Japanese Water Powered Car

[golfer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jivb7lupDNU

[AeWingnut]

so, what's the catch? How much for a hydro converter? $120k?
I honestly don't know.

[hi_im_god]

got any perpetual motion machine video's?

the problem with water powered cars is that (inevitably) breaking down the h20 molecule requires more energy than is produced.

or newton could have been wrong.

[geeker2]

You could fill'er-up by just pi$$ing in the tank

[TheSpyder]

And if you need to buy bottled water to run it, it'd be more expensive than gasoline!

[Mortimer]

Oh well...back to the drawing---board.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

http://www.genepax.co.jp/en/energy/

"The system uses no fossil fuel or non-fossil energy in the process of producing electricity and heat from water. Because WES is an independent power source that requires no other outside energy sources, it can be installed in a wide range of locations and does not require establishment of infrastructure."

They say they are using certain metals to isolate the hydrogen to use in a hydrogen fuel cell, but they are highly evasive so far(just look at the answers to frequently asked questions.) My guess is they've only cut down the amount of outside energy needed to isolate hydrogen from the water molecule. We have the coal and natural gas needed to power cars. We use gas (from oil) because oil companies can make 10 bil a quarter that way. That 10 bil can be used to shut a lot of powerful people up.

[golfer]

Here is another option: Compressed-air powered car

http://www.brasschecktv.com:80/page/456.html

Originally Posted by golfer

Here is another option: Compressed-air powered car

http://www.brasschecktv.com:80/page/456.html

I wish I could see more without having to give
out spamming info.

It takes energy to compress air.
And the compressed air it would take to run
a car, I imagine it would have to be very high
pressure. So you will use lots of energy.
Get in a wreck and watch the shrapnel air tank
go boom. Not enough info. but interesting.

imo natural gas is a very viable alternative.
It burns very clean. The problem is distribution.
Just dont have the infrastructure set up for this
yet. I guess you might be able to load up at your
house since most neighborhoods in the US have
natural gas pipelines close. But then when your
house blows up because you forgot to turn the
spigot off...

As long as gas continues to be easy (cost and convenience)
we keep buying

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Can use the natural gas(and coal) in energy plants. Then use that electric energy to power cars. FK GAS FROM OIL. That's been nothing but a buffet for rich oil companies. Now that we are getting rid of these oil people in the White House, we can do something for somebody other than big oil. My next car is not gunna make rich oil companies n' scum Muslims rich. Gas from oil is not cheap. Islam is not interested in religious freedom whatsoever. Time to get off oil. If there is one thing OBA can do it's get us on that road. The reason we haven't tried natural gas enough etc. is our government hasn't been interested(because they've been bought off by big oil.) When you have a few companies making 10 bil a quarter(each) off oil, it's not gunna be easy to get your government to be interested in switching cars to other energy sources. Bush had no interest in it. Kept saying got to get off oil, and did as little as he could to help people do it. He didn't give his party any shot to win in 2008. Oil people use the words "tomorrow" and "future" a lot, because they want to put off the switch (away from oil) as long as possible. Should give these Detroit auto companies bail outs to make cars that run on anything but oil. That's the only way they should get any money. No more gas cars. Obama can be a hero(and get us switched over,) or he can let big oil keep rip'n the country off. The Japanese have traditionally been good copiers. The fact we have them leading the way on this is pathetic.