Run a Car on Water - Is It Possible?
Thirty years ago you would never have thought to run a car on water. This doesn’t mean hydroplaning across a lake, either. It seems running a car on water is the new thing that is spreading across the internet. Many sites are out there that offer instructions on how to build a system to convert your car from a gas guzzler to being water powered. Some sights even offer kits that you can buy for a couple hundred dollars and install yourself. You may even be surprised to see that there are mechanics who are offering the service to the everyday people to turn their cars into a water-burning power house.
The idea to run a car on water is not exactly a new thing. There was a Swiss inventor in the late 1800's who accomplished this. The idea is now gaining quite a bit of ground today with the ever increasing prices of fuel around the world. With oil reaching up to the $150 a barrel mark, water as a fuel source seems to be the golden ticket of the technologically advanced candy factory.
The prospect of being able to run a car on water doesn’t seem very feasible at first glance. Water doesn’t actually burn very well. However, when you separate the hydrogen from the oxygen, you get a highly combustible gas that can not only make your car get to the store, but can even send rockets into space. You read that right! Most rockets use a hydrogen/nitrogen gas system that enables them to escape the earth’s gravitational pull and enter into space. Your car may not shoot itself to the moon, but it will still run little Billy to the soccer match on time.
Also, the engine runs a bit quieter while using a water fuel system. That may not sound too manly on those jacked up pickups and Harley motorcycles, but when you consider that your aren’t polluting the air with all of that smog causing carbon emissions, the quieter exhaust is a fair trade off. Run a car on water to save the environment!
So, the next time someone mentions they wished that their car could run on water in a half laughing joke, you can tell them it certainly could if they wanted it to. It may not be very common right now, but as soon as someone finds the easiest and most efficient way of turning the everyday gas engine into a water burning powerhouse, the oil companies better beware!
