Can a car run on water?

This is the question being asked by millions of people every day, as the cost of traditional fuels, such as gas and diesel become increasingly more expensive. The simple answer to this question is; yes it is possible to run a car on water. However, although the simple answer is yes, it is not as simple as filling the gas tank up with water. This will simply wreck your engine!

As oil has become more and more expensive, people have been forced to look for new and innovative ways to reduce the cost of running an automobile. This search has also caused people to look back in history and re-examine “older” technology. The first cars invented actually ran on water. The industrial revolution was powered by water. Perhaps more accurately, the industrial revolution was powered by coal. The coal was burned to heat water, which in turn produced steam. The steam was then harnessed to push pistons to provide the power for the industrial revolution.

I am not going to advocate replacing your V8 with a steam engine! However, making steam is not the only method of using water to power an automobile. Water consists of Hydrogen and Oxygen. Many of the world’s Motor manufacturers are now researching the use of Hydrogen fuel cells to power their cars in the future. The technology exists but there are still problems to be overcome before we see the benefit in our everyday lives. This still leaves us with the problem of what to do today as our fuel bill seem to rise exponentially. As I mentioned earlier, people have been forced to re-examine “old” technology. An example of this is the adaptation of 90-year-old technology, which uses electricity from the car battery to separate water into a gas called HHO (2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen), which in turn is then used to enhance the efficiency of the combustion process. The result is a far more efficient motor vehicle, which is in effect a “water/gas hybrid”.

In real terms this can mean genuine permanent reduction in fuel bills, a cleaner running engine, less pollution and a reduction in the amount of oil required to be extracted from the ground. The good news for the average man on the street is that this technology is simple and easy to install using freely available parts. Answering the original question again, you are certainly running a car partially on water. Some people even claim to use this technology to enable a car to run entirely on water.

The next question you are likely to ask is that, if this technology is so easy to install and is so powerful, then why don’t all the major car manufacturers use it? That is a good question but consider these points. Firstly, this new re-discovery of old technology is only recent. Car manufacturers work on a very long-term design cycle, and are very cautious before they make any radical moves, as they do not want to compromise reliability until something has been rigorously tested. Secondly there is the conspiracy theory. Big business and Governments have massive vested interests in oil and the motor industries. More miles to the gallon means less tax to the Government through the gas pump. Wars have been and still are being fought over oil.

You have to ask a final question. The average man on the street wants more miles for his money – but who is perhaps not so keen on this idea?

More information from : www.waterautogas.info

Written by Car Enthusiast on August 19th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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