>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: STI News: This mechanic has created fuel that's 50% water >Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:10:21 -0600 > >This message was forwarded to you from Straits Times Interactive >(http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg) by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Comments from sender: >Hi Keith, >Water and bunker fuel can mixed! >Got this from our localpapers yesterday. >Regards >Gerry > >This mechanic has created fuel that's 50% water > > > > MANILA - Water as fuel may well have been dismissed as a foolish >proposition several years ago. Not anymore. > > After nearly a quarter century of research, Filipino plant mechanic >Rudy Lantano has developed an industrial fuel composed of 40-50 per >cent water, 50 per cent bunker oil and 5 per cent additives. > > A cheaper and an environment-friendly alternative to bunker fuel, >the Super Bunker Formula-L is now being sold commercially to power >factories, power plants, boilers and generators. > > 'It is environmentally safe and could be the ultimate solution to >global warming,' Mr Lantano said recently. > > The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the National >Power Corporation, the two government agencies which have tested the >fuel, said the water-based bunker fuel emits less pollutants and >reduces ignition smoke emission from 1,000 parts per million to 55 >ppm. > > 'It causes less pollution, resulting in a cleaner and healthier >environment,' said the 60-year-old inventor, who was awarded the >gold medal by the World Intellectual Property Organisation in 1996 >for his invention. > > For the Philippines, which imports the bulk of its energy needs, >the use of hydro-bunker fuel could mean millions of dollars in >savings. > > Mr Lantano, whose research has been aided and endorsed by the >government, has also developed two other alternative fuel mixes: >Alco-diesel and Lan-gas. > > Alco-diesel is a blend of hydrous ethyl alcohol and diesel fuel >that can be used to power compression engines. > > Lan-gas, on the other hand, is a mixture of alcohol and petrol that >can be used to fuel spark-ignition engines. > > Use of these alternative fuel mixes does not require changes in >existing engines, and, therefore, can be used for any vehicle, >according to Mr Lantano. > > Private companies such as Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, >which have tested Alco-diesel in particular, said the fuel blend >produces more engine power and enables vehicles to accelerate faster >and obtain more mileage per litre of fuel. > > The DOST estimates Alco-diesel, if available commercially >throughout the country, will save Manila from buying up to three >million barrels of diesel oil annually. > > At present, the three types of alternative fuel are sold only in 12 >Lan-gas stations owned by Mr Lantano, and in stations managed by >independent oil retailers. > > But in coming months, Mr Lantano is setting up plants in Thailand >and in the United States. > > The American authorities have assured him that the US plant, to be >built in Maryland, will be exempted from paying any taxes. > > An oil company in the United Arab Emirates has also approached him >for a possible tie-up. > > Although multinational oil companies still dominate the oil market >in most parts of the world, Mr Lantano predicts global warming and >the worsening air pollution in urban areas would eventually jack up >demand for alternative and environment-friendly fuel. >IP Address:203.126.246.203 >
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