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H2O
Power
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Part I of II
Will it ever be possible to separate the hydrogen
and
oxygen elements in water (H2O)
inexpensively? |
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By Robert Franklin
July 20, 2008 (First published: June 1, 2006) |
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This article H2O
Power, Part I of II may sound a little esoteric or even like
rocket science, but whatever you wish to call it there is still
no cost effective way to manufacture hydrogen for
general use. Reason being is because it takes around the same amount of
energy from another source of power to separate (split) the hydrogen and
oxygen elements in water (H2O).
However, once an easy inexpensive way of doing so is devised,
then it will
have a major impact on virtually every form of transportation
that exist today. The only thing standing in our way is the
invention of a revolutionary H2O
separation device, membrane, catalyst, splitter or whatever
title it will eventually be given. |
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Directly below is a list
of energy types that fuel transportation, power
generators, cooking, heating and cooling. Of those items, the ones listed
as alternative energies should be pursued for current and future
use. Items listed as polluting, volatile and/or extremely
dangerous should be avoided.‡ |
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● Trash.*∆
● Timber.*∆
● Coal.∆
● Oil and grease.∆
● Gasoline and kerosene.∆
● Propane, butane, natural
and coal gas.∆■
● Hydrogen and oxygen gas.◘■
● Carbon-based batteries.∆■
● Waste incinerators (plasma arc).*∆
● Hydropower (waterpower).◘
● Geothermal.◘
● Wind.◘
● Solar hot water panels.◘
● Fission nuclear power.∆▲ |
● Synthetic (biomass) fuels:
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Biodiesel.*∆
● Ethanol (white lightning/fire
water).*∆
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Fuel cells:
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Solar electric.◘
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Synthetic-based.*∆
● Petroleum-based.∆
● Experimental or exists in theory:
● Fusion power (nuclear fusion).◘
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Cold fusion (tabletop fusion).◘
●
Antimatter power.◘
● H2O
power (water fuel/fire water).◘
● Gravity/anti-gravity engines.◘◊
● Teleporter/replication machines.◘◊ |
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◘Alternative.
*Renewable. ∆Polluting
(ultra-low, low, medium or high).
◊Environmental damage/interference
depending on technology used (none, low, medium or
high).
■Volatile.
▲Extremely
dangerous. |
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‡List
is incomplete because all possible energy types are not
included.
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The most promising energy types listed above for
future long-term use are:
1: Any environmental friendly, interference and pollution-free
alternative energy.
2:
H2O Power for
land and
water
transportation.
3: Gravity/anti-gravity
engines for land, deep-sea, air and space travel.
Note: H2O
Power
could be used for deep-sea, air and spacecraft, though less
practical.
4:
Teleporter machines for travel anywhere that transmission facilities can
access. |
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H2O
'Water Fuel' Powered Vehicle†
(to be available
by the year 2060 or sooner) |
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An H2O
powered vehicle would use pollution-free water (H2O)
as its only source of fuel, not pollution creating
gasoline and/or biofuels, batteries, volatile
compressed gas, or oxygen eating fuel cells that use
chemical mixtures, petroleum
and/or synthetic-based fuels to power an electric motor. By economically
separating the hydrogen and oxygen elements in water
safely, on demand, the two elements could then be put to work in an
ignitable fluid/gas
state called
"fire
water"
as it recombines to power a 100% pollution-free
internal-combustion engine.††
The only byproduct from this process would be heat
and recyclable water as exhaust.
†† If
rings are worn then engine may burn oil. |
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What should we do
prior to H2O
Power being
developed? |
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● We should continue to strive toward
improving and using the following:
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Wind, hydropower, solar electric and geothermal power.
Note 1: Wind Turbines are
slowly becoming the primary energy source of the future
with the help
of backup power plants during non-windy time periods. Only one percent
of America's power
comes from Wind Turbines.^
Note 2: Wind Turbines that are utilized to produce
hydrogen gas would have storage
tanks in which the hydrogen
product would still be available to utility
companies,
including power plants, during non-windy time
periods.^
Note
3: Wind Turbines generate electrical power at about
50% less per kilowatt than
nuclear
power plants, which means the savings can be passed back to
the customer,
however in recent years
the price and time period to build new nuclear power plants have
lowered.
Note 4: Mini-hydro (small hydro/micro hydro/pico hydro) dams have the ability
to provide
much of
the needed electricity
without many of the restrictions imposed on larger dams.
Note
5: New geothermal technology shows signs of hope, but beware
of humanmade
earthquake tremors.
Related link.
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Solar Hot Water Panels.
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Hybrid Electric engines, fuel cell and battery technologies.
Note 1:
Hybrid Electric technology can be used for light
vehicles, trucks, buses and
trains while at the same time delivering better mileage and
cleaner emissions ― especially
when
synthetic fuels are used (see ethanol below).
