Baguio now pilot testing water-powered vehicles

BAGUIO CITY  – Water-powered vehicles are now being pilot tested by the city government  to  enhance its campaign for lesser toxic emissions, increased savings on fuel expenses, improved engine efficiency and cleaner air to breath, a city official said here  last week.

            Romeo D. Concio, city general services officer, said vehicles of the city government, Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) and Baguio fire department were already installed with the so-called “water reactor” which is capable of converting the two elements of water, hydrogen and oxygen, into combustible materials.

            “The water reactor is a local invention of one of our constituents who has kept his identity unknown for security reasons. Our initial observation is that the performance of our vehicles that were installed with the devise has not been affected but has resulted to more efficiency of our engines and lesser toxic smoke emissions,” Concio stressed.

            He said the inventor of the water reactor, Mario Daquioa (not his real name), agreed to install the device to various city-owned vehicles for free to serve as a model on the use of water-powered vehicles for them to be convinced on the benefits of using the same to lessen the pollution in the city’s air.

            Concio disclosed the “water reactor,” which is a small device with a water container and connecting tubes, is installed near the engine connecting the fuel line and the engine in order to be useful in powering the vehicles to better efficiency.

            “It was observed that when the vehicle installed with a water reactor starts the engine, the distilled or rain water turns whitish with bubbles thereby an indication of the reaction,” Concio said.

            He claimed city-owned vehicles installed with the device will be tested for at least one week before they will make 

their initial observations and recommendations whether or not to allow all government vehicles to be installed with the same for increased fuel savings up to 50 percent of the regular fuel use.

            Concio added the city government spends approximately P60 million for fuel expenses annually, thus, the installation of such device to the vehicles would entail significant savings which could be used for other services of the local government for the benefit of the greater majority of the people.

            According to him, the inventor of the device assured the city government that he will frequently service the water reactors installed in the city vehicles to check on their performance considering that the water reactor installed in the inventor’s vehicle is still serviceable for over three years now and has been performing well in providing him with adequate fuel savings and lesser toxic emissions.

            Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan lauded the local invention, saying that the city government will be the one to benefit from the use of the device on its vehicles once the observation period will turn out to be advantageous to the city.

            “We need to support this type of invention because it will contribute to our efforts to preserve and protect the environment,” Domogan stressed.

            The local chief executive claimed there is nothing wrong in pilot testing the new invention in the city-owned vehicles because the inventor himself has attested to increased fuel savings, lesser toxic emissions and improved performance of gas or diesel engines.

            For his part, Daquioa criticized concerned government agencies for their failure to extend assistance to him in order to patent his invention, saying that he initially tried registering his product to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) but he was seemingly given a ran around as if they are not interested to support a local invention.

            He said a vehicle owner needs at least P30,000 in order to have the “water reactor” installed but he is installing the device to city-owned vehicles for free because he wants to show the reliability and true performance of the device purposely for the benefit of the people and the environment.

            “My invention is my contribution to the efforts of the city government to clean our city’s air from excessive toxic emissions coming from motor vehicles,” Daquioa said.

He called on those interested to have their vehicles installed with the “water reactor” not to directly get in touch with him but consult the city government on the reliability of the device on their vehicles for them to prove the ability of the device to contribute in lessening toxic emissions, increasing fuel savings, improving efficiency of engines and helping clean the city’s air.