Richard's off-hand quip about static electricity reminded me of
an "Electrostatic Dragster" post I made along those lines 17 June 2005.
One might do a lot better on Electrolysis Over-Unity by tying
the negative (cathode) to Earth Ground as opposed to "floating"
it using a battery supply only.
Fred
>
>The "free energy" associated with free (uncommitted) electrons (e*) reacting
> with the Na+ (and other cations) in the ocean:
> 1, 2 Na+ + 2 (e*) ----> 2 (Na*)
> 2, 2 (Na*) + 2 H2O ----> 2 Na+ 2 OH + 2 (H*)
> 3, 2 OH ----> H2O2 ----> H2O + O
> 4, 2 (H*) + O ----> H2O + 2 (e*) + Free Energy
> This frees up the original (e*) electrons to repeat the cycle.
> The "Free Energy Density" is limited by the local (e*) concentration.
It is conjectured that a vehicle equipped with a Van de Graaff type generator, dragging
a collector shoe "static chain" on a grounded rail or aerial cable can collect enough
(uncommitted) electrons from earth ground to run a 10 kilowatt-thermal (10,000 joule/sec)
"engine" based on the above equations using a salt spray chamber/boiler.
The average 5 passenger vehicle with good tires in dry weather should be able
to get up to 200,000 volts wrt ground, thus "storing about 10^13 (uncommitted electrons".
If each of these "catalyst" electrons can effect about 100,000 reactions per second,
you are home free on water.
But, don't forget to discharge the vehicle before exiting it.
Frederick
