Salt water fuel ??

grief · 05-12-2008, 10:01 AM

Check this out

ChuckA · 05-13-2008, 06:30 AM

Well you know the petrolieum companies are knockin on his door . With the gas at 4 bucks there not going to allow salt water to burn.

Possum · 05-13-2008, 07:28 AM

That's pretty crazy. It's really is amazing the number and types of alternative heat/fuel sources there are. I, personally, think all of this stuff is long since discovered and buried by the government and petroleum industry, as any mass creation of this type of fuel source in a marketable, salable product would effectively put the oil industry out of business. remember it's not just gas, heating oil (diesel), etc.. There a literally thousands of byproducts to petroleum, that we all use every day.

Scup · 05-13-2008, 10:21 AM

I suspect the inventor is either a nut or a con man. The thing that bothers me about his presentation is he never mentions how much energy was needed to break up the salt water into hydrogen and oxygen. Usually mother nature does not give away anything for free when it comes to transforming energy from one form to another by mankind. There is hydro, thermal, solar, wood, oil, and wind, free more or less for the taking, but as soon as one tries to convert one form of energy to another form there are losses (nuclear is a different type of animal.) It is impossible to convert one form of energy to another and end up with more than what you started with. It is a violation of one of the basic laws of thermodynamics (conservation of energy.) It comes under the same hat as the perpetual motion machine. Not saying that it is impossible to build a perpetual machine and bust one of the laws of thermodynamics, but no one has done it yet although many have claimed such.

Special K · 05-13-2008, 02:57 PM

kinda like ethanol? after manufacturing & delivery (by diesel truck) it cost more than the energy it produces. corn is for FOOD!

interesting thought anyway, saltwater fuel, all technologys start off price prohibitive. if it's worth pursuing eventually it becomes cost effective.

74Formula233 · 05-13-2008, 04:53 PM

I've seen that b4...pretty wild actually

05-13-2008, 07:28 AM	#3
Possum User Gallery Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CT / Summer in RI Posts: 2,699	That's pretty crazy. It's really is amazing the number and types of alternative heat/fuel sources there are. I, personally, think all of this stuff is long since discovered and buried by the government and petroleum industry, as any mass creation of this type of fuel source in a marketable, salable product would effectively put the oil industry out of business. remember it's not just gas, heating oil (diesel), etc.. There a literally thousands of byproducts to petroleum, that we all use every day. __________________ ________________________ NBS Sportfishing Affiliates

05-13-2008, 10:21 AM	#4
Scup NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stonington Posts: 375	I suspect the inventor is either a nut or a con man. The thing that bothers me about his presentation is he never mentions how much energy was needed to break up the salt water into hydrogen and oxygen. Usually mother nature does not give away anything for free when it comes to transforming energy from one form to another by mankind. There is hydro, thermal, solar, wood, oil, and wind, free more or less for the taking, but as soon as one tries to convert one form of energy to another form there are losses (nuclear is a different type of animal.) It is impossible to convert one form of energy to another and end up with more than what you started with. It is a violation of one of the basic laws of thermodynamics (conservation of energy.) It comes under the same hat as the perpetual motion machine. Not saying that it is impossible to build a perpetual machine and bust one of the laws of thermodynamics, but no one has done it yet although many have claimed such. __________________ "Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go" by William Feather

05-13-2008, 04:53 PM	#6
74Formula233 User Gallery Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Exeter, Rhode Island Posts: 3,291	I've seen that b4...pretty wild actually __________________

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05-13-2008, 06:30 AM	#2
ChuckA User Gallery Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Madison Ct Posts: 2,150	Well you know the petrolieum companies are knockin on his door . With the gas at 4 bucks there not going to allow salt water to burn.

05-13-2008, 02:57 PM	#5
Special K NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: tolland & mystic Posts: 361	kinda like ethanol? after manufacturing & delivery (by diesel truck) it cost more than the energy it produces. corn is for FOOD! interesting thought anyway, saltwater fuel, all technologys start off price prohibitive. if it's worth pursuing eventually it becomes cost effective.