And Now... Aquaman

March/April 1971

by ROD CHADWICK

"Chicken Man" (England's Harold Bate) is already marketing a kit which frees automobiles from the surly bonds of gasoline by unleashing the power inherent in humble manure. Now "Aqua Man", Spanish inventor Eduard Estevel, has unveiled (Saturday, January 23rd., 1971) on European television, an engine fueled . . . BY WATER.

No, not a steam engine, but a power unit FUELED by plain, ordinary water. It works, according to the inventor, on a principle of breaking down the water to the basic elements; hydrogen as a combustion fuel and oxygen expelled through the exhaust pipe. OXYGEN EXPELLED THROUGH THE EXHAUST PIPE!!! Here is an invention then, which not only does not pollute, but could actually dilute the fumes from other engines a little, Whoever heard of an engine IMPROVING the atmosphere!?

Furthermore, Senor Estevel claims 400 miles per gallon for the automobile mounted version, and says that as a car motor it could be mass-produced for only $25.

Now. Something has to be done before General Motors or Standard Oil or somebody buys the whole thing up ( assuming that it actually works-JS ) and kills it stone dead. The greatest of inventions all seem to follow that route according to popular rumor.

So let this be an appeal for information; and even exploitation. To anyone who knows someone in Spain, anyone going to Spain and anyone with the resources to do something about this; the message is: "LET US KNOW".