Water-powered car featured in local TV news report
The hydrogen economy is closer than we think. At least, that's the image portrayed by this TV news report from FOX 26 (as far as I can tell, the report aired last year, and I'm not sure which city this FOX 26 is in. For our purposes, these details don't really matter). The report focuses on Denny Klein, president of Hydrogen Technology Applications, and his water-powered car. There is some impressive imagery at work in the piece. Seeing someone pour water into an engine and getting energy out of it is pretty amazing. And slicing through metal with a water-based flame? Cool.
The actual technology is not as new or revolutionary as the reporter or the anchors make it out to be, but it is interesting to see how this technology – The Auto Channel says it's essentially Brown's Gas – is explained to the TV viewer. Wikipedia says, and I agree, to treat claims of running a car on this electrolyzed water with skepticism. Cool video, though. Very cool.
[Source: FOX 26 via The Auto Channel]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
thewalrus574 5:27PM (2/19/2008)
We need a car with a water reservoir high above the car. You open a valve and the pressure from the water will turn your wheels.
Hey, it's as plausible as this thing! OMG.
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Patrick 5:37AM (3/31/2008)
yeah this is a great conncept and I wanna share with you guys a site that teaches you how to create and install a water powered system similar to the one mentioned in the story.
You can fid it here http://run-your-car-on-water.blogspot.com/
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John Saul 11:16PM (5/05/2008)
Befor the turn of the 20th century people would laugh if you said a bomb big enough to remove an entire city could be built. Government support made it a reality. When it becomes critical to the governments survival you will see amazing progress in hydrogen, solar and other technologies.
If there ever was a 99 mpg carburator it would be useless. It takes horsepower to move weight effectively. No one would be happy with a vehicle that has a top speed of 20 mph or would take ten minutes to reach 60 mph. The armchair physicists of the world need to read more. It is quite likely that hydrogen will be the fuel of the future. No, it's not perfect.It creates heat as all forms of energy do. It is a compromise as all things are.
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Jay 3:10PM (5/15/2006)
I would treat *anything* reported by Fox with skepticism.
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Joe Tzougrakis 5:43PM (5/15/2006)
It's not "The FOX News Channel"
This is one of the local fox affiliate stations that usually shows married with children reruns.
I'm surprised more is not being made of this story...there must be a catch because it all seems too good to be true.
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DD Kavanagh 8:14PM (5/21/2006)
You can tell they don't teachg chemestry in American High Schools.
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Doug McNeil 8:27PM (5/21/2006)
This is ridiculous -- it violates laws of physics that have been well-understood for more than a century. You can turn water into hydrogen and oxgyen, which takes energy. Then you burn the hydrogen, which gives you back the exact same amount of energy. Except that two-thirds of that energy is wasted when you drive the car -- it goes into heating the environment, according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This is impossible -- it's a scam.
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Alfred Wamsley 8:40PM (5/21/2006)
About 10 years ago there was an article about mixing fuel with water to increase fuel economy, power etc. in the SF Chronicle. It was deveolped by Caterpillar Corp. out of Reno NV and the State of California was to get two tanker car loads to try out. I have never heard any more about this technology whic used a chemical additive developed to break down the molecular surface tension that prevents water and oil from mixing. It would renew older engines with a few inexpensive carburetor modifications and prolong the life of both old and new engines. You guys ought to look into doing a story on that... anything that helps the little guy and curtails the oil companies's profits is fine!!!
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Andrew Boyd 8:45PM (5/21/2006)
Never get your technology and science information from mass market media, be it Fox, CNN, the networks or other. They simply haven't the intellect, pateience, attention span or commitment to accuracy that these kinds of issues require.
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Lionel Ripepe 8:53PM (5/21/2006)
When will water be costing $50. a liter, SOON I HOPE !!!
