Scientists are accelerating their research on alternative fuel sources and are working on refining the process to run your car on water or on a fuel/water hybrid system.

Clearly, something must be done as the world’s fossil fuels are in limited supply. Every day, the world consumes an Olympic-sized pool of oil every 15 seconds. America holds only 4% of the world’s population, but uses a quarter of the world’s oil. We are an automobile culture, but ever since the Gulf War crisis of the late 1980s we have seen an astounding jump in the price of gas.

Our desperation to replace oil and gas as our primary fuel is something that internet prowlers feed into. There are many water/hydrogen conversion products on the web claiming to be easy to install and cheap to buy, preying on your desire to save money on gas. Some websites urge you to disregard the chatter from the big oil barons as they’re trying to hush up any new technologies. With the flow of information relatively untapped these days, it would be quite hard to squash that type of information.

Man has always looked for new ways to use water. Almost 30 years ago, American inventory Stan Myer used just 22 gallons of water to drive a dune buggy from Los Angeles to New York. He proved that vehicle engines could use water and a source of electricity to create Brown’s Gas, which is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. He patented his water/hydrogen fuel cell technology but didn’t live to see it become popular.

Unscrupulous hoods have used Myer’s work to validate their own, less than ethical products. Expensive books and videos are available for purchase, claiming that a mechanic could install a hydrogen/water system in less an hour for about $120.

There is some merit to Myer’s technology. It’s based on oxyhydrogen technology, which has been in existence since the 1800s. Oxyhydrogen is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases in a two to one ratio used to fuel welding torches. However, there are an equal number of reports stating that running your car on water is a total scam, as a hydrogen water cell run by a car battery would produce nothing more than bubbles; certainly not powerful enough to turn over a car engine.

Yes, Myer patented his hydrogen fuel cell and clearly had success with it before his untimely death. Inventors have used electricity and even radio waves to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen, using the applications to drive small engines.

This includes remarkable new research into using an almost unlimited new type of fuel to drive engines – sea water. John Kanzius of Pennsylvania, who was experimenting with radio waves and metals as a method of curing cancer, accidentally discovered a use for salt water. Water exposed to radio waves will release the bond formed by the hydrogen and oxygen in the water, causing a searing hot flame. Where there is fire, there is energy.

Kanzius showed his findings to scientists in Ohio, who were initially skeptical but eventually fascinated by what the Pennsylvania man had stumbled upon. The energy of the radio waves releases the hydrogen/oxygen bond, breaking it down. In addition for being a way to desalinate sea water, the energy generated could eventually power a car.

The great American inventor, anxiously looking for a way to improve our quality of life finds amazing secret – it’s a classic story.

As the world searches for new ways to go “green”, we might end up just being all “wet”!

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