H2O as fuel?

[Vincent9515 10+ year member]

i hope you are kidding //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif
the earths surface is like what? 70% water?

if this shit actually works the way that video claims it to, fuel will become so inexpensive its not even funnay. we are talking like $1 to fill up your tank 0_o

lol...you're going to have to put energy into the system if you want it to do work.

To split the water, it takes electricity. To generate the electricity, it takes energy which is probably stored in batteries which are recharged from fossil fuel powered generating plants.

Although, it's way more efficient than what we're using now (petroleum powered vehicles).

 

[Vincent9515 10+ year member]

Not to mention that it's nothing new....

http://befreetech.com/media/stan_meyers_bb.wmv

Funny how similar the news report is....about the govt being interested, etc.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

The government isn't going to hop on this...hah..no way in hell. Theyve worked **** hard to get all the oil they can, and you think theyre just gonna up and "oh,lets use this readily available, cheap, easy to afford substance and not make any money anymore".

Yeah, its an awesome idea, but unless it gets maintsteam real quick, the government will either supress it, or do nothing with it

 

[wgaede 10+ year member]

Not to mention that it's nothing new....
http://befreetech.com/media/stan_meyers_bb.wmv

Funny how similar the news report is....about the govt being interested, etc.

dam that's oldschool. I wonder what happened to that guy...

The government/oil companys probably killed him, now someone else is trying to bring light to the idea again. I wonder how long he'll last

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Electrolysis has been around forever BTW. It requires more electricity to do the aluminum electrolysis to make it usable than the energy that gas burns. It is just hydrogen power. Kind of like hybrid vehicles are so expensive that you'll never recover the difference in cost versus fuel mileage.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

if we can get away from fossile fuel we can put those

*** hole arabs out of buisness and that martha is a good thing

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

the duo is already in negotiation with a american auto automaker

Yeah they are probly trying to make pay him off so he doesnt get it out there. The oil companies too. hahaha

 

[954runner 10+ year member]

pretty sweet. on the news awhile ago in dallas, they showed a chemical engineer who changed his engine in his suburban to run on food waste and gas. he would go to local restaurants and get their fat/grease/etc and filter it or something at his house. the car has 2 seperate gas tanks, one for each, and he had a switch where he could switch from one to the other. it was tight. he said his exhaust would smell like fried food though lol.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

pretty sweet. on the news awhile ago in dallas, they showed a chemical engineer who changed his engine in his suburban to run on food waste and gas. he would go to local restaurants and get their fat/grease/etc and filter it or something at his house. the car has 2 seperate gas tanks, one for each, and he had a switch where he could switch from one to the other. it was tight. he said his exhaust would smell like fried food though lol.

thats really old news, my dad had the plan for that very engine you speak of.

 

[terry6405 10+ year member]

hear me now, if those cars do hit the market, you wont be able to buy them, you will have to lease them so the people can still make their money, and if they are for sale, they will go for the price of a farrari

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Vegetable oil diesel cars are not new as Goddy said btw.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

Vegetable oil diesel cars are not new as Goddy said btw.

Nope, their not new at all and are not "mainstream" either. The kits to run your car on vegetable oil are only $1200-$2000 per kit. Why the government doesn't attempt to make this mainstream is because too many politicians are licking the balls of the oil companies, and stock holders of those companies would never let this happen.
http://www.greasecar.com/

 

[wgaede 10+ year member]

Nope, their not new at all and are not "mainstream" either. The kits to run your car on vegetable oil are only $1200-$2000 per kit. Why the government doesn't attempt to make this mainstream is because too many politicians are licking the balls of the oil companies, and stock holders of those companies would never let this happen.
http://www.greasecar.com/

Oddly enough I saw Mythbusters last night talking about the greasecar. They didn't need any type of kit. They had a diesel Benz that they filled up with regular vegetable oil from some random burger joint and it ran. It was about 3 miles to the gallon less effective but I guess that's worth it when it's free. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

btw 3,000th post.

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

this vs. the six-stroke engine

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

Oddly enough I saw Mythbusters last night talking about the greasecar. They didn't need any type of kit. They had a diesel Benz that they filled up with regular vegetable oil from some random burger joint and it ran. It was about 3 miles to the gallon less effective but I guess that's worth it when it's free. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif
btw 3,000th post.

Sorry, but the grease/oil must be treated in one way or another. I saw an episode on trucks!, I cant remember what the chemicals were that caused the need for treatment, but it does require it. At least for Cummins' diesels.