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Paul K 10-05-2006 19:23

Water fuel??
 
Water fuelled car?
Hoax or the real next big invention????
Wonder how quickly this will be snuffed out by the oil rich nations if it is true?

homealone 10-05-2006 19:57

Re: Water fuel??
 
Interesting, first thought was that it is basically a fuel cell, but one that has solved the problem of storing the hydrogen & oxygen.

I didn't watch the test drive clips of the prototype cars, but noted they were done in 2003.

Unfortunately the cynic in me says that if it had been a success, we would have heard more about it, by now??

- or should I be more suspicious of the oil industry??

Good link, Paul :tu:

AndrewJ 10-05-2006 22:56

Re: Water fuel??
 
I doubt the goverment will like this, it would catch on they know this, this techonlogy with funding would work, like the internal combustion engine it would start off rubbish and move to a revolution.

Therefore I reckon the only reason this won't become the next big thing is simply due to tax, the goverment makes a killing out of taxing the fuel prices, and loosing this nice source of revenue...I seriously doubt it.

bopdude 11-05-2006 06:01

Re: Water fuel??
 
These 'cheap clean' engines have been speculated about for decades, and the what ifs and what nots, I personally think the technology is available, or somewhere near, but government / oil companies and the various unseen powers that be are / have been keeping it under wraps :2cents:

Druchii 11-05-2006 16:07

Re: Water fuel??
 
This looks good, but, i suspect it wouldn't catch on very quickly at first, and besides wouldn't too much water in the atmosphere cause problems as well?

AndrewJ 11-05-2006 16:39

Re: Water fuel??
 
More rainfall I guess. but I don't see any major drastic changes.

wayne 24-05-2006 20:32

Re: Water fuel??
 
This inventor was murdered after refusing 1 billion dollars from Arabs to lose or sit on his patents.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...entor+murdered



And this Filipino dude was doing this stuff 30 years back.

http://www.mysticfamilycircus.com/Pa...s/h2oh29MB.mov

homealone 24-05-2006 21:10

Re: Water fuel??
 
5th Gear had a good review of the Honda fuel cell car, this week.

powered by hydrogen derived using hydro-electricity, the car can do 100mph & 0-60 is in about 14 seconds.

as it returns only water as a waste product, it is probably the 'greenest' car on the planet.

the trouble is, that not everyone has access to the hydro-electric power, that the Honda test facility enjoys. Elsewhere, it would mainly cost carbon to make hydrogen, which is not really a viable solution....

Stuart 24-05-2006 22:01

Re: Water fuel??
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxo
I doubt the goverment will like this, it would catch on they know this, this techonlogy with funding would work, like the internal combustion engine it would start off rubbish and move to a revolution.

Therefore I reckon the only reason this won't become the next big thing is simply due to tax, the goverment makes a killing out of taxing the fuel prices, and loosing this nice source of revenue...I seriously doubt it.


Doubtful. They would require it to be altered so that it requires a specially adapted water that we can't or won't drink for some reason, then they'll tax that water.

No, it won't take off because several large and very rich countries (the middle east and USA spring to mind).would lose an awful lot of money if it damaged their oil industries.

Stuartbe 25-05-2006 19:58

Re: Water fuel??
 
I can see it going the same way as the everlasting light bulb !

Can you imagine how much it would cost the fuel companys and the government !!!!!

Cant see it hapening though the technology has been arround for a while now.

Halcyon 25-05-2006 20:30

Re: Water fuel??
 
If this ever did get some backing to be released properly, I'm sure someone would be paid a big amount to stop production, as that would mean all petrol companies woulod be going bust.

Druchii 25-05-2006 21:37

Re: Water fuel??
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon
If this ever did get some backing to be released properly, I'm sure someone would be paid a big amount to stop production, as that would mean all petrol companies woulod be going bust.

But not immediately, if it costs a bit to get it up and running why don't they re-invent as water companies?

AndrewJ 26-05-2006 02:32

Re: Water fuel??
 
Let's face it I bet the goverment if it could tax the hell out of us and bring in a new green fuel they would.

And not for the bull**** they feed us about caring for the enviroment, all any of them fat cats give a toss about is what is lining their wallets.

If they could tax us for a special form of green fuel AND loose the their dependance on the middle east for OIL, they would do it quicker then Windows ME crashes on bootup.

Graham M 26-05-2006 07:15

Re: Water fuel??
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxo
they would do it quicker then Windows ME crashes on bootup.

Holy S**t! That's fast! LOL :D

ZrByte 26-05-2006 07:49

Re: Water fuel??
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by homealone
5th Gear had a good review of the Honda fuel cell car, this week.

powered by hydrogen derived using hydro-electricity, the car can do 100mph & 0-60 is in about 14 seconds.

as it returns only water as a waste product, it is probably the 'greenest' car on the planet.

the trouble is, that not everyone has access to the hydro-electric power, that the Honda test facility enjoys. Elsewhere, it would mainly cost carbon to make hydrogen, which is not really a viable solution....

I remember top gear reviewing that car about 2 or 3 years ago, that car is pretty impressive on its own, never mind the fuel technology.


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