Researchers are going into overdrive looking for new ways to fuel our cars, which includes experiments on technologies that claim you can run your car on water.
Public demand for fossil fuel alternatives and environmentally safe products are the driving force behind the water-as-fuel research. Americans consume one quarter of the world’s fuel supply, yet only 4% of the world’s population lives here. Think of it as an Olympic-sized pool filled with oil being drained once every 15 seconds. We love our cars but hate the price of gas and what it’s doing to our planet.
This desperation may be fueling scam artists to encourage motorists to buy conversion kits that will make very little difference in fuel economy. More research is being done, and despite the rumors that the big oil companies are doing everything in their power to squash the progress of alternative fuel research, we live in a lightening speed information age where very little can be kept hidden.
Water has been our life source since the dawn of time, so why not our fuel source? One inventor, American Stan Myer, proved it almost 30 years ago. He drove his dune buggy across the country on 22 gallons of water, using Brown’s Gas. This is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. The molecules are separated and used as energy via an electrical current.
Unscrupulous hoods have used Myer’s work to validate their own, less than ethical products. Expensive books and videos are available for purchase, claiming that a mechanic could install a hydrogen/water system in less an hour for about $120.
It’s not all smoke and mirrors. Myer’s theory is based on oxyhydrogen torches which have been used for almost 200 years. The mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gases, in a two to one ratio, has long been used in welding applications. So there is basis to all the water/hydrogen cell promotion. However, many will claim that a car battery doesn’t generate enough power to actually turn the engine over.
Yet, the hydrogen fuel cell has enough merit to be patented in the U. S. It has also provided a springboard for researchers to learn more about using the energy generated by electricity and water.
If any type of water is going to make a splash on the alternative fuel scene, it just may be water from the ocean. The effect of radio waves when exposed to salt water, created tremendous energy in an experiment conducted by John Kanzius of Pennsylvania. He was looking for a cure for cancer when he discovered that breaking the bond of hydrogen and oxygen in sea water created a white hot flame. Energy unleashed!
He took his research to a lab in Ohio and showed scientists the results of his experimentation. The cautious scientists were astounded by his findings, noting the intense flame that was created by releasing the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water. The energy could easily be translated into enough energy to power a vehicle and perhaps, as a way to desalinate sea water.
Kanzius story is that of the great American inventor who stumbles upon an incredible new finding while looking for something else.
As the world searches for new ways to go “green”, we might end up just being all “wet”!