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I've seen on the tech news lately that a flying car will be in production next year or 2014. I'm not so sure if that's true or not or if it will be real. What do you say?
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watch the youtube video below. It basically discusses the many shortcomings of the technology available today in creating the flying car.
watch the youtube video below. It basically discusses the many shortcomings of the technology available today in creating the flying car.
Would lowering speed reduce the price of gas and be an attack on terrorist and others making big money on oil?
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In 1965 a display at the US Army Transportation School featured a new vehicle for all government agencies. This vehicle used water as a fuel. Over 1000 vehicles that use water as a fuel are on order today for the Army. A Fox News video clips below relates how a Ford Escort required 4 ounces of water for a 100 mile trip. It will take several years to get these vehicle on the market, but in the mean time we can save 15.6 % on fuel use by driving and flying just 20% slower. That will also save at least that percentage of lives on the highway and help stop the "war." http://hytechapps.com/company/press
The next link mentions the first patent for using water as a fuel dated 1935.
http://www.lilybrookherefords.com/stef/waterasfuel.htm
http://www.rexresearch.com/hyfuel/garrett/garrett.htm#_top
The link above confirms the 1935 patent for using water as a fuel. While not a success at the time, this early vehicle may have been near the start of this technology.
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It's not really feasible unless we get other sources of energy as well (solar, nuclear, wind, geothermal, tidal, etc.). If you study chemistry and look more closely at your links and the process, you will see that cars don't run off of straight water. You can't just pour tap water into your gas tank and it'll run off the water.
Instead, the water has to under electrolysis first to get the hydrogen out and then the car runs off of hydrogen. The slight "problem" is that if you look at the chemical reactions, electrolysis is a very expensive process that takes quite a bit of energy. Where are you going to get that energy? You need other sources of energy if you need that fuel as mentioned above.
Reducing the speed limit to 55 mph like we did before would save some fuel, but knowing human nature, everyone is going to complain and people are going to drive at whatever speed they want anyway. I wouldn't mind because I don't need to drive since I take public transportation, but I'm sure plenty of motorists enjoy the feel of going really fast with their cars even though it wastes a bit of gas. That's just how the world is these days.
It's not really feasible unless we get other sources of energy as well (solar, nuclear, wind, geothermal, tidal, etc.). If you study chemistry and look more closely at your links and the process, you will see that cars don't run off of straight water. You can't just pour tap water into your gas tank and it'll run off the water.
Instead, the water has to under electrolysis first to get the hydrogen out and then the car runs off of hydrogen. The slight "problem" is that if you look at the chemical reactions, electrolysis is a very expensive process that takes quite a bit of energy. Where are you going to get that energy? You need other sources of energy if you need that fuel as mentioned above.
Reducing the speed limit to 55 mph like we did before would save some fuel, but knowing human nature, everyone is going to complain and people are going to drive at whatever speed they want anyway. I wouldn't mind because I don't need to drive since I take public transportation, but I'm sure plenty of motorists enjoy the feel of going really fast with their cars even though it wastes a bit of gas. That's just how the world is these days.
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