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re: Toyota Is Developing A Water Powered Car Engine
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:13 am to lake chuck fan
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:13 am to lake chuck fan
AI slop.
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Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:16 am to lake chuck fan
Takes a lot of electricity for electrolysis.
The most efficient use of hydrogen is in a fuel cell not internal combustion.
The most efficient use of hydrogen is in a fuel cell not internal combustion.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:17 am to lake chuck fan
quote:There is an anti-trust judge somewhere being bought already by the big ‘catalytic converter thief’ lobby.
They can do that to individuals(and have done so), but not Toyota!
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:22 am to Ramblin Wreck
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California is still screwed due to a lack of water.
It's not just California, look what is going on in Corpus Christi. Bunch of idiots running/ruining that city.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:26 am to lake chuck fan
Water shortage incoming
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:27 am to Auburn1968
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Takes a lot of electricity for electrolysis.
Yeah, even if this is semi-accurate it's still essentially a battery powered car.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:28 am to lake chuck fan
Hope this goes over better than the years of development Toyota invested in a Hydrogen engine.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:28 am to WickedTiger
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I’m as American as anyone. But, the American car industry has historically not shown the ability to do much of anything right. Sorry, that is just historical fact.
Henry ford had a lot of good ideas
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:32 am to Auburn1968
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Takes a lot of electricity for electrolysis.
It takes a lot of energy to distill water, too.
Not that I know anything about distilling stuff…
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:32 am to Ramblin Wreck
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California is still screwed due to a lack of water. You won’t be able to water your lawn or fill your car with water.
They have all the water they need in the Pacific. They need to build some desalinization plants. They are expensive, but they waste lots of money on stupid social projects. The water shortage issue was caused mainly by the stringent environmental regulations. Guess what. The environmentalists are against building the plants too. It's too bad Cali is run by short-sighted morons.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:32 am to Flats
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Yeah, even if this is semi-accurate it's still essentially a battery powered car.
Came here to say this. The battery and cell will have to be replaced every three to 5 years and no one will be happy with the price.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:35 am to Henry Jones Jr
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Wasnt there a guy back in the 90s that was in a National Geographic story about how he had made an engine that ran on water? He was found dead less than a year later
It’s easy to make an engine that runs on water. Making one that is efficient enough to be a commercial success is a different story.
This will never work because the amount of energy it takes to split the water molecules is more than the amount of energy that the resulting hydrogen will yield in an internal combustion engine.
An EV works by charging a battery which is about 70% efficient at powering the wheels of a car. A battery providing electrolysis, that yields hydrogen gas, which is then burned in an engine, thus powering the wheels is way less than 70% efficient. Therefore, this will never be commercial given heretofore discovered physics and processes.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:42 am to ArHog
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No thanks, I'll keep my Tacoma and 4 Runner
Assuming the water car actually worked and wasn't twice the price, you'd be one stupid bastard to pay $4 a gallon for gas when you could pay $.75 a gallon for distilled water.
But you do you.
This post was edited on 5/2/26 at 9:35 am
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:53 am to lake chuck fan
Bob Lazar of Area 51 fame, made his own version of a water ---> hydrogen powered Corvette about 15 - 20 years ago. Not from alien tech, but just as others have, by taking a smart and different look at the problem.
This post was edited on 5/2/26 at 8:54 am
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:04 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Bob Lazar of Area 51 fame, made his own version of a water ---> hydrogen powered Corvette about 15 - 20 years ago. Not from alien tech, but just as others have, by taking a smart and different look at the problem.
And even if mass produced it would be hideously expensive to operate.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:06 am to Penrod
The first computers were the size of an entire room.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:25 am to lake chuck fan
Fake. Where does the energy come from to do the conversion? Don’t be this gullible.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:26 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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The first computers were the size of an entire room.
That has nothing to do with thermodynamic efficiencies and the laws that govern them.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:32 am to Flats
Question for the class.
Is it possible or impossible for the energy in the hydrogen that is left over from the electrolysis process to do more work in the engine than the amount of work it took to get the hydrogen from the electrolysis process?
Is it possible or impossible for the energy in the hydrogen that is left over from the electrolysis process to do more work in the engine than the amount of work it took to get the hydrogen from the electrolysis process?
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:32 am to BHS78
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I remember playing with water powered rockets 50 years ago.
I’m hoping whoever reads your post realizes that it’s not the same thing and not even in the same area code. But sadly, I know that’s not the case.
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