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Old Jun 17, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Unfortunately its the interweb and its pretty anonymous. These guys cant see you Dave so they take you seriously I think you need to add in your signature a head shot and something along the lines of "Would you take this mug seriously"
Old Jun 18, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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Excellent suggestion Andrew.

If only they could see my smiling face and benign demeanour, they'd know I'm not that evil...
Old Jun 18, 2008 | 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Bumble_Bee
^ Can't see the pic....


Didn't they make an "8" run on hydrogen?
I've seen the pic and read the article...
Hydrogen gas.

All the oxygen has been removed first.
Probably by coal fired electricity.
Old Jun 18, 2008 | 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Revolver
If only they could see my smiling face and benign demeanour, they'd know I'm not that evil...
Old Jun 18, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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Give me another 20 years and a dodgy mo and that's about it, yeah...

For now, this is probably closer (especially if I'm cross-examining you ):
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 03:12 AM
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Then again I suspect you knew what I was saying but felt the need to try and prove your superior knowledge anyway.
Actually, I didn't know what you were saying. I had two choices: comment, or let it go. I apologize if you took it personally. I realize you were only reporting what you had read, and I don't mean that in a condescending manner. Other people bring their own expertise to this forum, and I respect and appreciate their comments. I'll admit to a lack of tact, but I do try to restrain myself from smart-arsing.

Sorry, I get a bit ticked off these days. We seem to be living in a world in which we're all drowning in a sea of bullshit. Every day some charlatan pops up with something to rip money from the gullible. Tabloid TV and the internet have proven a boon to these clowns. A favourite ploy is to give it a thin veneer of "science" so that it sounds plausible, and people take it as fact. People who propose these things are just as much crooks as those who try to sell you the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a pub. I think those of us who can see through these sorts of things have a duty to speak up. I'll admit my ignorance of the law, but I was dead serious when I thought that these people should be pursued under the Trade Practices Act.

Anyway, I suspect you're right. I think we should all go back to talking about things like tyres, sparkplugs and brakes; things that I freely admit I know nothing about.
Old Jun 21, 2008 | 04:39 AM
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No worries I was having a bad day and probably took it out on you when I shouldn't have.

All water under the bridge now.
Old Jun 21, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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New answer to and older question.

11 months old? Wow. Here is my view on the matter: a rotary engine would actually benefit from the additional heat of the hydrogen and oxygen burning, because it would burn the fuel much better (more completely), and act kinda like a third sparkplug. If I'm wrong, tell me. Has anyone tried using hho in an rx8? Also, so you know, I'm a 14 year old in 8th grade, so a little more constructive criticism and a little less destructive criticism would be appreciated. Thanks
Old May 9, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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The rotary engine suffers from excessive heat so adding more in would only increase an already problematic area.

Also, if you hadn't read from the previous posts the whole point here is people are selling HHO as an alternate fuel which is supposedly "green". Unfortunately the energy required to get to the point where you can use the "raw materials" for HHO on a car is far more than that required to produce and use the petrol we currently use.

hth.

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Old May 10, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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Ok, I see what you're sayin'. I totally agree with it being very impractical to run the engine only on hho, but in conjunction with normal gasoline, the more complete burn would require less fuel for the same power. I believe highway cruising would really benefit from this. Also, I don't know how much heat burning hydrogen adds, but I think it goes for a more complete burn by actually being in the air mixture. No, I don't have a phd in wankel engineering or thermodynamics or fuels chemistry, so I could be off by a fair margin.
Old May 10, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sheik480
Ok, I see what you're sayin'. I totally agree with it being very impractical to run the engine only on hho, but in conjunction with normal gasoline, the more complete burn would require less fuel for the same power. I believe highway cruising would really benefit from this. Also, I don't know how much heat burning hydrogen adds, but I think it goes for a more complete burn by actually being in the air mixture. No, I don't have a phd in wankel engineering or thermodynamics or fuels chemistry, so I could be off by a fair margin.
OK I dont know how many different ways this can be said, but while it MAY be possible to use HHO to save on the amount of fuel used, the cost if not monetarily then environmentally to get to the point of running it far out weighs that of petroleum fuels.
Old May 10, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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My God, I just read this entire thread and wasted 10 mins of my life! Have to make something out of it now, so here goes:


Originally Posted by Revolver

.... they'd know I'm not that evil...
Hang on, aren't you a Lawyer??????????




Old May 10, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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No it's just a vicious rumour...I leave the evil to 'consultants' and tradesmen.
Old May 12, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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OK I dont know how many different ways this can be said, but while it MAY be possible to use HHO to save on the amount of fuel used, the cost if not monetarily then environmentally to get to the point of running it far out weighs that of petroleum fuels.
I see what you're saying. Running an engine totally on hho would be very expensive/un-enviromentalist like, but using a small amount of power from the engine to make hho for a more efficient burn. That or you could just ramp the gear ratios way up and hope for the best!
Old Jul 4, 2014 | 08:26 AM
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yea better stop there's a bunch of crybabies

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Excuse me?

I don't think I played the man at all until the last post, however I saw it as I was the man being played.
No where did I make a statement that I was sure this was real and verifiable I tired to ask questions and post what my research on the internet had lead me to. But with responses like one born every minute and the totally uncalled for smart *** comeback

I think it best I now stop posting about this subject here, obviously it is not something everyone wants to discuss and the subject seems to upset some people.

So I will let it die here.
yes stop there are a bunch of cry babies that don't understand when they see something that they don't want to talk about skip over it but yet they cry about it. Freakin 2 year old babies
Old Jul 4, 2014 | 09:34 AM
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^Nice 5 year bump, combined with 1st post! congrats! Those babies should be 7 by now....
Old Jul 4, 2014 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rambo696
yes stop there are a bunch of cry babies that don't understand when they see something that they don't want to talk about skip over it but yet they cry about it. Freakin 2 year old babies

PM Sent.....
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