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Old 02-24-2010, 06:09 PM
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I completely ENCOURAGE you to spread the links to as many places as possible.

might as well include the video links to the dateline story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv9vMzXJbho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK5UVpWpq0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6SB2Nq_NMo
Old 02-24-2010, 06:49 PM
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of course you could still try it yourself- just make sure you get one of these http://piccquote.com/ since apparently together with the hho thing you can get 180 mpg.
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Kind of leaves a bitter aftertaste in my mouth, after watching those videos.
The last 3 seconds of the final video... appalling yet priceless.

Wow. I actually regret even being interested, in checking this out.
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Hydrogen is a great fuel, don't ever doubt that. However, the best use is to put it thru a fuel cell and extract the energy as electricity to drive a motor - very promising technology.

Burning it in an internal combustion engine immediately wastes 60% plus of the energy as heat and makes very little sense - the energy wasted compressing it into a fuel tank is only slightly less than the energy you'd get at the wheels....

I work in a plant (the worlds largest) that seperates the hydrogen out of water without electrolysis - we use the energy in natural gas to crack water into hydrogen and oxygen for use in an industrial hydrotreater/hydrocracker. It takes heavy oil and blasts it with hydrogen to make lighter diesel, jet and gasolines out of it.

Taint no secret process, and it's owned by 'big oil' but the chemistry is free and basic (2H20 + CH4 = CO2 + H8)

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"steamshifting", Stealth?
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Water would be about the worst alternative fuel possible. Even if it did work effectively. If water is suddenly a replacement for gas, we'd have a bigger water crisis than we already do. But at least at that point everyone would realize the fact we do have a problem.
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