • Read More »