US 5,559,638 is for a wide angle lens Patrick. :-) This one works better. Fred
http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm 5,599,638 > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/30/2006 3:24:21 PM > Subject: [Vo]: Re: Aqueous-Electrolytic CO2 Catalyzed H2 Producrtion > > > > With reference to Fred's latest musings. > > Many moons ago I posted the following to the Y! Viktor Schauberger group. I got zero replies :-( > > If anyone is interested in the process described by VS, I could attempt to summarise. > > Rgds, > Patrick > > > ---quote--- > When I first read Coats' "The Energy Evolution", I skimmed through > the last section of chapter 8 - Petrol (Gasoline) From Water as it > seemed a little far fetched (to say the least). > > Since then, I've learnt that CO2 can be electrocatalytically reduced > to yield methyl alcohol. Now, methanol is obviously a useful fuel... > > The process VS described is sufficiently similar to that stated in > some patents that I have recently read (US 5,559,638 & US 5,928,806) > to make me think again, although these modern patents rely on > electrical current to catalyse the reaction. > > My question to the group is whether anyone has attempted a direct > replication of VS's procedure (as described by Coats) to create a > combustible substance from water? > ---ends--- >

