From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Sun Aug 22 1999 - 23:27:54 MDT
Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> > But we can *build* a car that runs on water. Put the water in the
> > tank, let the solar cells turn it into H2, run the H2 into a fuel
> > cell and then drive off.
>
> In this example Robert, the car "runs" on solar cells. The water
> just serves as a [somewhat inefficient] means of power transmission.
> Many people have the notion that water can somehow be used as a fuel.
Actually, water can be a darn good *oxidizer* if the fuel is aluminum.
This cost me 60 dB of hearing and half the vision in my right eye 22 years
ago...
-- Doug Jones, Freelance Rocket Plumber
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