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Originally posted by: ricarleite
There was an interesting case of a local man, who was in the army during the early or mid 80s (cant remember) and actually came up with an idea for using water as a fuel to move cars, more specifically the army jeep cars. He was working at the project, which according to some people involved at the project at that time, was technologically possible. Suddenly, he and his projects dissapeared, people involved never mentions it, and the media never speaks about him. I've read about this case a long time ago and I thought it was not true (the article mentioned the man was in a mental institution), but a college teacher of mine later confirmed it.

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