With gas and diesel prices at record highs and vehicle owners irate about not only those, but also prices of all sorts of goods and services that have shot upward as a result of fuel increases, it was predictable that entrepreneurs would materialize with solutions.

One such solution is offered by 1 Freedom, Inc., whose CEO, Ozzie Freedom, claims, on the company’s website, that you can convert your car or truck to burn water as well as gasoline and double your gas mileage.  At the same time, you’ll be reducing emissions and helping prevent global warming.

As to whether this system will void your warranty, Freedom answers that Water4Gas “does NOT modify your vehicle's engine or computer.  It is an experimental add-on that can be removed in less than 60 seconds.”  They also offer a 27-page report as part of a free 7-day email course (valued at $49.95) to tell you how to protect your warranty.

The website gives extensive diagrams of the water4gas system.  From the site, you can order Freedom’s two e-books, Modify your Car to Save Gas Using Water and How to Save Tons of Fuel with your Hydrogen-on-demand System, for $97.  According to Freedom, you will get “step-by step instructions to EASILY and AFFORDABLY assemble the powerful fuel-water system...for as low as $60...”

Other fuel-saving devices and systems have been promoted, whether during the current fuel crisis or previous ones.  Many of these have been proven to do nothing to improve mileage or efficiency.  As to Water4gas, on at least one other website, a “Master Auto Technician” purports to have read Freedom’s books and implies having put together a system.  His review seems supportive of Water4Gas.

Another site offers a conversion guide for what appears to be much the same kind of system.

Other articles online, not necessarily recent, talk of government and oil company suppression of energy technologies and inventions, including stories of inventions being bought out by oil companies and of inventors mysteriously disappearing.  We can’t, of course, say how reliable these websites are.

The Federal Trade Commission reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has “evaluated or tested more than 100 alleged gas-saving devices and has not found any product that significantly improves gas mileage.  In fact, some ‘gas-saving’ products may damage a car’s engine or cause substantial increases in exhaust emissions.”  The FTC adds that no government agency endorses gas-saving products for cars.

The Better Business Bureau has no complaints against Water4Gas and no information we can use as a basis for a recommendation one way or another.  We do urge you to investigate before investing your money and time, including finding out from someone other than the seller whether using what they’re selling will void your warranty.  Even though we have little information on any of these products or devices now, check with us before buying on the chance that we may have gotten information or received complaints between now and then.