Water Car

[Kakero]

If it helps me on saving on fuel spending. I'm all for it. Wonder when it'll be on market though lol.

If it still far away in the future, I might be tempted to using NGV.

[Gangrell]

Originally Posted by Firestormalpha 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

I'd say we should hit up the oceans for fuel conversion. At least it'd take care of that whole 'polar icecaps will cause mass flooding' problem

[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'.

[Dron_Cah]

I concur, Beau. From what I heard in a lecture, there are cars that can run on water. Their problem is, they can't go very far without needing to be refilled. That's just what I heard, though. *shrug*

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Dron_Cah I concur, Beau. From what I heard in a lecture, there are cars that can run on water. Their problem is, they can't go very far without needing to be refilled. That's just what I heard, though. *shrug*

Uhuh. I remember someone *ages* ago posting a video of a man who'd managed to make water combust via 'some-technique-that-I-know-nothing-of' and it was advertised as the biggest break through since the waffle iron. Year or so later, I've heard squat. If it was possible the government would be researching it themselves. It'd be the new space race, given the state of oil prices. £1.30 ($2.5) per litre in England at the moment. Gah.

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'.

Agreed. It sounds like a gimmick at best.

And yes, I do remember reading that 'burning water' BS that was advertised as well.

[SpiritWarrior]

But this attitude is what hinders these things. Our reliance on the media for accurate coverage of anything groundbreaking is naive at best. I mean, media outlets like NBC and CBS already admitted in the USA for example, that their coverage of the Iraq war was less than accurate and that certain stories were not reported from a nuetral perspective or not reported at all.

Let's not assume that just because it's not on the news that it means it does not exist. But let's also not assume everything they say is untrue. Instead, take the middle road and go research it. A swift judgement about obscure websites equals falsehood is hardly enough. Go research, ask questions, find out.

For example, a quick search on youtube resulted in many videos

http://youtube.com/results?search_qu...rch_type=&aq=f

I am not saying that I know yet whether a car can run on water, but there is indeed something to it that deserves at least a little more than an afterthought. I wouldn't have beleived a car could run on air until I saw it myself and drove in the thing.

[Firestormalpha]

Originally Posted by SpiritWarrior Let's not assume that just because it's not on the news that it means it does not exist. But let's also not assume everything they say is untrue. Instead, take the middle road and go research it. A swift judgement about obscure websites equals falsehood is hardly enough. Go research, ask questions, find out.

I have to agree there, just because it gains news coverage doesn't mean it's accurate, likewise just because you didn't see it in the news doesn't mean it never happened, or that it's a hoax.

[Beaumanoir]

Originally Posted by Firestormalpha I have to agree there, just because it gains news coverage doesn't mean it's accurate, likewise just because you didn't see it in the news doesn't mean it never happened, or that it's a hoax.

I never said the news was accurate. But if someone had truely solved how to use water as an efficient fuel source, it WOULD be covered. This isn't celebrity gossip - it'd be world changing.

[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.