The one thing that Stanley Meyer, an inventor who passed away in 1998, is most recognised for is this.

He asserted that he had created a water-powered vehicle known as a “dune buggy.”

He was believed to have created an engine that could only run on water, which, if successful, would have been a great accomplishment.

Several hypotheses exist regarding how he claimed to have done this.

According to reports, he had developed a fuel cell that separated water atoms into their component elements.

This one involves the use of hydrogen and oxygen; in a strict sense, it involves the use of hydrogen as fuel.

Meyer reportedly claimed that his engine could burn the hydrogen to produce energy after separating the two elements.

His engine plans were for the only emissions to be oxygen and a small amount of water residue.

It’s clear that not everyone would be happy with a clever, eco-friendly invention like Meyer’s purported water-fueled engine because it would revolutionise the oil sector and change the game.

Meyer’s reportedly terrifying final remarks garnered headlines when he passed away in 1998.

According to his brother, he had reportedly been out to lunch when he grasped his throat, collapsed to the ground, and said, “They poisoned me.”

However, ‘no poison known to American science’ was found in the toxicology report that was made public after an inquest into his death.

The coroner concluded that Meyer’s death was due to “natural causes,” although it was later discovered that he died from an aneurysm.

People have theories about the situation, of course.

There are some fascinating comments and explanations on a Reddit topic called r/pics.

According to one person, the stories about the “car that runs on water” and the “100 MPG carburettor” had been around for a while and were particularly popular in the 1980s and 1990s. All my life, I recall hearing about them.

“Both are technically true, you can run a car on ‘water’ and you can get 100 MPG out of a carb, but what’s left out is that we don’t do those things for a reason; there are huge drawbacks. With water, you’re basically just using hydrogen, which takes way more energy to produce than you can get by burning it, and you can get 100 mpg out of a carb but it won’t output enough horsepower to be actually useful (think of a car unable to maintain speed or even climb a gentle hill).”

“These conspiracies persist because there’s enough of an element of truth to be extremely enticing to people who don’t fully understand the problem.”