Filipinos in Thailand - PINOY'S GAS-SAVING INVENTION GETS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OFFERS

PINOY'S GAS-SAVING INVENTION GETS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OFFERS

Sunday, 09 January 2005

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By: Sol Jose Vanzi
PHILIPPINE HEADLINE NEWS ONLINE

A former jeepney operator?s gasoline-saving invention has attracted offers from multinational companies interested in buying the rights to the device.

Pablo Planas, the 67-year-old inventor of the Khaos super turbo charger, said he has received offers from companies based in the United States, Germany, Singapore and China after his invention passed the emission standards set by Taiwan.

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently conducted tests on the device?s durability, reliability, emissions and gas savings. Among the vehicles tested was Energy Secretary Vincent Perez?s Honda Accord service vehicle.

The tests conducted by Taiwan and the DOE proved to be a turning point for Planas, who said he has turned down a multimillion-dollar offer that included the migration of his family to the US because only the US would benefit from the "worldwide distribution" of his invention.

"If I accept the offer, Filipinos would not be able to buy my device because only First World countries would benefit and be able to afford it," he said, adding that his invention is the solution to air pollution caused by car emissions and progressive oil price increases.

Planas actually invented the device, made for gasoline engines, in 1973, at the height of the Arab oil embargo when the government enforced fuel rationing nationwide and fuel prices went up. His invention was cited by the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos in 1977 and again by President Arroyo in 2003.

Planas, then an operator of four jeepneys plying the San Juan-Manila route, started tinkering with the engine of his jeepneys to figure out how he could save fuel. He said the source of pollution and of the unburnt fuel, mixed in with the exhaust fumes emitted by an engine, is the wrong air-fuel ratio.

Planas said his Khaos super turbo charger is an air-regulating mechanical device that feeds the right air-fuel ratio ? 15 parts air to one part fuel ? into the engine to ensure complete combustion and minimize the emission of pollutants such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxide.

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