The non-profit HHO Games & Exposition Summer Games are set to kick off on Friday, July 17 until July 19, from 9AM - 5PM EDT daily at the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg's 12,000-sq. ft. Campus Activities Center, 140 7th Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701, organizer Joe Shea said.  The three-day event features gas-saving hydrogen generators for cars and trucks that can also be used on generators and in diesel-powered vehicles of all sizes.
 
Regular admission is $5 and is free for the disabled.  Senior admission is $2.  Covered garage parking is available nearby for $4 per day.  Street parking is $0.50 per half hour.  The campus is patrolled by campus police 24 hours a day.
 
"This is our third event in less than a year, and that demonstrates the surging interest in alternative fuels than can help Americans get off the fossil-fuel treadmill that's so costly at the pump and bad for the environment," he said. Hydrogen as a fuel produces no emissions, and when burned in many vehicles can save drivers 30% - 40% on gasoline or diesel fuel, Shea said.
 
The non-profit event is sponsored by the online daily newspaper, The American Reporter (www.american-reporter.com), which was founded by 30 journalists in 1995.
 
Exxon-Mobil is working on advanced hydrogen technologies that reformulate gasoline and can save up to 80% on gasoline, and Shell has now introduced a new hydrogen-enriched gasoline mixture for sale at its stations.  But most of the inventors and vendors who will display their kits at the St. Petersburg show hope to replace gasoline altogether one day.  In the short run they add the hydrogen-oxygen mixture, created by electrolysis of water, as a supplement to regular gasoline.
 
According to University of Georgia physicist Yi-Ping Zhao, an expert on hydrogen storage who has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers in leading physics journals, the idea of generating hydrogen via electrolysis to improve combustion, clean out carbon deposits and improve mileage is theoretically sound.
 
"On a recent trip to Athens, GA, I improved my gas mileage to a degree that I got the equivalent of a free tank of gas by the time I returned home," Shea said. "I was really delighted with my kit (from Orlando, FL-based Green Gas LLC) because like everyone else, I've been hurt financially by the recession and need to save every penny I can, wherever I can."
 
The HHO Games & Exposition has attracted more than 3,000 visitors from Guatemala, Argentina, England.

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July 6, 2009                  941-753-1136