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(Message started by: tonyboy on Jul 21^st, 2009, 8:36pm)

Title: No more petrol
Post by tonyboy on Jul 21^st, 2009, 8:36pm

Run your car on water instead of petrol ........ ::) http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/feb2/carplans_doc.htm

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by lesterlad on Jul 21^st, 2009, 9:44pm

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Tesco's to fill up with unleaded ;D

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by Jonnycab on Jul 22^nd, 2009, 2:28am

The old home made hydrogen fuel cell idea is making a comeback then ::), although the design seems to have improved slightly.
The last homemade one I heard about involved some battery cells, a few wires, a couple of pipes & a jam jar ....can't remember if it was Youtube or Blue peter I saw it on ;D

Don't try this at home kids, you may well blow up the neighbourhood ;)

Talking of saving fuel, I've recently been reading that adding a few drops of acetone to the fuel can improve mpg by up to 30% :-/.....don't think the wife will be too impressed when she catches me pouring all her nail varnish remover in the tank ;)...... ;D

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by amigafan2003 on Jul 22^nd, 2009, 9:15am

Wow - I'm going to try that - it should go well with my Ecotek valve, electric super charger and the boost chip.

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by tonyboy on Jul 22^nd, 2009, 9:44am

Is that the new type of engine that dosen't need sparkplugs....... ;D

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by pinto on Jul 23^rd, 2009, 11:56pm

on 07/22/09 at 09:15:38, amigafan2003 wrote:

Wow - I'm going to try that - it should go well with my Ecotek valve, electric super charger and the boost chip.

http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200303/tos-048-scotty-in-touch-with-t/320x240.jpg

Ye cann'ae change the laws o' physics !! ye cann'ae !!!!

I like the idea but it falls down on one major point.....

the Ionisation energy (that needed to break the hydrogen and oxygen bonds apart) is 459kJ/mole - in this case a mole equating to just 16g of water

so to put this into context.....

1 Watt = 1 Joule dissapated per second

Your average kettle is rated at 3kW - 3000 J per second. We're talking 459,000 Joules. Per second.

I make that..... 114,750 kettles :) - think an 097 can cope ? ;D ( hmmm.... 3000w divided by 12 volts....250A per kettle.... Just shy of 2.9 million amperes.... what was that reserve capacity again ?.....)

Add the fact due to a wonderful little thing called entropy, we get less energy from burning the results that it took to break them apart in the first place, the whole idea 'tis a bit thin :)

Lets face it - if it was as easy to seperate water into its components as they make out, then wouldn't we literally be surrounded by OCEANS of High explosives ?? ::)

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by tonyboy on Jul 24^th, 2009, 4:54pm

WOW! didn't have a clue what you was on about but can You sort out my washer pump for me.......... ;D

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by lesterlad on Jul 24^th, 2009, 5:38pm

on 07/23/09 at 23:56:12, pinto wrote:

Lets face it - if it was as easy to seperate water into its components as they make out, then wouldn't we literally be surrounded by OCEANS of High explosives ?? ::)

Blimey, lets hope the Talliban don't get hold of the information. }{

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by pinto on Jul 24^th, 2009, 6:36pm

Ah, late night + alcohol = physics 101 }{

Title: Re: No more petrol
Post by Torbayboy on Jan 25^th, 2019, 8:17am

interesting read rom a decade ago, see Scorpioers do have a sense of adventure!