well... no... not quite on water...
to get the hydrolysis working right, you'd need some kind of briny mix and a LOT of electricity to split water into H and O2. then burning it isn't very efficient so you'd need a LOT of it... so even more electricity and by the end of it all, you'd be better off with just an electric car.
however, that is not to say there aren't better alternatives to what we got now! fuel efficiency could be way way way higher, like 60,70,80+ mpg. hell, my 1997 pontiac had about 10 more mpg than my ford focus has now, and it's one of the higher rated mpgs! also, they already made an electric car that was overly efficient and needed no servicing; however it did too well in the test market and they recalled and destroyed them... presumably because it would hurt the oil industry too much.
and there are alternative fuels like just filling up hydrogen cells, "3rd rail" electric cars, ethanol, heck, even corn oil combusts! and I'm sure there's a lot more. but water is just not really viable at this time. >(
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Well now we use an EPA mandated 10% ethanol(made from corn) in our gas, bad for our cars and raises the price of all foods and fuel(and all other transported commodities). The EPA actually mandated the destruction of the EV1's and Think's due to the batteries. Corn oil (even soybean oil) is bad too, it would be worse than the ethanol, raises the price of all food & fuel (which leads to every transported commodity), Hydrogen, Propane, Natural gas, Electric and hybrids do work very well, yet parts of the public fear them (chickenshit fearmongers, not car people) for dangers the may hold and the EPA who put extreme restrictions on everything (which stymies automakers interest due to ridiculous costs). Fuel economy can still go up, 40-50 mpg in a gas engine is a soft wall, and requires smaller, lighter cars (which are seen by the public as unsafe, and well, they are, compared to larger cars) with less power.
Water, I like the idea, but the technology just isn't there yet. Motors are too weak atm.
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I don't get the whole ethanol thing... causes about as much CO2 to produce it as just burning gas (if not more), so I'm sure it's just a cheap way for oil companies to cut gas with to make an extra buck.
I really really like hydrogen fuel. very cool stuff, but yeah, people are all afraid of it for no reason.
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But the 10% ethanol isn't cheap, it is almost 30% of the cost of gas per gallon right now. Even with the price of oil per barrel right now, gas would only be about $2.90-$3.10, and the gov't requires them to use the ethanol. The ethanol is so expensive due to drought conditions causing failed/bad corn and soybean crops.
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Not sure what #'s you're using but a Pontiac doesn't have better gas mileage than a Ford Focus
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Pontiac1997.shtml
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/2012_Ford_Focus.shtml
Also remember that 1997 numbers are higher MPG because today's MPG ratings are based on using the air conditioner as well, where as previous numbers did not account for that. Even with this apparent dis-advantage, the Focus has much better mileage than a Pontiac.
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Because he had nothing to run from, he was the son of God, why would he run?
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Car that runs on water existed for more than 60 years... But petrol.
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I telling you, the government has a water that runs on cars man!!!
The government don't want to tell us because we will buy all the cars
and there will be no cars instead of motorcycles!
and the government know that motorcycles make us HORNY !
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We have to save the environment, man. Plant more trees, man. Man.
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but, why do they want to run on water man? what did the poor water man do?
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I telling you, the government has a car that runs on water man!!!
The government don't want to tell us because we will buy all the water
and there will be no water instead of beers!
and the government know that beers make us HAPPY !
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