Combustion engines cause air pollution by producing exhaust gases. The emissions from millions of vehicles combine with sunshine and moisture to produce hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen (or NO_x) that are harmful to everyone, particularly children and people with respiratory problems.

Although state and federal governments continue to pass tough anti-pollution laws, car makers design new vehicles with improved emission, and oil companies are changing their formulations to burn more clearly, dangerous emissions from vehicles still remain a health hazard. In addition, NO_x contributes to the formation of acid rain and causes nutrient overload which endangers the purity of our water supply.

Although NO_x contributes to global warming, it is the additional carbon dioxide in the air from millions of vehicles and power plants utilizing combustion engines that is the culprit in this very serious issue. The extra CO2 traps the sun’s heat, causing the earth’s temperatures to rise, leading to violent weather patterns and the melting of the polar icecaps.

The only way to reduce CO² emissions is to burn less fuel by using more efficient engines.

Dependence on foreign oil has more than doubled for the United States since the Middle East oil embargo 30 years ago. Although alternative sources of oil are being developed, the US will have no choice but to turn to OPEC nations to satisfy energy needs for the foreseeable future.

The Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine can provide immediate and cost-effective solutions to toxic emissions, global warming and dependency on foreign oil.

Consider the following:

• A 10% efficiency improvement in vehicle performance would save over $10 billion and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 140 million tons per year.

• A 20% efficiency improvement could reduce foreign oil used today by 1/3.

• Environmentalists claim that increasing the average vehicle mileage to 40 mpg would save more oil than we get from Persian Gulf imports, the Artic Wildlife Refuge and California offshore drilling combined.

Consumers would save billions of dollars in fuel costs.Reduction in emissions would be in the hundreds of millions of tons per year, and dependency on foreign oil would be drastically reduced.