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06-13-2008, 07:56 PM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
 Join Date: April 9, 2001
Location: Massachusetts
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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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06-13-2008, 08:11 PM
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Jack Burton
 Join Date: May 16, 2003
Location: Dartmouth, NS Canada
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Re: Water Car
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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06-13-2008, 08:48 PM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
Join Date: April 9, 2001
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Re: Water Car
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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06-13-2008, 09:05 PM
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Zhentarim Guard
 Join Date: June 29, 2005
Location: Michigan
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Re: Water Car
If they came up with something that allowed the use of salt water in this car....
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06-13-2008, 09:09 PM
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Mephistopheles
 Join Date: June 13, 2001
Location: Northfield, NJ USA
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Re: Water Car
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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06-13-2008, 09:42 PM
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Drizzt Do'Urden
Join Date: April 9, 2001
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Re: Water Car
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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06-13-2008, 10:48 PM
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Knight of the Rose
   Join Date: July 11, 2002
Location: Coral Springs, Fl USA
Age: 41
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Re: Water Car
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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06-14-2008, 12:40 AM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: May 31, 2002
Location: Ireland
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Re: Water Car
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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06-14-2008, 12:49 AM
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Knight of the Rose
Join Date: July 11, 2002
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Re: Water Car
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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06-14-2008, 01:46 AM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: May 31, 2002
Location: Ireland
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Re: Water Car
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.
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