X-Prize encourages 100+ MPG entrepreneurs

The X-Prize foundation has a contest to find a 100+ MPG car.  I think that this is a great way to encourage innovation and also bring the nut jobs out into the day light.  Typically it’s impossible to tell the crazy from the crafty so I enjoy watching the inventors line up.  Here are two links I was sent for X-Prize entries:

• Interesting story about a car customizer who loves veggie oil diesel engines into everything (image below)
• Not so believable story about a “secret tuning” procedure that boosts horse power.

I’m skeptical about both of these stories because I don’t think that we’re going to get 200% improvements on conventional motors with some tinkering.  Then again, the HHO hype refuses to die out too.  I’d love to be wrong!

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