People ask me, “Why are you spending your time and energy
on the internal combustion engine? Isn’t it a thing of the past?
What about all of the new alternatives?
Well, many people talk about hybrid and electric cars, and while they
might be helpful for a part of our future of transportation needs, they
simply don’t work in all applications. Currently they subtract
a measly 2 million gallons from the 380 million we use daily.
That’s not much of a reduction.
Hybrids are also costly; and while an electric motor assists the
internal combustion engine to improve fuel mileage in the city, we
are fooling ourselves if we don’t admit that the internal combustion
engine is still the heart of the hybrid’s power.
Electric cars sound great; however, the material and production costs
associated with their batteries indicate that they will always be too
expensive for the average person to buy. 20-40 thousand dollars
for a battery is not realistic for 90% of the population.
And because two thirds of that cost is materials there is very little
room for reducing the cost through large production volumes.
It has been estimated that by 2025 electric cars might hold as much as
just 2% of the market.
So let’s face it, technological and economic facts suggest that the
internal combustion engine will continue to be the prime-mover
for decades to come, whether it runs on gas, diesel, compressed
natural gas or hydrogen.
It is critical, therefore, that the internal combustion engine be
made more fuel efficient and yet remain affordable.
This is the focus of my engine configuration.
By drastically reducing engine friction, it allows for
improvements in fuel consumption of up to 20% at a very reasonable
cost. So, here is my question to you:
Can we really afford to pass up a new technology when it has
the potential to save millions of gallons of fuel each day?
I need help to get my engine design into various forms of
production. I do not have the economic resources to do it by
myself, but I do have solid science to support my design, and I own
the intellectual property.
Please share with me your thoughts about the engine itself, the
funding of a prototype, and anything else you might think useful. I
can be contacted through my website: www.brickleyengine.com.
A much more fuel efficient internal combustion engine could resurrect
American car manufacturing, contribute to world economic recovery,
and could seriously impact the production of greenhouse gasses on a
global level.