| I've seen it over the last few days; gas is | | | | explosive power that hydrogen has. Building |
| starting to top 4 dollars a gallon. | | | | an infrastructure to store and transport |
| Predictions are being made that the price of | | | | hydrogen around the country in the volumes |
| a barrel of oil will top $240 by this time | | | | needed to fuel our cars would be beyond |
| next year. The days of cheap fuel are in the | | | | prohibitive. But people thought about that |
| past. China and India are industrializing | | | | and realized that there is a save and readily |
| more and more, and when they are no longer a | | | | available source of hydrogen: water. |
| source of super cheap labor, that will shift | | | | |
| to Africa, and when they industrialize it | | | | Clean, safe, easily obtainable water. |
| will cease being even remotely feasible to | | | | |
| burn petroleum based fuels in our cars. | | | | Water consists of two Hydrogen and one Oxygen |
| | | | atom. Both of which are very flammable. Split |
| So what is all this fuss about Hydrogen and | | | | these apart and you've got a great fuel. This |
| whatnot? Can't we just switch to Ethanol and | | | | is done by running electrical current through |
| burn fuel made from corn? We can, and the oil | | | | water to break the bond between the atoms. |
| companies really wouldn't mind that much as | | | | Certain electrolytes and special metals can |
| we still need big refineries and all of their | | | | assist in making this easier and more energy |
| advanced distribution systems to get that | | | | efficient. The gas that is released is called |
| Ethanol fuel to our cars. Also, most of our | | | | HHO or Brown's Gas (there are subtle |
| cars would need upgrades (new gas tanks, no | | | | differences depending on the process used). |
| aluminum parts in contact with the ethanol) | | | | People often call the devices that produce |
| to properly handle it. There is a huge lobby | | | | the gas 'electrolyzers' or 'hydrogen |
| movement to make this the fuel of the future. | | | | generators'. |
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| Ethanol is not a viable solution. | | | | Building a system to power your car entirely |
| | | | off of the gas from these hydrogen generators |
| The reason is simple, it takes more energy to | | | | can be a bit of a challenge as the average |
| make it than we get from it and farmers are | | | | car consumes a tremendous amount of vaporized |
| growing corn for ethanol when they used to | | | | air-fuel mixture, and it is beyond the means |
| grow it for food. I don't know about you, but | | | | of the average person to build a car that |
| I'd rather eat than drive. Don't think this | | | | runs entirely off of the HHO/Brown's gas |
| is corn for your food; corn is a large part | | | | fuel. |
| of most animal feed. More expensive corn | | | | |
| means more expensive meat - even your cat | | | | However, it is very easy to supplement your |
| food will go up in price. | | | | existing gas with the HHO/Brown's gas fuel |
| | | | and gain a vast increase in miles per gallon. |
| That's why everyone from experimenters in | | | | Some users of these DIY hydrogen generators |
| their garages to BMW and Ford are starting to | | | | have reported gains of over 100% increase in |
| turn to Hydrogen as a fuel source. | | | | MPG, though the averages are closer to 40%. |
| | | | Keep in mind that a 40% increase on a car |
| Believe it or not, but most cars on the road | | | | that gets 30MPG is 42MPG. For the average |
| today can burn hydrogen with little or no | | | | American that is $47.84 per driver per month, |
| modification. | | | | or about $90/month per household. That's if |
| | | | you drive at, or below the average. If you |
| Isn't that dangerous, you ask? Isn't hydrogen | | | | are over the average miles driven per year |
| rather flammable and not at all safe? You're | | | | (which is only 15000) then your savings start |
| right, of course. Few gasses have the | | | | to increase. |