BY DAN PLAZAK
WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE STORY. The inventor of a cheap gasoline-from-water process mysteriously disappears, after having been (pick one) bought off, intimidated, or murdered, by agents of giant oil corporations. The inventor, when he has a name, is usually identified as John Andrews of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The story of John Andrews is the triumph of myth over fact. Everyone knows the myth. Few know, or care about, the facts. But it’s a wonderful story, mostly a modern fairy tale, but it has an element of truth.
The Legend