The President of the National Hydrogen Association, Jeffrey A. Serfass, is talking about hydrogen injection (run your car on water systems) as viable technology for the trucking industry. The NHA has been a long-time proponent of hydrogen fuel in all kinds of vehicles.

According to Mr. Serfass, “After-market hydrogen injection systems, which can be installed on virtually any of today’s heavy diesel trucks, draw a small amount of electricity from the truck engine’s alternator to split water held in a small container, producing hydrogen and oxygen gases. The hydrogen and oxygen gases are both injected along with the diesel fuel into the engine.”

Does this sound remotely like the same technology being used in cars? It should since this is the same technology only on a bit smaller scale for the automobile marketplace. What I would like to see now is Mr. Serfass talk about hydrogen injection technology in a broad range of vehicles and not just the trucking industry.

But, apparently, this is a political hot potato right now. There is not nearly the public outcry for diesel trucks to improve fuel mileage as there is for automobiles. Trucks have slipped relatively under the radar, which is why this run your car on water technology can be view as “truckers only” technology for the time being.

So, let’s be clear about this. HHO technology is not useful only for truckers. It is useful for drivers of all vehicles with an internal combustion engine. The critics and naysayers are few and far between when people talk about HHO technology for trucks. Start talking about cars, however, and the HHO critics start coming out of the woodwork and stumble over one another to voice their incorrect opinions.

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