Tuesday, December 26, 2006

This will save the Earth

An American hero has revolutionized water to be used as a alternative fuel source.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

He said he splits the water using electrolysis.
So that begs the question, does the power expended to make that happen, equal or exceed the power the engine produces?
In other words, does the electrolysis require more power than is created by burning the gas back into water?
Until that question has been answered, this story has to be taken with a grain of salt.

This is the same question asked of all "free energy" engine claims, dozens of which get issued patents every year, none of which pass the basic perpetual motion test (after powering itself, there's no extra power left over to power anything else).

Why is the car a hybrid? Could it be due to the fact it requires an additional power source to generate electricity in order to perform the electrolysis? If so, does that require a smaller amount of conventional fuel than if the engine was just used to power the car directly? Also, does it require more horsepower than is generated by the "water" engine?