On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Fryday wrote: > Talking of environmentally friendly gas consumption, my friend Carmen just came > back from the philippines (that's where she's from), and one of her friend is > this really interesting philippino inventor who's been perfecting a kit -- for > the last 30 years -- that will allow a regular engine to run on regular > tap/salt water through electrolysis. This has to be a scam. Yeah, you can electrolyse water to get hydrogen and oxygen, and you can run an engine on that, no problem. The problem is you have to put in at least as much energy to do the electrolysis as you get back when you burn it, because when you burn it, the end product is...WATER. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "The United States does not have a security system. It |___/ has a system for bothering people." -- Sholomo Dror, when asked about U.S. airport security. |
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