Note
2: Hybrid
Electric vehicles
using
diesel engines provide the needed
power and reliability
for heavier payloads.
Note 3:
Although
Hybrid Electric vehicles offer better fuel economy,
stringent emission
standards
still need to be enforced.
Note 4: Hybrid Electric vehicles with plug-in
electric capability that recharges the vehicle
battery
while the vehicle is idle will help reduce gasoline/gas
consumption even further.
Note 5: Hybrid Electric technology consumes on
average about 50% less fuel and that
percentage
in savings is increased even further with plug-in electric capability.
Note 6: Lithium-ion battery technology is advancing
to a point where the next-generation
lithium-ion batteries becoming available within a
year will be less likely to
overheat or explode
while at the same time offering longer
battery life, will be less expensive to
produce, have the
ability to charge faster, and will deliver
nearly twice as much charged
power than today's
lithium-ion battery. Moreover,
hybrid
electric vehicles will soon have
the capability of
producing more horsepower
and torque than conventional
gasoline powered engines.
Related links:
http://news.ewoss.com/articles/D8TG1JE01.aspx
http://www.a123systems.com
http://www.killacycle.com
http://www.chevrolet.com/electriccar/
Note 7: Fuel cells that use petroleum or synthetic-based fuels
will reduce dependency
from
foreign oil and help lower greenhouse gas emissions (see
ethanol below).
Note 8: Fuel cells that use hydrogen fuel have near 0%
emissions.
Related link:
http://www.chevrolet.com/fuelcell/
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Hydrogen
gas.
Note 1: Existing natural gas lines could be used to
transport hydrogen gas.^
Note 2: An infrastructure designed to transport compressed
hydrogen gas by sea, truck
and/or rail
on a large scale would be costly and dangerous.^
Note
3: Careful evaluation should be made before using compressed
hydrogen gas
powered vehicles due to their volatility toward fire and
explosion.^
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Waste
Incinerators with stringent emission standards.
Note: Waste incinerators using plasma arc technology will help reduce emissions
produced
by landfills and reduce the
amount of toxins, and sludge dumped into streams,
rivers, lakes, and
oceans while at the same time
producing electricity, and steam for
nearby communities, and
businesses, and slag for roads, and
construction materials.
● Ethanol and
biodiesel synthetic fuels, especially
cellulosic ethanol in areas
where sugar cane does not
readily grow.
Note 1: Synthetic fuel production and usage is more polluting than petroleum
fuels, however
domestic
production of synthetic fuel may help some countries from
relying on foreign oil.
Note 2: Cellulosic ethanol holds major promise in
eliminating demand for fossil fuels and
reducing air pollution, but not until enzymes (yeasts) are
developed that will inexpensively
breakdown sugars locked inside agricultural byproducts
and yard waste.
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Clean burning natural gas, coal gas and
nascent
coal-to-energy technologies.
Note: Storage of carbon and mercury from nascent
coal-to-energy technologies may be
problematic.
● Nuclear fission power.
Note 1: Nuclear power plants can be used to produce vast
amounts of hydrogen gas.
Note 2: Storage of spent nuclear material poses risks,
however technologies of the future
will most likely allow us to neutralize their radioactive
properties.
Note 3: Nuclear power poses enormous risks if possessed by
radical regimes and/or
terrorist groups. |
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How will the creation of H2O
Power effect our way of life? |
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● The United Nations
should consider taxing profits from H2O
Power technology to subsidize
those affected by its invention and to prevent any price
gouging by its initial inventor. Savings that
are achieved by less environmental damage, lower insurance
premiums and drastically lower fuel
costs would provide an additional source of tax
revenue.
● Coal and oil industry workers who are impacted by
hydrogen fuel production should be subsidized
with profits from lower electricity costs and gains from less
pollution. Providing those workers with
training and job opportunities in hydrogen production is one
way of accomplishing that goal.
● Demand for carbon-based
fuels will not end suddenly when H2O
Power is
invented.
● Atmospheric conditions and
climate may take over five-hundred years to revert back to normal
after we stop using pollution creating fuels and
curtail habits that add to pollution.
● Radical ideas could be used to speedup the healing process
of our earth's atmosphere and to
help control our planet's climate. |
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● From
what was discussed above hydrogen power will be the fuel of
the future, including
economically produced H2O
water fuel after future innovations warrants its arrival.
Furthermore,
gravity/anti-gravity engines and a variety of preatomic***
energies that will
be developed later this century will provide further sources
of energies upon their
innovation.
● Hydrogen fuel can be produced in vast amounts by emission
free Wind Turbines, efficient
solar cells, hydropower and geothermal power plants.
Carbon dioxide emissions can be
completely eliminated when hydrogen is produced from these
sources. Moreover,
electricity and hydrogen gas produced by Wind Turbines
cost about 50% less per kilowatt
than when created by nuclear power. (Note: In recent years
the price and time period to build
new nuclear power plants have lowered.)
