A friend just sent me a copy of this Fox News video: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/128967/water_as_fuel/
As he was telling me about it, I immediately thought "perpetual motion scam", but watching the video and then checking out their web site http://hytechapps.com/index.html, it seems their claims aren't quite that outlandish, though I'm still pretty suspicious. Sadly the news report is fairly lightweight and fails to ask any probing questions or technical details.
From poking around their web site, I've gather that what they claim
- to have created an is a technique/device that can quickly and cheaply electrolyze water into an apparently "new" form of water they call "Aquygen" gas or HHO (but still just chemically H20 composition). - The HHO gas is stable but combustible, and with many unique properties, some of which are "clear evidence that the gas has a structure other than a molecular structure, namely, that its chemical composition includes bonds beyond those of valence type." Whatever that means. - This electrolyzation process is faster and much more electrically efficient that the traditional method to break water into 2H and O gases. - The per-pound energy of the HHO gas is 10-12 times that of gasoline. - In testing, an estimated 4HP of (gas/water hybrid) engine power could produce enough HHO gas as a fuel supplement to provide a net 17HP gain. On the suspicious side: - In the news report, the guy claims he had the car running on just water (100 miles on 4 oz!) but now converted it to be hybrid gasoline/water. Why? Wouldn't a pure water powered car be 1000% more impressive? - These guy's whole rinky-dink "garage-workshop" feel and the slim technical information they do give out makes it seem like they're "winging it", at best. - Wouldn't a "chemical bonds beyond those of valence type" be a pretty big scientific thing? Why no researchers besides that guy from Italy? On the "legit" side: - The news reports statements out them building a hummer for the army, demoing for Conngress, talking with automaker, etc, if true, makes me think they must have some credibility. I'd have to believe that before before the Army, automaker, etc gave them a second glance, they'd have to at least have passed a first- or second-order BS filter by some people a lot more knowledgeable than me. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
