There's a lot of talk these days about building more energy
               efficient cars.  Vehicles that run on natural gas,
               electricity, and hydrogen will all be vying for market
               share.  But one you haven't heard about, a car that could
               run on a combination of sugar and hydrogen peroxide, has the
               potential to do much more than any of the others.

     Imagine a day when you could live smog free because everybody drove
zero emission vehicles.  Imagine pulling into your local gas station, and
deciding not to purchase fuel because the price is too high, opting instead
to make it yourself!  Think of the lives that could be saved in the event
of an automobile or airplane crash if the fuel was non-combustible.  And
how about a fuel that could be produced right here in our own country,
helping our own economy.  Add all this together, and you've just discovered
one potentially great energy source!

     Nick Delcher may have done just that.  Mr. Delcher has designed a
energy converter that runs on a fuel mixture of sugar and hydrogen
peroxide.  Its operation is simple.  The fuel is injected into the
converter; the converter is coated with  manganese dioxide.  The manganese
dioxide causes the fuel mixture to decompose, releasing oxygen, water and
heat.  Use of a glo-plug creates combustion between the oxygen and sugar,
increasing the temperature inside the converter.  The end result produces
superheated steam, which in turn powers a turbine engine.  To date, Mr.
Delcher has only built prototypes that power an electricity generating
turbine, to demonstrate the technology.  He is now looking for funding to
adapt this technology for the automobile.

     The potential impact of this invention is enormous.  Not only could
this become a viable alternative to the polluting fuels of today, but it
also has significant benefits for our nation's economic health.  Remember
Mr. Delcher's fuel is made of sugar and hydrogen peroxide.  Instead of
buying foreign oil, fuel  for this technology could be produced right here
at home in our own country; the sugar grown by our nation's sugar cane
growers; and clean solar energy could be harnessed to produce the hydrogen
peroxide.  And because this fuel could be mixed by the consumer, this new
added level of competition would help insure fair pricing.  

     But you may have to wait a long time before you ever get to use this
product.  Because this pollution-free technology isn't strictly electrical,
hydrogen based, or uses natural gas, it doesn't qualify for any government
funding.  And both American and Japanese automobile companies have no
interest in the technology.  But all this hasn't diminished the spirit of
Mr. Delcher.  With more than 20 years invested in this project, he's
determined to prove his invention is a feasible alternative to the piston
engine, and needn't cost more than the automobiles of today.