Water Fuel

[Numbers]

http://media.putfile.com/Water-Fuel

If this technology actually pans out and can be cheaply reproduced, it looks like it could have incredible implications. A 100 mile trip on 4 ounces of water? Hopefully it'll soon be perfected and put into production before Big Oil tries to shut it down.

In either case, that guy is about to become a bilionaire.

[Soulpieced]

That would probably single-handedly destroy all foreign oil economies, US Oil companies, as well as make the cost of ownership for cars drastically decrease. I love it.

[Gan]

Wicked cool. I really hope that pans out.

And thats a Houston news channel FTW.

[Kitsun]

Ugh. If you google up this guy, Denny Kline and Alternative Fuel Source you'll find that this really isn't that new and I had my hopes shot down. Evidently this guy's business partner has been trying to push similar ideas for years and hasn't really had any luck. It seems the process for splitting water into the HHO gas takes more energy than it returns when burning it.

... then again it could be all the oil company PR assassins trying to keep the big boys on top.

[Wezas]

My guess is it'll go the way of the "never wear" tires. A great innovation that won't see the light of day because it'll put too many people out of business.

If it did go through you'd still have quite a few people loving their cars and unwilling to upgrade. Maybe 6oz for a hover car?

[Shari]

OMG, could you imagine?


Aside from a car, I wouldn't mind one of his water-fueled welding outfits either. No more catching the sleeve of my shirt on fire. :(

[The Ponzzz]

As much as it looks awesome, it's just like hybrid cars. Sure the MPG are great, but you suffer when you need repairs done. I don't wanna know what the cost would be if yer water tank needs a replacement!

[Numbers]

That's why it'd be so important for it to be cheaply reproduced. Considering this guy modified his car in his own garage, it's possible. But what Kitsun said could be true, and the energy needed to convert the water to HHO could outweigh what it gives. But I think with a lot more research and some real scientists behind it, it's got a lot of potential.

In any case, I think it absolutely needs to be further developed, as it would essentially change the world once it became more prevalent.

[Bobmuhthol]

I really hope you guys realize that any sort of chemical reaction is always going to release heat and that heat is lost as wasted energy. The same exact thing happens to gasoline and every other type of fuel ever. If unit-for-unit transaction in energy conversion was possible, we'd be able to power televisions for millenia with the energy of a single raisin.

[Sean of the Thread]

I really hope you guys realize that any sort of chemical reaction is always going to release heat and that heat is lost as wasted energy. The same exact thing happens to gasoline and every other type of fuel ever. If unit-for-unit transaction in energy conversion was possible, we'd be able to power televisions for millenia with the energy of a single raisin.


Good thing our resident kid could sort that out for us.

[Gan]

Good thing our resident kid could sort that out for us.

Bob said what I was thinking. He just put it into words a lot better.

[Numbers]

I think we're all aware of that.

The importance behind this technology, however, is being able to use a renewable source of energy as simple as plain water, instead of non-renewable fossil fuels.