His invention caused such shock waves through the stock market, that the US and Canadian governments both stepped in and applied pressure to stifle him. He suffered an enormous amount of loss as a result of trying to make the world a better place. Read his first interview after 14 years of seclusion, where he even then grudgingly agrees to talk to a reporter about some of what he went through.

     Shrouded in mystery and controversy, It appears Mr. Pogue's vaporizer brought him in contact with a lot of people who didn't want what he was offering to get out. He received many accolades, and was accused by others as being a fraud. Many people believe that lead was added to gasoline to prevent anyone else from building such a device, since lead leaves heavy deposits and clogs these types of units, rendering them ineffective due to the inability to transfer heat to the fuel.

Regardless, there has never been anyone in the automotive world who left such a legacy of intrigue and mystique as this man. To the best of my knowledge, there were never any other interviews with him after this one.