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Date:         Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:52:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20071202133517.3C7BC1165C3@hamburg.alientech.net>
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Nuclear Submarines stay submerged for long periods by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen and using the oxygen for breathing. Of course they also have scrubbers and burners for removing Co2 and such but my point is ... they never saw the process as suitable for making fuel.

Mike

Mike S wrote: > At 07:51 AM 12/2/2007, John Rodgers wrote... >> With an oil crisis looming, cheap fuel would be nice. So how about >> using >> salt water for fuel. >> >> John Kanzius, a communications engineer, retired, was looking for a >> cure >> to cancer and stumbled on this. I have a video of this if anyone would >> care to post it on their website. It' probably not a new concept, >> except >> for me. > > Salt water doesn't burn, misunderstandings of the mainstream media > notwithstanding. > > He bombards saltwater with radio waves to cause it to split into > hydrogen and oxygen. Interesting, but it will always take as much or > more energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen than is released > when burning it (recombining the hydrogen and oxygen). >


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