After 30 years…
Dingel resurfaced again in the media after some time.
What he has been claiming and saying 30 years ago… is still the same!…
There’s nothing new to what he was saying. The sad part is, he is still not answering the questions directly, he is still blaming the government for not supporting him!… question is – how could he be expecting support from a Government who is questionable about supporting our economy and people.
For 30 years, there is still as we speak only one hydrogen powered car in his stable. The other 5 are semi-hydrogen as how he described them.
He also demonstrated lighting the bulb in his water container… of course it will light!… Water is a conductor of electricity… and his water electrolyzer or reactor is attached to the power source… the Tricycle Battery.
I believe he has something… but why is he still selfish about his ideas?… His way of teasing the public with what he got is a manifestation of some selfish unsincere display of character.
If he is sincere in helping the society, we would be seeing his product over the counter, easily accessible to the public.
He won’t even allow Julious Babao to say his cellfone number on air.
He even mentioned that he is fearing for his life… is he really?
If there is smoke there is definitely fire.
The smoke that is currently going around says: Dingel sold his idea to Germany or Japan… and he also signed a contract of non-disclosure with America…. Well, nothing is further than the truth! This is the smoke, where and what is the Fire?
I have also observed his somewhat sick… his severe coughing is telling the public so.
He says he is willing to share or teach everyone his secrets… but he will teach it for free for those who are poor and will be asking donations from those who are rich.
This is a gray area. How does he know who the rich are?…
He even mentioned he has his own foundation… I know who registered this Daniel Dingel Foundation and he isn’t really involved in setting it up.
For so many years, Dingel has been known for his Water Powered Car… I am a believer. But where and what happened?… Why is it still the only 100% water ran car in Philippines?
I know one of his financers in the past… he lost money by investing in Dingel, all the while, this investor thought he will be able to have his cars run on water too… well, he was made to invest in other inventions which did not really appealled the market… He didn’t mind losing money in that, what disapointed him is that his cars never ran on water. Why is Dingel too – over secretive about this?
If Dingel could only develop a higher EQ (emotional quotient)… he could have helped this country more. More than just show off and entice the public.
Plenty of Pinoys need his products… HE culd have just relaxed and enjoyed his life and family better if he allowed his ideas to be marketed the right way. But doing so could mean he is going to disclose his invention totally… which I believe he is not yet ready to do.
Do people still believe in this Daniel Dingel and his Water Powered Hoax?
I really do not believe in this guy Daniel Dingel. He is so full of bull manure. He just swindled a Taiwanese firm out of a lot of money and I think THAT (money) is the purpose of this dog and pony show he displays through the media. It is all smoke and mirrors, sleight of hand. He is not a scientist, just a clever magician just like Jun Labo (he works along similar lines).
He claims to be sincere in “not wanting money” and “just wanting to help” but IF he is really sincere in wanting to help mankind, then why withhold his “secret formula?” I don’t buy the reason that “Oil Companies are Suppressing me”… that’s nonsense! If the Oil Industry objects, then he has the Automotive Industry to turn to!
I also don’t buy what he says that he “does not want foreigners to benefit from a Filipino invention” which is BS too! If you find a cure for cancer and have the capacity to cure thousands of people, would you not take the opportunity to share it to the world whether Filipinos would benefit from it or not? The world now has wars and thousands are dying for oil. If you really are doing things “from the kindness of your heart” then you would do something to put a stop to it – no matter who benefits. But why isn’t this so-called “kindness of his heart” prompting him to “save mankind” from the clutches of the oil sheiks? Because there isn’t any “invention” but just a SHOW to elicit $upport for his water powered nonsense.
Read the article below from the Inquirer:
Inventor, 82, gets 20 years for ‘estafa’
By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:11:00 12/20/2008
Filed Under: Crime, Automotive Equipment
MANILA, Philippines—Daniel Dingel, 82-year-old inventor of a “water-powered car,” has been convicted of “estafa” [swindling] and sentenced to a maximum of 20 years imprisonment by the Parañaque City Regional Trial Court.
The court also ordered him to pay $380,000 in actual damages.
Dingel, who has never revealed the secret to his invention, which he began in 1969, questioned the verdict but said he did not mind going to jail at his age. As of late Friday, he remained at large.
“‘Hindi ko naman kailangan ng pera’ [I don’t need the money],” he said. “I had bigger offers but I never took them. I never asked the government for a single centavo … I just want to help.”
Dingel was found guilty of taking $410,000 from Dr. John Ding Young of Formosa Plastics Group, a Taiwanese company, which gave it to him as research and development funds.
The decision, written by Judge Rolando How of the court’s Branch 257 and released on Dec. 9, said Dingel defrauded Young when the inventor failed to fulfill his obligation of developing his “hydrogen reactor” and creating experimental cars in 2000.
Veteran lawyer Frank Chavez, who was approached by Dingel on Friday, said he would immediately appeal the court decision before it became final on Christmas Eve.
“I am taking up his case and will see to it that his conviction is reversed,” Chavez said. “Mankind will benefit from his invention … How will we know his secret if we put him behind bars?”
Chavez, a former solicitor general, said he was impressed when he rode Dingel’s “water-powered” Toyota Corolla sedan.
Preliminary understanding
In his testimony to the court, Young said his group eagerly approached Dingel in November 2000 after hearing that he had discovered a way to extract hydrogen from ordinary water to power his 1996 Toyota Corolla.
The unique device — a “hydrogen reactor” resembling a 12-volt battery — impressed the Taiwanese when Dingel demonstrated how it powered and fueled the car’s engine. They were also told that fuel from water had clean emissions as it did not produce carbon the way gasoline did.
Convinced that the invention was genuine, Young and his group drew up a broad outline and signed a “preliminary understanding” with Dingel for several projects.
