Saltwater Fuel

[jazmanjef]

The process probably does use more power to break the hydrogen loose from its bond than the hydrogen itself provides. Result = net loss in energy = inefficient. But it's a cool discovery nonetheless.

[IrvinMeador]

This could be made into a weapon...maybe it already is being used by black ops people?

[TimeReaver1]

this idea has good potential as an alternative heating source for furnaces

[funkyplayer4212]

All this guy did is make a hella strong microwave without the protective shielding. No wonder he has cancer. The same damn thing will happen if you put salt water in any strong RF field. This isn't new. This guy is an idiot that has been microwaving himself. It's not the hydrogen that ignites. It is the sodium oxide being heated to an extreme temp, and being broke down to just plain sodium. Then the sodium reacts with the water causing a flame.

The heat is caused by a sodium reaction not H2..

[Josemedeiros]

What a discovery! Can the energy produced by the Seawater be greater the the energy required to power the Radio wave generator? The heat could also be used to purify sea water by superheating the steam, and also producing electrical power by turning Steam Turbine Generators.

Jose F. Medeiros

San Jose, California

[ImMichaelTaylor]

@Josemedeiros "Can the energy produced by the Seawater be greater the the energy required to power the Radio wave generator? "

No. Otherwise you'd be able to use the power from the flame to run the rf generator.

[18673523]

Hahahaa, this is too funny to read. I love the video! I think on their website they say :"report the facts, respect the truth" epic lol. Water is not a fuel. The energy seen in the process comes from the radio generator and not the water. Car radio generator instead of radio, nice trolling :)

[jibliesV2]

well thats a really good point, but i think what was so amazing about this is that the salt water burning could power the machine igniting it AND power an engine.

if it was only able to power a motor and not the machine igniting it i think this wouldnt have even got on the news.

[tomflandersedward]

Think about this - the atom bomb. I think output exceeds input there. I am very much a laymen obviously but science is very, very controlled. That much is obvious.

[tibbitsnbits]

couldnt a car battery work? I mean its enough to power a radio in our car....so in theory we could just hook it up to a radio generator instead

[DaneMcD]

Theres a difference between powering a radio source and just receiving radio waves. It would have to be a huge battery.

[SwedishPersian]

random interruption at the end? :P

[darksmith45]

then why the hell dont we get that shit up and in cars now?

[GsraL]

Because it doesn't work? All the water does is turn RF energy into heat, the energy source is whatever is powering the RF generator.

So unless your car has a long wire connecting it to the electric grid it won't work.

[tomflandersedward]

It needs to be tested for sure. We need to know the input/output power ratio. Batteries do not require long wires BTW. Just thought I would let you in on that. You might want to buy a couple from a shop. They are great things.