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Al Larson 8:55PM (5/21/2006)
The car & company is in Clearwater, Florida. The gas process was originally built as a welding/cutting tool to eliminate the aceytelene normally used with oxygen and which, if a leak develops, can be very explosive. Was a very cool video demo for sure.
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Wayne C Blesi 8:56PM (5/21/2006)
The reports recieved from readers that Cars run on wateris a scam are not true. Look into it and find out that in Iceland They run their cars on water for many years. The theory that the water is converted into Hydrogen, oxygen and co2 which is exhausted out. There are to many people with their heads burried in the sand and likely have sold out the people to big oil who will buy out them for bigger profits of which now they have made Billions since they have raised the Gas prices.They are feathering their nest and are not about to give it up even though it is destroying Our whole country and sent this nation into poverty and devistation.Bush won't do anything about it as He has his hands into big oil.He says We should do something to find other energy sources but talk is cheap.Taking posative action speaks louder than words.The Auto makers will soon go out of buisness if they have sold out to big oil.Do you want to wait untill the oil runs out and then think about it. I surely hope not. Get off The dead horse and do something about it. Respectfully submitted.Wayne C. Blesi
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Danno! 8:57PM (5/21/2006)
re: I would treat *anything* reported by Fox with skepticism.
Hehe, amen brother. :)
Hydrogen technology, I'm afraid, will always be roadblocked by the oil industry [as are other fuel-frugal ventures such as 300mpg 1-cylinder cars that are real & viable]since they will literally dry up w/o our total dependance on their fuel. Prob won't see much of this in our lifetime...it will have to reach crisis level before these automotive saviors, if you will, can be green-lighted.
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Craig Moore 9:13PM (5/21/2006)
Water powered car? The energy required to electrolize the water to make hydrogen would be better used to drive an electric motor to power the car. Even then, better batteries are needed to make a practical electric car. So called, water powered cars all sputter to a stop before they get to the end of the block. Even when special metals and chemicals are used to make the hydrogen, such as aluminum in hydrochoric acid, the result is an under powered chemical hazzard on wheels. There is nothing green about that.
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Craig Moore 9:26PM (5/21/2006)
The real problem with makeing hydrogen from water is that it takes lots of energy to do it. Also, hydrogen can not be easily liquified and so storage is a problem. You can't put very much hydrogen in a car and you can't make the hydrogen in the car from water because you would need a huge power source along for the ride. Try Methane instead, it can be made liquid just like propane and many cars and trucks already use methane, or propane fuel. Don't belive me? Just ask your local sewage treatment company. They know how to make it and burn it in thier vehicals.
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B.J. Mocini 9:36PM (5/21/2006)
The process of splitting hydrogen from water is more than 75 years old. Heard the story first on WGN radio on a show called, John Nesbitt's "So the Story Goes," back in the mid-40s. Obivously the oil produces really cringe when they hear about such a process. The hydrogen cell on a space shuttle got the astronaughts back home.
I'm thinking ten dollar a barrel oil will soon be back. If the USA doesn't start up hydrogen power, or "magnetic" power, some other country will, SOON.
Japan has a train that floats on flux of magnetic power--not much publicity about these power sources; however, it IS COMING.
The Green Hornet
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Terry 9:40PM (5/21/2006)
BMW has had this going for quite a time now.......It may hit the roads when the politics stop. Ok-I guess never!
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Pat Walker 9:59PM (5/21/2006)
You can get hydrogen from water, and then hydrogen can be put into solid absorbant material and used as fuel, practically, in cars. Then problem is that splitting the hydrogen from the water uses more energy than is practically able to be realized as fuel. This can work in Iceland where they have a lot of geothermal energy available, or where there is a lot of wind or hydroelectric power to split off the hydrogen, but not directly in a car, I don't think. The wheels spinnig could generate some power I guess, but not enough to keep the hydrogen coming from water carried in the car.
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ANTHONY GONZALEZ 10:06PM (5/21/2006)
THE CAR OF THE FUTURE WILL BE TOTALY
ELECTRIC.
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