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br> Vero Beach, Florida /p> p> It was inevitable that the biggest oil producers are unstable, underdeveloped countries. The United States developed the oil and auto industries. The black goop wasn't worth anything before that. That's why we consume more and started running out first. The poorly governed, backward countries that still have oil mostly didn't find it or develop it. br> -- D.M. Duggan /p>

Concerning your article:

* 200 years ago an engine running on the components of water was demonstrated.

* 111 years ago a U.S. Patent, 603,058, was awarded for a device that separate the elements of water for use as fuel.

* 77 years ago the President of General Motors predicted 80-mpg by 1939.

* 70 years ago Ford Motor Co. tested a 170-mpg Pogue carburetor.

* 33 years ago Shell Oil Co demonstrated a 376-mpg automobile.

* 29 years ago a 100-mpg Ford V-8 was demonstrated.

* 23 years ago Peugeot advertised a 72-mpg @ 56-mph Diesel.

* 4 years ago an English newspaper article announced a 104-mpg Toyota Diesel and 94-mpg VW/Audi Diesels.

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