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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Water as fuel
Is water as fuel becoming a reality? If this is true and will work, it might change the world.
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That could be trouble for that other country that shares some of the Great Lakes. The U.S. has a habit of just taking whatever they want. Look up about the Alaska boundary dispute (resolved 1903).
P.S. Alternate fuel sources always make me go a big rubbery one.
I've read a recent article about this. It seems that so far, there are no miracles to expect, only some fuel savings by using already known mechanisms.
What's this miracle? Unfortunately I can't play the link with my pristine machine - Youtube requires me to install a new flash player which I don't want to do at the moment. Anyway I think Pascal is right. Should there be a new miracle device to produce energy (yes I know energy can't be produced, only converted) a top company will already have the patent lying in the drawer of their desk. As long as money can easily be earned with oil I don't see a way out of today's dilemma.
There's one fundamental physical fact to remember: you can't burn water, because by definition water is burned hydrogen, and hydrogen is one of the most reactive common elements. Just like you can't burn CO2 because already it's burned carbon. Just like ashes won't ignite.
Adding water in an engine cycle (especially as HEATED steam) has the effect of regulating the combustion of fuel, and can improve the energy yield and/or decrease the pollution output. That's the "big secret". It's not useless at all. But it won't help us drive around when fossil fuels are exhausted.
Which, in fact, might be the best thing that could happen to the planet, the environment, and ultimately to us senseless humans!
5 comments:
That could be trouble for that other country that shares some of the Great Lakes. The U.S. has a habit of just taking whatever they want. Look up about the Alaska boundary dispute (resolved 1903).
P.S. Alternate fuel sources always make me go a big rubbery one.
They only make me go a small watery one!
:-D
I've read a recent article about this. It seems that so far, there are no miracles to expect, only some fuel savings by using already known mechanisms.
What's this miracle?
Unfortunately I can't play the link with my pristine machine - Youtube requires me to install a new flash player which I don't want to do at the moment.
Anyway I think Pascal is right. Should there be a new miracle device to produce energy (yes I know energy can't be produced, only converted) a top company will already have the patent lying in the drawer of their desk.
As long as money can easily be earned with oil I don't see a way out of today's dilemma.
There's one fundamental physical fact to remember: you can't burn water, because by definition water is burned hydrogen, and hydrogen is one of the most reactive common elements. Just like you can't burn CO2 because already it's burned carbon. Just like ashes won't ignite.
Adding water in an engine cycle (especially as HEATED steam) has the effect of regulating the combustion of fuel, and can improve the energy yield and/or decrease the pollution output. That's the "big secret". It's not useless at all. But it won't help us drive around when fossil fuels are exhausted.
Which, in fact, might be the best thing that could happen to the planet, the environment, and ultimately to us senseless humans!
i think water fuel is the way to the future. just look at this!
http://yovia.com/blogs/fuel/2009/11/03/aqua-fuel/
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