Disclaimer: I'm a geek but I'm no scientist. My knowledge of chemistry is limited to one class in high school; therefore, I'm totally unqualified to vouch for the feasibility or validity of what I'm about to link you to...
If this is for real, it will absolutely change the world economy and the geopolitical standing of countries who have depended on oil for the wealth of their economies. Read more detail about it here.
Anyone have a clue about this stuff? I'm very interested but have exhausted Google trying to find more about this inventor and/or the company. I hear there is an IPO in the works...
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The problem is a net loss in energy (and dollars.)
Yes, you can break water down into oxygen and hydrogen and yes, when you combine the two you get water + energy.
But it takes energy to seperate the elements in the first place, and when you consider the energy lost due inefficiancy, you end up with a net loss of energy. Which means you still have to burn oil or coal to make up the difference, which makes proccessing the water in the first place a cost prohibative endevour. (If you have to burn fuels to make energy to make "water fuel" why bother with the water part?)
It's possible that the guy in the video has come up with a super efficient water processing plant in his garage, but if he had, I suspect that would be the focus of the story. But it isn't. So I don't think this is anything to get too excited about, I'm afraid. Just a demonstration of a really cool, but impractical energy "source."
Hope that helps.