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A car that runs on water
Zayl
Veteran
Seems a few years ago, a Japanese car company developed a new energy system that runs only on water. It is electric powered and runs on Hydrogen Dioxide. It can run off of any type of water, rain water, bottled water, tap water, puddle water... what have you. One liter of water can have the car run for up to an hour, and it can reach up to speeds 50 MPH (80KM/H) The video itself was released in 2008. It is now 2012, why have we not seen any further development of this system? it is pollution free, runs off of a readily available fuel source, and there is no need to construct additional infrastructure to support it. Someone can just fill a jug of water at home and stuff it in their car, and they'll be set for the day.
It seems to work just fine, and after looking it up there really are no drawbacks to this system that I can see. Sure it doesn't reach ridiculous speeds, but can go fast enough for most roads. It does not have a lot of horsepower, but it still moves. Did I already mention there are no harmful by products? at all? It's almost sad that I can say that I am not terribly surprised this system did not gain popularity. Seems the entire world is addicted to fossil fuels.
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Side Note: Please share the road with bicyclists if you are a driver... we are but fragile things!
@lamaramadingdong said: "The amount of water on earth is the same as it ever was."
An irrelevant statement. While true, the vast majority of it is salt water and in glaciers at the polar caps -- none of which is readily or cheaply usable.
But what about cities that rely on highways or where it's sprawled out? 1L = 1 hr of driving, not including idling... you'd need to carry a huge amount of water if you rely on a car to get around every day and live in a traffic-congested city. Imagine carrying 20L of water would weigh a slow car down even more.
And, as others have mentioned, it pre-supposes an area where water is plentiful and without restrictions. I can't imagine this being very popular in a desert region or an area where water isn't in abundance.
Plus, capitalism always finds ways to put a price on things. If cars like this became mainstream, they'd find a way to charge people for using water to fill up their cars.
There are some nasty fishes coming up the mississipi that can kill all the salmon. That is the danger now.
What kind of salmon do you have there? Atlantic?
Since that seaway a fish called alewives came from the ocean. They have suckers and hook onto salmon and other fish and kill them. I go to the beach and some years there are dead fish all over the place.
Now I'll have to look up the Great Lakes Salmon. Salmon normally migrate between salt and fresh water, so I'm guessing there's an annual run that comes up the St. Lawrence, but maybe not. That would be awful to loose such a resource!
But, as Dean Martin said, "When you swim in the deep, and a eel bites your feet -- that's a moray!"
And as a Michigander, well... yeah having the Great Lakes nearby would be a total boon if I ever bought this type of vehicle. And you wouldn't need a huge amount of water to work it for a day. Carrying a Gallon jug with you would probably be more than enough.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/preview-concept/4217016
Anyway cars are horrid noisy smelly things, they should all be filled with concrete and driven into Lake Michigan.