Do Cars really run on Water?
Do cars really run on nothing but water for extended periods? I admit I’m highly skeptical. So, I challenge anyone to prove that it is or is not possible. Proof is NOT Joe Blow’s blog, or a YouTube video, but a reasonable source like a science journal, government agency, scientific organization, etc.
I can state two reasons I am skeptical:
1) I am under the impression that hydrogen production is a net-energy loser, and
2) not one of the automotive X prize competitors teams’ websites have a car running on water: http://www.fuelefficiency.org/?q=automotive-x-prize (links on lower right side).
However, this is not proof. I’d like some authoritative source that proves at least one of the claims is legitimate, or debunks them.
You’ve really stated it yourself.
#1 is the “essence” of the second law of thermodynamics. Water would be one of the worst sources of trying to obtain energy, as the amount of energy to break apart water molecules is huge. In addition to the standard molecular bonding, water also has what is known as hydrogen bonding, which makes the bonds of water even more difficult to break and separate hydrogen and oxygen. Most hydrogen production that I’ve seen in current discussion is actually extracting the hydrogen from coal. The resulting chemical reaction results in an output of hydrogen and oxygen, but the initial hydrogen is coming from some type of hydrocarbon.
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