Date:         Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:22:34 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Using electricity to produce hydrogen gas to lower my gas
              cost - is this for real?>
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>For us Vanagon driver's trying to deal with the $3.25++++/gal. gas
>prices, is there anything worth considering in these small hydrogen
>producing units that go under a hood and operate as described below:
>
>What the motor can run on is a combination of Hydrogen and regular
>fuel (Gas / Petrol / Diesel). Basically water is made up of Hydrogen
>and Oxygen, the Hydrogen Unit runs a small electrical charge through
>the water to separate the 2 and creates a gas known as HHO (also
>referred to as Browns Gas), this gas is directed by a fuel line into
>your existing carburetor or fuel Injection. The hydrogen then
>combines with the regular fuel to run the motor while at the same
>time reducing the reliance on the regular fuel
>
>If no, that's what I expected.....
>If yes, then why aren't we all doing this & has anyone ever done
>this to a 18-20 mpg Vanagon?
>
>Thanks
>
>Larry
>Ga.

Aag!! You shouldn't even be asking about this. SNAKE OIL. There are
no magic fuels for cars. Gasoline. Distillate. Ethanol (or other
simple alcohols such as methanol and propanol). Kerosene, turpentine.
Propene, ethane, methane. Any organic liquid compound (hydrocarbon)
that burns easily but doesn't evaporate volatilely (making acetone
difficult to use, though I've done it). Compressed hydrogen.
Electricity (which has to be generated somewhere, often using fuels).
Nothing else. Not power from ley-lines, no water power...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
‚ Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
"There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads