The website you suggested is an interesting one Here's the url:
http://www.mpgresearch.com/index.php I read a lot of the posts and a goodly number of them stated something like, "yeah, the government and oil companies have known about the supercarburetors for years...etc."
Most of the rest of them were devoted to catalytic cracking of gasoline or crankcase vapors prior to combustion or water injection to supplement the air/fuel mixture either in the carburetor or intake manifold.
My most recent personal experience with this comes from a "gentleman" (I use the term loosely) in my neighborhood named Paul Pantone. He ran a "company" called Geet. Here's the address of that website. I got a kick out of Mr. Pantone's curren status:
http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/Geet/ He (Mr. Pantone) originally stated that his inspiration for his miraculous discovery came directly from Jesus Christ as a means of saving the world from economic and ecological disater. He also had links to his wife's web site which advertized her supernatural skills as a spiritual healer.
Mr. Pantone was a very active member of the local predominant faith and found most of his "collaborators" (read: suckers) in the nearby flock of faithful. (We're one of the few families in our neighborhood who are not members of this institution.) I watched a neighbor (a really nice guy with a great family) sink thousands of dollars into the "Geeterizer" (another variant of the supercarburetor) and nearly lose his home, business and all other worldly posessions while trying (without any success, I might add) to make this product function on his 460 V8 Ford pickup.
For those who are still reading (congratulations on your perseverance), Mr. Pantone is currently a guest of the Salt Lake County Jail, having been convicted of fraud and other similar crimes.
Just as a parting thought, I'll state that I don't doubt the possibility of some new technology that would allow vehicles to get far greater mileage than current methods. But given the current price of gasoline and diesel fuel around the world, one would certainly think that if a company (particularly US auto makers who are struggling to maintain any decent market share) had bought up supercarburetor technology back in the 30s, 40s or 50s, well, the ability to sell vehicles that got 100+ mpg would make that company profits far exceeding their wildest dreams. This doesn't seem to have happened.
Btw, here's a link to a
web page that discusses the "Pogue carburetor" which dates back to the 1930s.
I don't know enough about catalytic cracking to make a good argument for or against it, but looking at the plans for a device of this nature, it seems to be nothing more than a device to remove the lighter (and allegedly more energy-filled) components of crankcase vapors and re-introduce them via the PCV vacuum port in the intake system.
P.T. Barnum seems to have said it the best: "there's a sucker born every minute."