On Nov. 30, 2000, the inventor flew to the Formosa Plastics Group headquarters in Taipei and received $30,000 in goodwill money and $20,000 for research and development after signing a joint venture agreement.
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Young said Dingel asked for $300,000 to buy three cars to be used as prototypes for the invention when he returned to the Philippines.
He said that after receiving the money by wire transfer, Dingel avoided replying to his emails on the progress of the project and instead sent copies of letters from other foreign investors offering Dingel larger sums of money.
Young said that in September 2001 Dingel declined to sign the amended agreement when he was asked to go to Taipei to discuss mutual concerns on the project.
Young said he kept his end of the bargain by sending another $60,000 in additional funds for R&D as stated in the joint venture agreement.
He said it was then that Dingel began ignoring his communications. He said he sent demand letters for the return of $410,000 were but Dingel did not give the amount back.
Defense
In his defense, Dingel said he backed out of talks with the Taiwanese after he was pressured to divulge details of his project, which he said he refused to do to protect his invention.
Dingel said that after touring the plant in Taipei he was invited to become the company’s consultant and was asked to tour Formosa Plastics Group plants in Texas. He said he declined for fear for his life.
“‘Tumanggi ako kasi alam ko may pinatay na imbentor ng water-fueled car’ [I declined because I know another inventor of a water-fueled car had been murdered],” he said, referring to Stan Meyer, who allegedly received threats from oil companies and was allegedly poisoned in 1998 because of his pioneering invention.
Dingel admitted signing the joint agreement but said he did not know what he was signing at the time. He said an envelope containing $30,000 was given to him in appreciation of his consultancy work and $300,000 was remitted to him only as an incentive for submitting his drawings and designs.
The court found Dingel guilty of misappropriating the funds he received from Formosa Plastics Group.
Judge How said Dingel admitting that he received the funds and documentary evidence from Yung, such as the joint venture agreement, showed that the funds were given for “specific purposes.”
“Mr. Dingel did not use the money for the purpose it was intended,” the court decision said. “…He excused himself from producing or developing the prototypes allegedly after entertaining the notion that his invention would be stolen. Since he thought of it, he should have returned the money to Dr. Young and told the latter to forget his invention.”
The decision said that instead of returning the money, Dingel withdrew $375,603.89 from his bank account and left only $500.
“He admitted withdrawing the money after learning that a suit had been filed against him,” it said. “His act of immediately withdrawing the money indicated bad faith on his part.”
Judge How said Dingel failed to support with evidence his claim that he had earned the money and therefore had no obligation to return it.
He said Dingel’s reasoning that he did not read the joint venture agreement before signing it was “too flimsy to be given an ounce of consideration.”
“He did not purchase the three cars, [he] did not work on his research and [he] did not develop the invention … Mr. Dingel’s misappropriation of the money has no doubt resulted to damage and prejudice of Dr. Young and the FPG in the sum of $380,000,” the decision said.
In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Dingel said he was still willing to sell his biggest secret — on condition that the buyer would hire 200 Filipinos and their families.
He said the royalties to be paid to him would go to a foundation he would set up for the poor.
The Department of Science and Technology has dismissed Dingel’s invention as a hoax. Edited by INQUIRER.net
Do you believe everything you read and hear from the News Media?… If you do, then you don’t really have your own mind.
I don’t believe anything I hear or see or read just like that… unless I have my basis. Normally, I would have to do it myself or experience it in order to believe it.
I am not impressed with Dingel as a person, but there are some nuggets of knowledge he is spilling everywhere – unfortunately, he is not an engineer from the academe who can best relate or translate the knowledge in a manner the scientific community can understand, more over – he is still unwilling to share his secret.
The knowledge Dingel possess is half the knowledge possessed by Tesla and Walter Russel – you can do you homework and search on these guys. Try Google or Altavista.
Nothing is really what it seems… People simply repeat what they hear and read… I am just surprised how many people repeat the same terminology or vocabulary to an extent that it becomes an accepted lingo of the smart masses. Smart but dogmatic masses…. (not really smart after-all) To become dogmatic is actually to follow blindly. If you analyze the word Dogma – dog = subservient to their master; Ma = shorter word for Master… OK – I made that up – but it still gives you a clue on how stenchy that word is.
For anyone who thinks their cars are much better than mine… I am always open for a challenge. A Race, without oil in the engine. A street race in the middle of a hot day, and a mileage race on just 1 Liter of Gasoline. but there has to be speed. Accelertation Tests from 0 to 130 with only half the throttle pedal position… a block will be placed between the gas pedal to that no one can floor it to the metal. I am not making claims here… I am merely stating facts with what I share.
The Whole World thinks they are well off doing Preventive Maintenance changing their Petrol Based Oils every 6 months. The greatest deception of the world. If you want to know the truth – read my blog “What we don’t know will hurt us soon…” I think this is in my friendster account. I spill information and share it everywhere whenever I can, as the saying goes – not in one basket only.
The key to finding the truth if you are really seeking for it – is to ask the right questions.
Type in the right key words, try google or altavista – many truth bringers have written their piece in cyberspace…. and if you can tell a disinformation from a genuine article… then you’re safe.
If you want a real conversation – email me directly, I normally don’t read newspapers nor watch television – so rest assure you wont hear me quoting other peoples brain in my lines.
The information, experiences I am sharing in my blogs are for people who don’t have the money – but have the time and are willing to explore the possibilities of this suppressed technology for their advantage.
This is one way of empowering Pinoys…. because whether we like it or not, we have been branded and labelled as the best slaves of the modern world.
I am merely pitching in my own little way of helping uplift our public’s consiousness while saving this planet.
Thank you very much for taking the time.