Early Life
Billings was one of two sons and four daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Evan A. Billings. As a student at Provo High School he played the French horn, was a varsity cheerleader, and a yearbook photographer, among other activities. His scientific aspirations led him to enter school and regional Science Fairs all three years of high school. He tied for first place for his project on treating seeds with high frequency sound waves the first year, he took second place for his voice-controlled amplifier for laser communications the second year, and he achieved first place as a senior in high school for his hydrogen-burning engine.
After high school, Billings established his own company (Energy Research Corp, later Billings Energy Corp) in his hometown of Provo, Utah, in 1972, which he later moved to Independence, Missouri (1979), to take advantage of the steady supply of byproduct hydrogen near Kansas City, as well as to be in closer proximity to the hydrogen city he was planning to build in the state of Iowa.
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