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Japanese Company Says Laws of Physics Don't Apply — to Cars
Fantastic Lad, among many others, points out another in a long series of claimed "powered by water" cars, this one by a Japanese company called "Genepax," which interestingly enough does not have so much as a Wikipedia entry. What's scary is the uncritical, even serious-sounding, presentation by Reuters of such extraordinary claims quite unbacked by extraordinary evidence. "Almost sounds too good to be true" isn't the half of it; if cars could be made which would run as "long as you have a bottle of water inside" to pour into the fuel tank ("even tea," repeats this report), not only would you know about the car, but you'd notice the long lines of people buying generators, laptops, and power tools that run on the same technology. The snippet Reuters is carrying says "Jun. 13 — Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water. The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from water that is poured into the car's tank. The generator then releases electrons that produce electric power to run the car. Genepax, the company that invented the technology, aims to collaborate with Japanese manufacturers to mass produce it." Fantastic Lad, deadpan, goes on: "Check out the Reuter's story and accompanying video. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there some sort of conservation of energy thing happening in the whole 'separating hydrogen from water' game? I wonder what the real story is on this. Investment fraud? Magic?" Show your work; bonus points if you use Haiku.
asks the guy in the summary. pal. conservation of energy always goes on. but, energy doesnt necessarily need to convert into forms and from forms we know up to date.
there are so much stuff thats being discussed, and even experimented in quantum physics that they would shatter what you know as reality up to this date.
zero point energy is something that has been discussed since einstein and 30s scientists started to convene in switzerland and other places to discuss matters about budding theoretical physics.
unified field, zero point energy - these stuff are a reality. however we do not have the necessary tools and mathematics to explain the nature of them, and their workings.
this may seem far fetched to you. it shouldnt. nuclear energy was much more than science fiction at the start of century, and it was only 'deduced' that atomic nuclei bonding energies might be holding immense energies, and it was as mythical as zero field energy is today.
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This is 100% BS. Please cite a single reputable study or article that demonstrates you can increase mileage by adding water to gasoline. Don't you think that if it did work, more people would do it, and it would be built into modern cars? Or is it just some big conspiracy by the car/oil companies?
Get real.
I add water and ethanol to my old Taurus (1 gal gas to 1 cup ethanol to 2 oz water.) I moved from a measly 28MPG highway to a more respectable 35MPG without a change in my driving habits. I will say this, though - shit gets fouled up and my service engine light kicks in a bit more often. Water is still not good, but I can afford the line, gasket, and cylinder replacements.
I wish I had a larger engine so I could drop a water injector on it. I could get rid of my Catalytic Converter and run straight pipes.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
HF will corrode glass
Not to mention kill a lot of people along the way. Hydrogen Fluoride is a NASTY chemical! It goes through the skin, and there is only one way to deal with exposure to HF, and that is fast amputation of the limb in question! And I mean Fast, think of an axe or something similar near by or your are DEAD!
Where I work one employee accidentally poured some of an HF-solution inside his glove and 'luckily' both he and his coworkers knew what had to be done and had an axe handy...... Note all the persons involved in the incident was well educated and experienced lab workers and not just some hill billies.
It was before I started working there, and safety regulations have been improved since then, but the incident is still used when discussing the necessity to educate people and to always be extremely careful when working with HF
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