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Originally Posted by 4dr92cavi4cyl
That's one part Hydrogen, two parts Oxygen. Electrolysis is used to "split" the water into hydrogen-oxygen gas, and BAM, you have a very efficient fuel for our internal combustion engines. The only by-product of combustion is, water vapor, no toxic gases!
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Here's an idea. Take your electrolysis process to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen. Then you can use the hydrogen and oxygen in a hydrogen fuel cell to generate electricity to power your car. Then the process can restart as you still have your water. Right?
The fuel cell can generate electricity, but not even enough to power the electrolysis of the water to restart the process, let alone using any of it to power a vehicle. If you could have a 100% self-sustaining machine, you'd be the first person to successfully create perpetual motion.
You will have to have a secondary source of power to help supply the energy needed in the electrolysis process. Traditionally that comes from fossil fuels, nuclear, or other more traditional means of generating energy.
Those pesky laws of thermodynamics and energy get in the way of of progress, don't they.
