I call Bulls@#$
This is a repost, although the other one may have been on S2000 talk or somewhere else, I don't remember.
The local NBC affiliate here in the Palm Beach (FL) market did a story on these guys, too, so it's not just a Fox stupidity story.
Nothing I've seen (either on these TV stories on on the web site) suggests anything other than electrolysis of water, which produces hydrogen and oxygen, which can then be ignited to get a flame and water. The energy in the flame, or whatever other thing you do with the combustion, is about equal to that involved in electolyzing the water (not counting the inefficiency of the electrolysis gadget, of course).
Calling it "aquagen" or whatever else you make up doesn't change the fundamental chemistry of the process. So it's BS in the sense that it's marketing hype. But they're probably bottling a combustable gas (hydrogen) and maybe bottling a hydrogen-oxygen mixture, who knows. If it's the latter, though, it's pretty stupid, as that's a very dangerous thing to be fooling with. HPH
The local NBC affiliate here in the Palm Beach (FL) market did a story on these guys, too, so it's not just a Fox stupidity story.
Nothing I've seen (either on these TV stories on on the web site) suggests anything other than electrolysis of water, which produces hydrogen and oxygen, which can then be ignited to get a flame and water. The energy in the flame, or whatever other thing you do with the combustion, is about equal to that involved in electolyzing the water (not counting the inefficiency of the electrolysis gadget, of course).
Calling it "aquagen" or whatever else you make up doesn't change the fundamental chemistry of the process. So it's BS in the sense that it's marketing hype. But they're probably bottling a combustable gas (hydrogen) and maybe bottling a hydrogen-oxygen mixture, who knows. If it's the latter, though, it's pretty stupid, as that's a very dangerous thing to be fooling with. HPH
here is a Wikipedia artical on brown's gas --- which is the same thing as this guy's idea....
"Even proponents of some forms of the gas acknowledge that it is chronically unstable-rapidly degrading into basic H2 and O2 gas.
It is thus unsuitable for storage, and can only be produced on demand.
This makes the gas impractical for automotive use, as stored electricity used for on-demand electrolysis would be more efficiently spent on a purely electrical propulsion system."
hoax-ish
"Even proponents of some forms of the gas acknowledge that it is chronically unstable-rapidly degrading into basic H2 and O2 gas.
It is thus unsuitable for storage, and can only be produced on demand.
This makes the gas impractical for automotive use, as stored electricity used for on-demand electrolysis would be more efficiently spent on a purely electrical propulsion system."
hoax-ish
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asukadc
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Jul 25, 2006 11:58 AM



Ignorant journalists are so gullible and so much fun... they'll believe anything.


