Water- fuelled cars

skysidhe · 07-03-2008, 05:04 PM

Water-fuelled cars. An interesting concept.

The thing is I see so many 'conversion' links that look like scams and more than one video of someone claiming they are the inventor of converting water to energy.

It dosn't really matter who invented it but it makes it all seem that much more untrue.

If you were able to have/convert your car to a 'green' energy source what would it be?

water ?
electric?
solar?
ethanol?

It would be nice to have an energy source big oil corporations didn't have their hands in it. If I could privately/inexpensively convert to solar, water or electric I would.

HungLikeJesus · 07-03-2008, 05:53 PM

If I could find a flux capacitor I could use anything as a fuel.

skysidhe · 07-03-2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

If I could find a flux capacitor I could use anything as a fuel.

Oh very funny. I had to google that ya know :p

HungLikeJesus · 07-03-2008, 06:14 PM

And I mis-spoke. I meant a Mr. Fusion, not a flux capacitor.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-03-2008, 10:56 PM

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If you were able to have/convert your car to a 'green' energy source what would it be?

Little slaves from Mars.

lookout123 · 07-04-2008, 12:43 AM

envy. it would be a perpetual cycle. totally cool. all the greeny weenies would want it thus fueling the fire causing more greeny envy...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2008, 12:54 AM

Extra, extra, read all about it!
Water for fuel, is a miracle cure!
Extra, extra, read all about it!
Extra, Extra!

regular.joe · 07-04-2008, 10:08 AM

Hung, in your defense, you can't have Mr. Fusion without the Flux Capacitor.

HungLikeJesus · 07-04-2008, 10:15 AM

Not yet, anyway.

skysidhe · 07-04-2008, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Little slaves from Mars.

sure and if I would have said,"alternative" energy you probably would have said,"naked women pushing your car" :p

Well it sounded funnier in my head.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-04-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

sure and if I would have said,"alternative" energy you probably would have said,"naked women pushing your car" :p

I've, pushed naked women, in my car. :p

glatt · 07-07-2008, 09:09 AM

Talking to my brother over the holiday weekend, I learned that he bought a new (used) car.

It sounds pretty damn cool. He bought it on E-bay from a fleet in Pennsylvania and had it shipped to him in California. It's a used Honda Accord that he got for $15,000 plus a couple hundred for the shipping.

It runs on compressed natural gas. The tank is in the trunk so the trunk is much smaller than a normal trunk, and it only has a range of like 200 miles, and the natural gas stations are pretty rare. So all that is less than ideal.

But he says it costs only $12 to fill it up, and it runs about 200 miles on that fill. There is a station right along his commute in the Bay Area, so it's very convenient for him for around town use. It looks and behaves just like a regular Honda Accord in every other way. And the best thing is that he can drive in the HOV (car pool) lanes alone in the car. So he rockets past all the other traffic and pays half to a quarter of what they do per mile for fuel. He isn't selling his old car, so he can still use the gasoline powered one for road trips where compressed stations are rare.

I know the entire nation can't switch to natural gas, because there just isn't enough of the stuff, but it's working out really well for him.

I'll visit him in three weeks and get to see the car first hand.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2008, 09:59 AM

I'd love to know who owned that fleet... maybe one of the gas companies? If you think of it, please ask your brother if he knows.

glatt · 07-07-2008, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I'd love to know who owned that fleet... maybe one of the gas companies? If you think of it, please ask your brother if he knows.

I did ask him and he didn't know. But he said it came form a town called something like Levitown.

(He bought it from a third party, not the fleet itself)

dar512 · 07-07-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It runs on compressed natural gas. The tank is in the trunk so the trunk is much smaller than a normal trunk, and it only has a range of like 200 miles, and the natural gas stations are pretty rare. So all that is less than ideal.

Someone called in to Cartalk a couple of months ago about a truck that had been outfitted with NG. It also was part of a fleet that was sold off.

07-03-2008, 05:04 PM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Water- fuelled cars Water-fuelled cars. An interesting concept. The thing is I see so many 'conversion' links that look like scams and more than one video of someone claiming they are the inventor of converting water to energy. It dosn't really matter who invented it but it makes it all seem that much more untrue. If you were able to have/convert your car to a 'green' energy source what would it be? water ? electric? solar? ethanol? It would be nice to have an energy source big oil corporations didn't have their hands in it. If I could privately/inexpensively convert to solar, water or electric I would.

07-03-2008, 05:53 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	If I could find a flux capacitor I could use anything as a fuel. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-03-2008, 06:14 PM	#4
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	And I mis-spoke. I meant a Mr. Fusion, not a flux capacitor. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-04-2008, 12:43 AM	#6
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	envy. it would be a perpetual cycle. totally cool. all the greeny weenies would want it thus fueling the fire causing more greeny envy... __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-04-2008, 12:54 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Extra, extra, read all about it! Water for fuel, is a miracle cure! Extra, extra, read all about it! Extra, Extra! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Hung, in your defense, you can't have Mr. Fusion without the Flux Capacitor. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

07-04-2008, 10:15 AM	#9
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Not yet, anyway. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-07-2008, 09:09 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Talking to my brother over the holiday weekend, I learned that he bought a new (used) car. It sounds pretty damn cool. He bought it on E-bay from a fleet in Pennsylvania and had it shipped to him in California. It's a used Honda Accord that he got for $15,000 plus a couple hundred for the shipping. It runs on compressed natural gas. The tank is in the trunk so the trunk is much smaller than a normal trunk, and it only has a range of like 200 miles, and the natural gas stations are pretty rare. So all that is less than ideal. But he says it costs only $12 to fill it up, and it runs about 200 miles on that fill. There is a station right along his commute in the Bay Area, so it's very convenient for him for around town use. It looks and behaves just like a regular Honda Accord in every other way. And the best thing is that he can drive in the HOV (car pool) lanes alone in the car. So he rockets past all the other traffic and pays half to a quarter of what they do per mile for fuel. He isn't selling his old car, so he can still use the gasoline powered one for road trips where compressed stations are rare. I know the entire nation can't switch to natural gas, because there just isn't enough of the stuff, but it's working out really well for him. I'll visit him in three weeks and get to see the car first hand.

07-07-2008, 09:59 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'd love to know who owned that fleet... maybe one of the gas companies? If you think of it, please ask your brother if he knows. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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