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Originally Posted by RadioPatrol  Yeah I saw that 2 yrs ago ......... last time I checked his web site it had been revamped, like he got an infusion of funding ...........
MMDad .... the unit used a high amp alt and 2-3 batteries in your can to break down the water ......... |
Don't get me wrong - I like the idea as a purely "gee whiz" concept. But the energy required to separate the water is the same as the energy produced by burning it. The loss from friction would be enough to defeat the concept, but when you add everything it takes to run a car the efficiency rapidly decreases. It's nothing more than another perpetual motion machine that doesn't actually have perpetual motion.
That means you are essentially taking battery power to cause the reaction, then burning the hydrogen to run the engine while taking power to create more electricity. Every step has energy loss, so why bother with the intermediate step? Why not just run straight off the electricity and skip the inefficient hydrogen part?
It's no different than using bio fuels as a feel good measure. Everyone you see using these "clean" fuels is just using energy that coal created, with all of the related pollution.