Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Tanner Lovelace" <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>]

All he's doing is separating the water (or H2O) into 2
parts Hydrogen gas and one part Oxygen gas and then
combining them.  This combining process is also known
as "burning". :-)  To separate Hydrogen and Oxygen from the
water, though, you have to use electricity.  This is called
electrolysis and is taught in every single high school chemistry
class you can think of.  The problem is that it takes much
more electricity to separate the hydrogen and oxygen
molecules than you can get by burning them.  So, in terms
of net energy, this is clearly a loss.

Now, for using it as a torch, it's probably not too bad.
Instead of using acetelyne, which I believe is toxic
(someone please correct me if I'm wrong) you end up
using electricity (which separates the H2 and O which
later get burned).  So, you get the same effect as
acetelyne but without the toxic fuel.

For running a car, though, you'll get much better efficiency
if you just hook the batteries used to separate the H2 & O
directly to an electric motor and drive the car that way.  Electric
motors will give you a lot more torque anyway, which is useful
if you want to build a sports hybrid that gets 50 mph and goes
from 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds: http://tinyurl.com/jwe9u

Cheers,
Tanner

On 7/18/06, matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org> wrote:
> hey INW Science community --
>
> Someone just forwarded this to me, and I've neither the background
> knowledge nor the current understanding to prove/disprove it's value.
>
> Apparently some guy in Clearwater, FL "invented" a way to generate
> energy by running a current through water.  Initially designed to
> create an alternative to the acetylene torch, he found a way to run a
> vehicle on water.  Like I said, I don't understand it any better than
> that.
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=CMovXzVOzc4
>
> Several comments indicate that this is neither a new concept, nor a
> valuable alternative energy source.  Does anyone on here understand
> these concepts well enough to give some insight.  If so, it would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Here is his company website, FWIW:   http://hytechapps.com/
>
> Cheers!
> dave m.
>
>
> ---
> Come and play at the InterNetWorkers Web site!  
> http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> You are currently subscribed to InterNetWorkers mailing list
> To unsubscribe visit http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/internetworkers


--
Tanner Lovelace
clubjuggler at gmail dot com
http://wtl.wayfarer.org/
(fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an
increscent, all sable.