[TheForge] burning water

[Daniel Hayes]

Well tinstaafl of course. Ain't ain't a word.

---- terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 17 May 2006, Demon Buddha wrote:
> 
> >
> <snip>
> > The other thing that set my great steaming pile alarm off was the 
> > fact that his car doesn't run on just water, but on water and gasoline.  If 
> > the water fuel is so good, as they seem to imply in the clip, why would he 
> > need the other fuel capability?
> >
> 
> unless he has also developed a new type of battery he would need to have
> an electrical power source for the electrolysis of the water.
> 
> it does beg the question of why not just use enough battery power to
> kickstart the hydrogen generation to allow the engine to have an
> adequate supply of hydrogen fuel. once the engine is running the
> generator would take over of the battery.
> 
> >
> > And then there was the statement about water 
> > being the safest, cleanest source of energy in the world.
> >
> 
> well in theory it would be. that being said, the water used would have
> to be filtered and probably deminiralized. you do not want to use water
> contaminated with an petroleum products.
> 
> >
> > Unless you can generate x units of energy from hydrogen by
> > expending Y units of energy, where x >= y, the statement
> > is not quite the truth.  Other energy inputs will be required.
> >
> 
> you want a self-sustaining reaction. for that you need nuclear
> power, either fission or fusion.
> 
> >
> > Last I checked, conservation of energy remain in effect, which 
> > is to say that there are no free lunches.
> >
> 
> would that be tanstaafl or tinstaafl? ;-)
> 
> >
> <snip>
> >
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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