MVPaquatics Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Imagine using your water change water to fuel your ride! http://www.offgridquest.com/mobility/salt-water-powered-car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 No Way!!! It says The Europeans have already approved the salt water tech for their roads, we are getting left behind, by marine power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackice Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 That's really cool!!!! But if they start draining are seas for are cars I might be upset! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 This car doesn't make sense from an engineering standpoint, thus until I see one get filled up and drive I wouldn't believe it. I don't know if you guys remember back in the late 90s early 2000s someone coming out with a water powered car that you could "fill up with your garden hose". Needless to say that never came out. You can never get more energy out than you put in (first law of Thermodynamics), so the saltwater can't just convert itself to electrical energy without something like electrolysis separating out the hydrogen, which in tern takes energy to do. I'll be surprised if this car goes anywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gacayon Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I agree with Blue. There is something missing in the article. You need some sort of Anode in order to create the actual electricity. Sure, if we dose this saltwater with magnesium to gain the electrons needed to actually power the car then I could see it. Battery to water to battery is not nearly as impressive as using only my aquarium saltwater to fill up my car and drive off into the sunset :-). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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