Can You Really Run Your Car On Water?

Based on evidence that you can run your car on water, alternative fuel experts are gearing up for an explosion of scientific research. No one wants to put the brakes on the merits of using water as a fuel source.

There's no doubt that the most brilliant scientists in the world have to come up with a solution to our over priced, limited supply of fossil fuel. Green house gas and tightly controlled emissions programs are fueling research into using simple water as a possible fuel source. In America, we use the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool in fuel every 15 seconds. Driving is part of our culture, but if we don't do something to save the planet and reduce fuel costs, what culture will there be?

This desperation may be fueling scam artists to encourage motorists to buy conversion kits that will make very little difference in fuel economy. More research is being done, and despite the rumors that the big oil companies are doing everything in their power to squash the progress of alternative fuel research, we live in a lightening speed information age where very little can be kept hidden.

Water has been our life source since the dawn of time, so why not our fuel source? One inventor, American Stan Myer, proved it almost 30 years ago. He drove his dune buggy across the country on 22 gallons of water, using Brown's Gas. This is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. The molecules are separated and used as energy via an electrical current.

Since that time, videos of Myer have been used to give credibility to weak products on the internet. One sales pitch claimed that your vehicle could be converted in just 40 minutes by your neighborhood mechanic for around $120.

There is some merit to Myer's technology. It's based on oxyhydrogen technology, which has been in existence since the 1800s. Oxyhydrogen is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases in a two to one ratio used to fuel welding torches. However, there are an equal number of reports stating that running your car on water is a total scam, as a hydrogen water cell run by a car battery would produce nothing more than bubbles; certainly not powerful enough to turn over a car engine.

Yet, the hydrogen fuel cell has enough merit to be patented in the U. S. It has also provided a springboard for researchers to learn more about using the energy generated by electricity and water.

This includes remarkable new research into using an almost unlimited new type of fuel to drive engines - sea water. John Kanzius of Pennsylvania, who was experimenting with radio waves and metals as a method of curing cancer, accidentally discovered a use for salt water. Water exposed to radio waves will release the bond formed by the hydrogen and oxygen in the water, causing a searing hot flame. Where there is fire, there is energy.

He took his research to a lab in Ohio and showed scientists the results of his experimentation. The cautious scientists were astounded by his findings, noting the intense flame that was created by releasing the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water. The energy could easily be translated into enough energy to power a vehicle and perhaps, as a way to desalinate sea water.

Kanzius story is that of the great American inventor who stumbles upon an incredible new finding while looking for something else.

As the world searches for new ways to go "green", we might end up just being all "wet"!