Water Car

[T-D-C]

Hmmm this could be another alternative...

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle4133668.ece

[Kakero]

Originally Posted by Beaumanoir I'm not even bothering to read this article. If it was true to the point of being a viable alternative (or even a possibility of one) it would be the front page of every newspaper in the world and all over every tv channel. Not on some co.jp website with a web address reading 'forwardslash, backslash, Rah, Rah, Rah'.

co.jp means it's a japanese website. Which mean it's from japan. If it's from japan. The technology could be plausible.

However, I've check through the company, they seems to be quite unknown despite claiming to be 25 years in existance. Given that they haven't yet patented the technology (omfg!). And they haven't collaborated with a reputable car manufacturer. I say that this news could be doubted.

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Kakero co.jp means it's a japanese website. Which mean it's from japan. If it's from japan. The technology could be plausible. However, I've check through the company, they seems to be quite unknown despite claiming to be 25 years in existance. Given that they haven't yet patented the technology (omfg!). And they haven't collaborated with a reputable car manufacturer. I say that this news could be doubted.

Yes I know that, I'm not stupid. My point is it wouldn't be buried in the folders of some otherwise unknown website.

Originally Posted by Skippy1 Just for the record, I'm sure I heard once, an long time ago, that the worlds supply of water remains constant. Water evaporates from the oceans, rises into the atmosphere and creates clouds. Clouds rain on the land and eventually finds it's way back to the seas. Now I could well be wrong on this, but if you give it a little thought, it seems entirely feasible.

There's a water cycle... and? That doesn't mean it can be used as fuel?

[Skippy1]

Originally Posted by Beaumanoir There's a water cycle... and? That doesn't mean it can be used as fuel?

I think you'll find that someone posted earlier worrying that we might perhaps use up all our water if this was employed to run cars, mate. Merely illustrating that this is impossible, if in fact that is the case, because as I mentioned, I'm not sure if this is fact or just some crap that I picked up and is in fact useless information lodged away with the tonnes of it I have stored in my cranium.

[Skippy1]

Anyhow, it can be. It's called a steam engine!

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Skippy1 I think you'll find that someone posted earlier worrying that we might perhaps use up all our water if this was employed to run cars, mate. Merely illustrating that this is impossible, if in fact that is the case, because as I mentioned, I'm not sure if this is fact or just some crap that I picked up and is in fact useless information lodged away with the tonnes of it I have stored in my cranium.

Ahhh right, sorry. I missed that argument! No, you're right. We could never really run out of water.

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Skippy1 Anyhow, it can be. It's called a steam engine!

That's not using the water as fuel though, is it? Hehe. If you could somehow get the water to turn into steam of its own accord, THEN we'd be on to something.

[Firestormalpha]

so far as currently applied technologies are concerned steam power is aquired via burning fuel, or using nuclear materials to superheat the water. So it's not using water as the fuel, so much as it's used to transport the energy generate by the fuel.

[wellard]

Honda begins production of hydrogen car


Japanese manufacturer Honda has started the first commercial production of a hydrogen-powered car.

The medium-sized four seater is called the FCX Clarity and has a top speed of 160 kilometres per hour.

The car runs on an electric motor powered by hydrogen fuel cells and only emits water vapour.

Honda will start leasing some of the cars to people living in southern California by the end of August.

------from the BBC website today

[Gangrell]

Originally Posted by Skippy1 I think you'll find that someone posted earlier worrying that we might perhaps use up all our water if this was employed to run cars, mate. Merely illustrating that this is impossible, if in fact that is the case, because as I mentioned, I'm not sure if this is fact or just some crap that I picked up and is in fact useless information lodged away with the tonnes of it I have stored in my cranium.

Now that I think about it, there could potentially be a huge consequence behind it. If we did convert salt water to fresh and used it to run cars with, that could potentially destroy the ecosystem in some parts of the ocean.

Price of convenience doesn't seem worth it eh?