Woohoo! The energy crisis may soon be over

[Rex_Goodheart]

Let's burn salt water. This will tower over Edison's invention of the lightbulb.

http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=35660&bw=

[hobbit709]

1. Not this one again!

[Rex_Goodheart]

2. Haven't seen it before...

Is it a hoax? Damn.

[whistle]

7. Why, is it a scam?

[Deja Q]

3. I'll get the matches!

:party:

[ThomCat]

4. If that is an efficient way of generating energy

then it looks like something that could be easily created on a larger scale. I'd love to hear that this is being used to replace fossil fuels.

Any engineers here want to comment on this?

[VTMechEngr]

8. It requires more energy to convert the water than you get back.

In that sense, its not an answer to our energy needs.

[Montauk6]

5. That is if some company fronting for Big Oil doesn't take him up on his offer

Then buy him out and sit on the product.

[alfredo]

6. How much energy is used for the radio wave generator?

I guess a fuel cell could be used to get things underway, then use energy from braking to recharge.

[rurallib]

9. OK - never says how much energy it takes to cause the burn

Is there an energy in/ energy out table someplace.
Ethanol fails badly when you take in the amount of energy it takes to produce the output energy

[Speck Tater]

10. This is a tired old something for nothing scam

It takes more electrical energy to release the hydrogen from salt water than the energy you get back from burning the hydrogen. In other words, you burn a barrel of oil to generate enough electricity to release enough hydrogen to replace a quarter of a barrel of oil. That's NOT a source of energy folks. It's a way of burning 3/4 of a barrel of oil and being left with nothing to show for it. It's a net energy looser. There is NO FREE LUNCH!

That people would fall for this for even 30 seconds is a comment on the sad state of science education in this country.

[BlueJazz]

12. But..I don't think you understand Physics. I've got this great idea.

Take an electric Motor, hook it up to a Generator, run part of the
generator output back to the motor to power the Generator...Etc....

Any left over power is Free!!!

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Posted three times already in Science, E/E; does not withstand inspection.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=97945&mesg_id=97947

These energy-from-water "discoveries" are just a rehash of something that's been known for nearly two centuries: namely, that if you consume enough electrical energy, you can make H2 from H2O -- and if you burn the H2, re-forming H2O, you recover less energy than was consumed by passage of the electric current:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

Hydrogen from water: it's the new Snake Oil. And it shows up too much on DU.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=115&topic_id=97448
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=115&topic_id=97798
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=115&topic_id=97945

[Richard Steele]

13. Oh good lord, how many times do we have to see this shit posted? nm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. I wish we could burn scientific illiteracy.

That'd solve all our energy needs.