Water Car
 

It's small and ugly but it runs on water and air.
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english...=english_PRINT

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Yeah, that's great! Now, image millions of cars running on water, when we already have shortages. Water will be worth more than oil.

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River water from my backyard = free vs. gas from OPEC = $4.00/Gal. and rising. Not a hard choice once the technology is affordable. :)

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If they came up with something that allowed the use of salt water in this car....

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My concern over this has also been the shortage issue. Already states have been fighting over water rights.

Take for instance the southwestern states seriously looking into taking water from the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes states had something to say about that.

Last year Florida, Georgia, and Alabama were in serious contention over water rights. Droughts will do that.

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Trouble is the more I check this article out on the internet the more it sounds like a "perpetual motion" machine which would make it a hoax.

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intriguing idea, assuming it's genuine. fix for water shortage would be looking at efficient methods for purifying seawater, but how much of that can we be doing before the oceans start to suffer the consequences and how much will the super corporations start charging for it.

Methinks it would have been easier to live in the middle ages. Sure, you were lucky if you lived past 40 (heck, lucky if you lived past infancy), but at least life was relatively simple.

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It's genuine. Add air and baking soda to that mix. I have a friend whos car has been running on converted air for over a year now.

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I do remember seeing some prototype cars are some discovery channel program that ran on compressed air. Key problem aside from the need to fuel an air compressor(how, where, etc.) , it had absolutely no amenities at all.

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AFAIK that's what he uses. It converts the air into something else (hydrogen something or other) and it requires water too but in a seperate pump. It basically sits under his car and runs. He disconnected the fuel tank and all - apparently the device burns really hot but he's a mechanic and knows how to maintain it. He tells me it's illegal to use, so he is always wary. I see him driving around every so often and can't help but envy him as he hasn't been to the gas pump in ages, lol.