The "HHO" technology isn't that dumb, not really "perpetual motion" stuff... I think it's the coverage and hype that fails.
1) It ain't running off water, it's running off electricity. "HHO gas" is just a way to make a conventional engine run off electricity.
2) It reduces our dependency on fossil fuel to the extent that electricity can be generated from other sources.
The *real* question is whether electrolysis/combustion is more or less efficient than charging batteries. I suspect it is much less. The electrolysis part is efficient, but the efficiency of a heat engine is easy to beat with an electric motor and battery.
(plus, where do you store the gas? I seriously doubt he is pouring water into his test car... if it runs off HHO to any great exent he's got tanks of gas, hopefully H2 and O2 in separate tanks...)
I wonder if there are different kinds of singularity, like there are different kinds of infinity...
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1) It ain't running off water, it's running off electricity. "HHO gas" is just a way to make a conventional engine run off electricity.
2) It reduces our dependency on fossil fuel to the extent that electricity can be generated from other sources.
The *real* question is whether electrolysis/combustion is more or less efficient than charging batteries. I suspect it is much less. The electrolysis part is efficient, but the efficiency of a heat engine is easy to beat with an electric motor and battery.
(plus, where do you store the gas? I seriously doubt he is pouring water into his test car... if it runs off HHO to any great exent he's got tanks of gas, hopefully H2 and O2 in separate tanks...)
I wonder if there are different kinds of singularity, like there are different kinds of infinity...