Home Made Petrol/Hydrogen Hybrid $$$ saver

[VT_E30]

Yeh i think it was on that doco who killed the electric car where they stated that hydrogen powered cars are there so that people think something is being don't about greener cars but really its a path to no were.

know what you are talking about before you start talking. the hydrogen fuel cells that are being made/ researched use the opposite method than what the guy in the op was trying to use. by taking oxygen and hydrogen and putting them together, electricity is released, captured and used to charge batteries. the problem comes from where do we get the pure hydrogen? and that is what engineers/chemists/biologists are trying to figure out. so this is not a path to nowhere, its actually a path to being less dependent of fossil fuels and nuclear energy. so yea just my

[NC325iC]

the only problem with nuclear cars is radioactivity, the driver will die by the end of their trip

on a side note, how many engineers does it take to explain the principals of thermodynamics to a regular person?

on a side note to the side not, how many here are mechanical engineers
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[LivingLegend06]

this is a massive repost

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=111351

people stop making threads on this retarded idea, it does not work.

[etxxz]

Diminishing returns...

It's the Law.

Thing that gets me is all the money our government has put into Hydrogen powered cars (Fuel Cell etc) and pretty much any junior college physics class could tell you it's impractical to the point of insane.

HOOOLD ON a sec...

if by that in any way, you are implying that a Hydrogen Fuel Cell is the same as an ICE running on hydrogen your college sucks...its like all the people online talking about HHO as the "atomic" power of hydrogen as if they were turning their cars into nuclear power plants.

A Fuel cell does not combust or burns. It exhaust nothing other than pure unadulterated water (mostly as vapor). Its a completely different breed, animal, race, world and galaxy all together. It basically separates the proton and the electron (hydrogen is 1 proton, 1 electron. #1 on periodic table, simplest element yes?) and creates a current this way...but now you're talking EV's and that deserves its own thread.

meanwhile look up honda FCX and see that fuel cells will be appearing all over. hell, its what i do.

And that is why I think nuclear power, may just end up being, the green-ist power of them all.

It is PERIOD.

the trick is to use the nuclear power to charge batteries (electric vehicles) make hydrogen (fuel cells) etc etc etc. what happens with the waste is something that i don't know, all i know its that by all human relative terms, it lasts forever.

[emi325i]

This thread is hilarious. I always thought that arguing with stupid people was pointless, unless I'm having fun at their expense. Hey you guys should totally try this at home!!!.. post lots of pictures!! puahahahaha

[Scotaku]

Do a simple Google or Youtube video search if you want to see the true believers doing it at home. Some of the are priceless but most of them show cars running at idle... not actually going anywhere. And even less of those have any record of mileage before/after. Gee... I wonder why...

[parkerbink]

As far as fuel cells bering impractical I have one word for you:

ICELAND

This is from 2002:

http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/436.cfm

And more recently:

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2008-01/Icelandic-fuel-cell-powered-ship

Their buses are run on hydrogen. As they have a huge amount of geothermal energy they can manufacture power very economically.

[Turf1600]

Well so much for that idea.

I was out in west texas a week or so ago and I swear I saw at least 2,000 of those huge white windmills. I want one of those bitches in my yard.

[etxxz]

As far as fuel cells bering impractical I have one word for you:

ICELAND

This is from 2002:

http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/436.cfm

And more recently:

http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2008-01/Icelandic-fuel-cell-powered-ship

Their buses are run on hydrogen. As they have a huge amount of geothermal energy they can manufacture power very economically.

we are not talking about fuel cells. pay attention.

[parkerbink]

we are not talking about fuel cells. pay attention.

It was brought up as being impractical.

Catch up.

I ignored the thread topic as it is without merit.

[2002maniac]

I didnt read the article but this does not sound like a "perpetual motion machine". i dont think he's using the alternator to create the Hydrogen. He is taking a cheap energy source (electricity) to create a flammable gas (H) to replace some of the expensive energy source (Gasoline)

That said, it is completely impractical and dumb.

[SpecM]

I didnt read the article but this does not sound like a "perpetual motion machine"

-Same idea tho

[kenika65]

I like SpecM dog powered e30 lol good pic.

[SpecM]

I like SpecM dog powered e30 lol good pic.

-Hehe thanks, thats my puppy. He works on cars too

[etxxz]

^^ yeah someone please lock this thread....i should drop a bomb on you all though, some hydrogen does make an engine more efficient...just not when generated from your alternator :evil:

It was brought up as being impractical.

Catch up.

I ignored the thread topic as it is without merit.

i'm going to be an ass and respond to your comment. YOU catch up...i think i specified enough times the point/different on fuel cells and that i was 1of2 engineers on this thread.