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Hydrogen can
also be extracted from anything that contains hydrocarbons;
including
gasoline, natural gas, biomass, landfill gas, methanol,
ethanol, methane, propane and
coal-based gas, to name a few. Regulated air pollutants such
as sulfur and nitrogen
oxides, carbon monoxide, and unburned hydrocarbons are nearly
absent from these
sources.
● Fuel
cell technology such as: proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM),
phosphoric
acid fuel cells (PAFC), molten carbonate fuel cells and solid
oxide fuel cells are some
of the fuel cells currently in use, or under research. Fuel
cell modules can be installed
as needed on sites without investing in large remote power
plants and new high
voltage lines.
● Currently with
greenhouse gases ever increasingly warming our planet, more forest fires
are
being caused directly because of global warming, which is having a
snowball effect.
As temperatures increase more greenhouse gases are being released into the
atmosphere that would otherwise remain frozen underground or remain in the ice.
● Finally, the construction of new
nuclear power plants should be considered as a last option
after all other forms of generating power from alternative
energies have been exhausted. |
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H2O
Power, Part II of II will be released when the book;
(book
title to be announced)
is published. |
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In the Works |
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Book title and snapshot
pending |
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YouTube Videos:
Note: The demonstrations reported in the following links are
not the same type of water fuel technology envisioned in the
H2O
'Water Fuel' Powered Vehicle
illustrated above.
Experts Agree: Water is Viable Fuel Technology
CES: Horizon Turns Ordinary Tap Water Into Electricity
Water Fuel Car
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Related links:
Definitions:
Energy Development:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_development
Hydrogen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen
Hydrogen Car:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_car
Hydrogen Economy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_economy
Water-fuelled Car:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-fuelled_car
Fuel Cells:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cells
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm
http://www.ornl.gov/
Ethanol/Biodiesel Fuels:
http://www.ethanolrfa.org/
Hybrid Electric Vehicles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_electric_vehicle
Geothermal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_heat_pump
Coal Gas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas
Coal to Energy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureGen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal_technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage
Waste Incinerators:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_arc_waste_disposal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incineration
http://www.geoplasma.com**
The first plasma based waste disposal
system within the U.S. being
built by Geoplasma,
LLC is expected to begin operation in St. Lucie
County, Florida by 2009.
Solar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_hot_water
Wind Turbines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbines
World Wind Zones:
link
Mini-hydro Dams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_hydro
Nuclear Power:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
Fusion Power:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_power
Antimatter (positron) Power:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter
http://www.physorg.com/news64499584.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/0504_060504_antimatter.html
Teleporters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleporter
Replicators:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicators
Gravity/anti-gravity Engines:
http://www.theorderoftime.com/science/sciences/articles/saucer.html**
Note: Preatomic*** energy consisting of beta*** technology is
the best hope for
near-term
success with advanced flying saucer propulsion.
UFOs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufo
Note: Alphatron technology is the fastest and most advanced of
all UFOs. Alphatron
theory was created by Robert Franklin in 1991. To
learn more,
click here.
Pros and Cons:
Water Fuel Engines:
Pros:
http://www.freeenergynews.com/directory/hydrogen/index.html**
http://www.geocities.com/mj_17870/index.html**
http://www.fuel-rebel.com/waterfuelkit.html**
Cons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Meyer
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/12/water_powered_cars_j.html**
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/05/ma_375_01.html**
Water Fuel
Experimenter and Team Allegedly Threatened
(May 16, 2006):
http://pesn.com/2006/06/02/9500276_Water_fuel_experimenter_threatened/**
Water and Ethanol Powered Lawnmower
(hoax or true?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smQEBW9UFNI**
Hydrogen Economy:
Cons:
^The
Myth of the Hydrogen Economy:
http://energybulletin.net/11963.html
^Note:
Backup power plants that use hydrogen gas during non-windy time
periods will not
be greatly impacted with shortcomings as outlined in the Web
link
listed directly above.
Search
the Internet under the keyword
water fuel**
for more information about H2O
Power.
†H2O Water Fuel
Powered Vehicle illustrated above is a more advanced form of
technology than the 'water fuel,' 'water car' systems listed on
the Internet. True H2O Water Fuel
Powered Vehicles, facilitated by preatomic energy***,
are not expected to become available until the year 2060, or
sooner.
**Always
thoroughly review a company first before making any high-risk
financial investment. TabulaMentis.com assumes no responsibility for information or contacts you
may encounter
on the Internet. Always read the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Return
Policy for every
Web site you visit while surfing the Internet.
***Preatomic:
1. Elementary particles and energies from which atoms are made, for example: vectors (strings) and
betas (membranes [branes]).
2. Particles and energies that exist prior to the formation of atoms,
atomic, and subatomic energies.
3. Before the existence of, use of or
capability for atoms, atomic, or subatomic energy.
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