How'd the Illuminati Miss This Guy?
Sep. 7th, 2006 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalMan invents water-powered car. No, really.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FBH4_FWBVA
This is setting off my bullshit-o-meter, because I find it hard to believe you can crack water molecules into an energetic gas without there being a greater energy cost somewhere along the way. OTOH if it actually works as advertized... Well, you can kiss the oil companies, coal companies, nuclear power industry, and who know who else buh-bye...
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FBH4_FWBVA
This is setting off my bullshit-o-meter, because I find it hard to believe you can crack water molecules into an energetic gas without there being a greater energy cost somewhere along the way. OTOH if it actually works as advertized... Well, you can kiss the oil companies, coal companies, nuclear power industry, and who know who else buh-bye...
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Date: 2006-09-07 03:29 pm (UTC)If true...
Wow.
But yeah, I guess that's the big question. He says he uses electrolysis to break the water down, which means an investment of electricity. Obviously for his welder, that's electricity coming off the grid, but in a car? Either it would have to be so little electricity that you could make it go using an alternator and a battery, or else it's still low enough to work with the typical gas-electric hybrid setup.
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Date: 2006-09-07 03:39 pm (UTC)