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Will Water Power Cars be Popular? I Have Antifreeze In Gasoline, Running NPR Powercars
67Cars running on water may seem impossible; however, this may unexpectedly become a reality as energy cost and energy consumption continue to deplete our worlds natural recourses. Hydro engines have already been created. It is only a matter of time before drivers benefit from water engine cars known simply as 'water cars'.
This reality is becoming a vital necessity, as no one wants a super power to create a war to steal energy reserves from weaker nations. I wonder why this idea wasn’t pondered upon sixty years ago when the price of gasoline was less than a dollar. Didn’t anyone foretell the coming energy shortage and rising energy costs? Some families freeze during the cold winter nights, due to lack of energy or unpaid energy bills. If you had to choose between driving a car or staying warm in a cozy home, you would logically choose to heat your home clearly.
When cars waste water for gasoline, will the price of a gallon of water at the fuel pump cost more than a dollar? Don’t determine the water engine fuel will evaporate either, because there are products that can be added to prevent its dissipation and freezing; something like the popular antifreeze.
The question will be; will water fuel make water an extremely scarce commodity and ridiculously drive the cost of water up to where it becomes unaffordable. The public’s drinking water in short supply may now spark water wars. We’ll all wonder in a dreadful thirst, unknowing, which age was better, gasoline or water fuel for cars if a water war breaks out.
Water fuel will actually be terrific for our natural environment because it burns super clean with miniscule emissions. Of course, world politics will determine the cost of water fuel, and find a way to make it a hot commodity like gasoline. The argument will be, since water is essential to sustain life no one will be able to succeed in driving up its cost because the world is composed of three fourths of water.
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This sounds like it is a great technology. I hope the powerful lobbyists don't hold progress back or find a way to control the water supply more than it has.
Thank you syzygyastro and ghomefitness! Water fuel brings much needed hope in saving our energy crises. Angry mobs of desperate greedy individuals will try to stop its progression.
Every thing has an era, our depleted oil reserves have run their course. New technologies are in development to use water fuel. Working smart is the only way to go; we'll need to find easy ways to convert oil energy into water energy. This sounds so awesome! I can already see the new healthy world we will be part of soon. Transition periods are usually always very tough. I hope it all goes well!
Hi Craan! I appreciate this hub for delving into a very timely topic. I wish these cars will be affordable to the average wage-earner. It will definitely solve a lot of our world's problems not only on the energy-front. I'm sure the impact of having these cars roll down our streets, will have positive consequences to everything that matters these days, money, gas, saving, investments and the economy in general.
I do hope gmmurgirl "water powered cars" become the new wave of the future! The transition might not be very smooth. Many people in the oil and fuel industry will lose their jobs and money. There may be stiff opposition from the countries who produce oil and gas energy for major losses of revenue. Industrial jobs will need to be redefined.
We just went through a major financial crisis in the housing industry and we survived. I guess this major change for good, will come in leaps and bounds once water fuel catches on. The general public will demand this change!
Hiya Craan, I've read that the use of water as fuel to run cars have long been found out, but it was shelved because it might put gas corporations out of business and of course the amount of money spent on lobbyist. I hope water powered cars will become the new wave in the future. Now because of harsh winter in Canada, the USA and other parts of the world, water powered cars might have a problem... but then again, someone will invent anti-freeze for water, if it isn't in the market yet.
Have a nice day!
Rosie
You are absolutely correct Rosie! It's nice to see you again. The world will be totally changed when water fuel power replaces fossil fuels and we'll all be able to breathe much easier.
Great article! Love topics like this and the out of the box thinking it inspires. That said, I'm not much of an optimist on the water car, but I still have hope. Wikipedia does a convincing article (I'm not smart enough to refute it :-) titled "Water-Fueled Car" noting a number of flaws and possible fraud in the water car concept.
With that in mind, Craan writes a great article and keeps the hope alive that we'll one day not have to depend on oil.
Good Job Craan of bringing up water supply if water was used as a major alternative fuel source. It's the biggest concern I have if this concept ever becomes reality.
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Thank you TurtleDog! Our water supply will be of major concern when water powered cars become popular.
It would be great if salt water was used instead of fresh water. I imagine they'll want to use distilled water to maintain the life of the car's engine. Imagine if they were able to use our natural salty seawater and install a filter in the water car that trapped the salt. All we would need to do is fuel up with sea water and clean the cars salt filter!
The transition might not be very smooth. Many people in the oil and fuel industry will lose their jobs and money
Thanks Christino!
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syzygyastro Level 4 Commenter 17 months ago
You point "Some families freeze during cold winter nights, due to lack of energy or unpaid energy bills" is indeed true, but it is also true that landlords are in the same bind and make whole apartment blocks of people suffer the same fate due to costs. The law serves to bind people in different ways with the same results.
In BC, the Ballard energy cell has been "under development" for at least two to three decades. It actually works using water that is split into hydrogen and oxygen in a converter and then the hydrogen is used as fuel. The problem is the oil companies that do not want to lose their massive revenue, so such processes meet stiff opposition, loss of funding, etc. This of course is putting regions like the Amazon and the north polar sea at risk in a situation like the recent BP spill in the gulf of Mexico that has spilled over and influenced the entire Atlantic Ocean.
In parts of the world, water wars are already a reality. Within the continental US-Canada, there is a massive pipeline that sends fresh Canadian water south to oil refineries in the mid western US, so even here there already water scarcity issues that have some Canadians up in arms. Unfortunately, water is required for some oil refining processes, which is why the demand for Canadian water.
The real solution for the water car of course is sea water, which is already prepared for cracking into hydrogen and oxygen. The cracking process can be run by wind farms and solar power. The hydrogen can be stabilized in metal hydride to be released when needed. Of course when hydrogen is burned, you get water back, so at least in that way, there is no loss.