Salt Water as A Potential Fuel Source?

[Prodigal]

This is amazing, thoughts?

[Celsius]

Amazing. Simply amazing.

[Yaga Shu Ra]

Bad journalism; they do not even mention whether or not the energy output is greater than the energy input.

[Jaketh]

if it works, then we have a limitless supply of energy, this would be awesome

[Celsius]

Bad journalism; they do not even mention whether or not the energy output is greater than the energy input.

Doesnt matter, you could run it off of salt water

[C-Rob]

Bad journalism; they do not even mention whether or not the energy output is greater than the energy input.

here.

I'd prefer it if it would keep the water burning without the energy going into it, which probably wont' occur

[Gestalt]

Wow,that's even better than good old acetone.I guess the fuel tank and engine are going to be made of stainless steel because salt water corrodes like heck.Oh well its got to be still cheaper in the long run.

[Sphere]

The guy does a hydrolysis reaction and then combusts the resulting hydrogen and oxygen.... this is high school science. And no, it doesn't produce any net energy, in fact it would lose energy.

It's essential the same chemical reaction forwards and backwards

2H20 + Energy => O2 +2H2

O2 + 2H2 => 2H2O + Energy

He is also burning the salt (which is why the flame is bright orange and not just the clear/blue of the hydrogen) but you don't really need a fancy hydrolysis reaction to due that, just throw the salt in a furnace, it would be more efficient than using all that electricity.

[Jenuensis]

June 07'. -_- Must not of worked or else we'd know more about it?

[Aetius]

How stupid do they think we are?

[Sphere]

How stupid do they think we are?

Next they will show a guy who put a giant fan in front of a wind turbine and call him a genius.

[chamaeleo]

Next they will show a guy who put a giant fan in front of a wind turbine and call him a genius.

I heard that the guy with the giant spotlight and solar PV array beat him to it. True Genius can be so elusive.

[Gestalt]

HAHA I watched that video again and that Engineer John White's response nearly floored me with laughter.Total geek-lol.Yeah it seems sort of incredible that someone who is not an engineer or something similar would invent such a device by accident.I am sure countless other people have tried over the last 100 years for a better solution than gas.Maybe the oil companies control,and bribe our politicians so an invention that is highly practical will be squashed.Maybe the Pharmaceutical companies did the same thing to his cancer"cure"-lol. There has been many brilliant inventions in the past and even some by accident,but I don't think this is one of them.

Edit: oh wait he's a broadcast engineer,turned inventor,and wannabe scientist.

"It should be noted, however, that the process is not yet considered a practical method of generating energy and quite possible never will be. According to a PESWiki article on the subject, the radio-wave generator consumes more energy than can be produced by the burning salt water. Some of the more enthusiastic reports on the invention tend to gloss over this fact."
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/salt-water-fuel.shtml

[Sphere]

I'd prefer it if it would keep the water burning without the energy going into it, which probably wont' occur

The problem is that it is technically impossible to burn water as water is already a combustion product (I.e. its what you get when you burn hydrogen). It would be like trying to burn CO2 or Ash or any other of the things you get after burning something.

[C-Rob]

The problem is that it is technically impossible to burn water as water is already a combustion product (I.e. its what you get when you burn hydrogen). It would be like trying to burn CO2 or Ash or any other of the things you get after burning something.

thanks, I took high school chemistry too.