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I would treat *anything* reported by Fox with skepticism.

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It's not "The FOX News Channel"

This is one of the local fox affiliate stations that usually shows married with children reruns.

I'm surprised more is not being made of this story...there must be a catch because it all seems too good to be true.

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You can tell they don't teachg chemestry in American High Schools.

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This is ridiculous -- it violates laws of physics that have been well-understood for more than a century. You can turn water into hydrogen and oxgyen, which takes energy. Then you burn the hydrogen, which gives you back the exact same amount of energy. Except that two-thirds of that energy is wasted when you drive the car -- it goes into heating the environment, according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This is impossible -- it's a scam.

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About 10 years ago there was an article about mixing fuel with water to increase fuel economy, power etc. in the SF Chronicle. It was deveolped by Caterpillar Corp. out of Reno NV and the State of California was to get two tanker car loads to try out. I have never heard any more about this technology whic used a chemical additive developed to break down the molecular surface tension that prevents water and oil from mixing. It would renew older engines with a few inexpensive carburetor modifications and prolong the life of both old and new engines. You guys ought to look into doing a story on that... anything that helps the little guy and curtails the oil companies's profits is fine!!!

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Never get your technology and science information from mass market media, be it Fox, CNN, the networks or other. They simply haven't the intellect, pateience, attention span or commitment to accuracy that these kinds of issues require.

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When will water be costing $50. a liter, SOON I HOPE !!!

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The car & company is in Clearwater, Florida. The gas process was originally built as a welding/cutting tool to eliminate the aceytelene normally used with oxygen and which, if a leak develops, can be very explosive. Was a very cool video demo for sure.

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The reports recieved from readers that Cars run on wateris a scam are not true. Look into it and find out that in Iceland They run their cars on water for many years. The theory that the water is converted into Hydrogen, oxygen and co2 which is exhausted out. There are to many people with their heads burried in the sand and likely have sold out the people to big oil who will buy out them for bigger profits of which now they have made Billions since they have raised the Gas prices.They are feathering their nest and are not about to give it up even though it is destroying Our whole country and sent this nation into poverty and devistation.Bush won't do anything about it as He has his hands into big oil.He says We should do something to find other energy sources but talk is cheap.Taking posative action speaks louder than words.The Auto makers will soon go out of buisness if they have sold out to big oil.Do you want to wait untill the oil runs out and then think about it. I surely hope not. Get off The dead horse and do something about it. Respectfully submitted.Wayne C. Blesi

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re: I would treat *anything* reported by Fox with skepticism.

Hehe, amen brother. :)

Hydrogen technology, I'm afraid, will always be roadblocked by the oil industry [as are other fuel-frugal ventures such as 300mpg 1-cylinder cars that are real & viable]since they will literally dry up w/o our total dependance on their fuel. Prob won't see much of this in our lifetime...it will have to reach crisis level before these automotive saviors, if you will, can be green-lighted.

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Water powered car? The energy required to electrolize the water to make hydrogen would be better used to drive an electric motor to power the car. Even then, better batteries are needed to make a practical electric car. So called, water powered cars all sputter to a stop before they get to the end of the block. Even when special metals and chemicals are used to make the hydrogen, such as aluminum in hydrochoric acid, the result is an under powered chemical hazzard on wheels. There is nothing green about that.

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The real problem with makeing hydrogen from water is that it takes lots of energy to do it. Also, hydrogen can not be easily liquified and so storage is a problem. You can't put very much hydrogen in a car and you can't make the hydrogen in the car from water because you would need a huge power source along for the ride. Try Methane instead, it can be made liquid just like propane and many cars and trucks already use methane, or propane fuel. Don't belive me? Just ask your local sewage treatment company. They know how to make it and burn it in thier vehicals.

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The process of splitting hydrogen from water is more than 75 years old. Heard the story first on WGN radio on a show called, John Nesbitt's "So the Story Goes," back in the mid-40s. Obivously the oil produces really cringe when they hear about such a process. The hydrogen cell on a space shuttle got the astronaughts back home.

I'm thinking ten dollar a barrel oil will soon be back. If the USA doesn't start up hydrogen power, or "magnetic" power, some other country will, SOON.
Japan has a train that floats on flux of magnetic power--not much publicity about these power sources; however, it IS COMING.

The Green Hornet

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BMW has had this going for quite a time now.......It may hit the roads when the politics stop. Ok-I guess never!

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You can get hydrogen from water, and then hydrogen can be put into solid absorbant material and used as fuel, practically, in cars. Then problem is that splitting the hydrogen from the water uses more energy than is practically able to be realized as fuel. This can work in Iceland where they have a lot of geothermal energy available, or where there is a lot of wind or hydroelectric power to split off the hydrogen, but not directly in a car, I don't think. The wheels spinnig could generate some power I guess, but not enough to keep the hydrogen coming from water carried in the car.

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THE CAR OF THE FUTURE WILL BE TOTALY

ELECTRIC.

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Water goes in, water comes out -- so where does the energy come from? These are perpetual motion machines -- which have a long, sorry history. The problem is not Big Oil, but the Laws of Nature. Anyone who invests in this is just throwing their money away.

There are no cars in Iceland that run on water. Who manufactures them? Is there a credible source of information about this? I thought not.

If this were true, it could be easily demonstrated just by driving the car back and forth across the country several times under controlled conditions, adding only water when necessary. But I won't be holding my breath waiting for such a simple demonstration.

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The water fueled vehicle is real. A company in Largo Fl. has design and the government is very interested for their use. I doubt we will ever see this technology though as the oil companies will buy it out and shelve it as they have done with all other fuel efficient technology for the sake of their enormous profit. such as the 90 mpg carburator developed over 15 years ago.

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Steam engine? DUH!!!! With our technology we shouldn't have to use coal to heat the water!

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Forget modern technology you geeks. Steam ie. water......Modern efficient to make steam without coal! DUHHHH

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