I seem to remember an article I read a couple of twenty years ago (Damn...I am showing my age again)
There was a gentleman back in 1908 (I beleive) who had invented and patented a carburator for the new fangled gasoline motor which could give the user about 80 miles per gallon. It did not matter how big or small the engine was it still gave 80 mpg.
Well...somehow the oil companies got hold of this guy and the carb(or the patent) has never been heard from again.
Who was in control of the world then...and who is right now?
John