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Originally Posted by ciprich211
YouTube - JAPANESE WATER POWERED CAR!!
"The basic power generation mechanism of the new system is similar to that of a normal fuel cell, which uses hydrogen as a fuel. According to Genepax, the main feature of the new system is that it uses the company’s membrane electrode assembly (MEA), which contains a material capable of breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen through a chemical reaction( electrolysis ) .
Though the company did not reveal the details, it “succeeded in adopting a well-known process to produce hydrogen from water to the MEA,”
"With the new process, the cell needs only water and air, eliminating the need for a hydrogen reformer and high-pressure hydrogen tank. Moreover, the MEA requires no special catalysts, and the required amount of rare metals such as platinum is almost the same as that of existing systems, Genepax said."
Wait guys, I thought you said that this process is " Thermodynamically Impossible ". Or are your opinions different now that a company is about to mass produce?
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Once again you are just too willing to believe anything you read on the internet (or in this case watched on the internet). Here is another take on that reuters piece you may want to look at.
Genepax Water Car: Too Good to be True? Yeah : TreeHugger I dont think that you understand what it actually means when we say something is thermodynamically impossible. NOBODY has ever said that a car cant run on some sort of hydrogen source wether it be in a fuel cell car (electric) or an internal combustion engine (like that BMW that was talked about previously) the problem is that with all these 'examples' you keep bringing up the source of the hydrogen costs more energy than you will ever be able to get out! SO have YOU put an 'HHO' system on your car yet?? Why not if you have so much confidence in them?