Latest research from MIT has revealed that photosynthesis emulation can provide a simple cost effective way to produce hydrogen through electrolysis of water.
There is more than one way to run a car on water. You can use electrolysis to split the hydrogen and pipe the gas into the combustion chamber. Several different people and companies have been pursuing this concept for a while.
Daniel Dingle has been talking about his car that runs on water since 1969. He even has a foundation that represents him. However due to the power of government red tape and greedy conglomerates he has never really been able to fully capitalize on his invention. Of course, he would love to have been a multi billionaire by now and employing thousands of his fellow Pinoys in an industry that could enrich the lives of all Filipinos and drastically reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. However IMF has very strict rules about what industries countries it bails out can compete in and energy is pretty much at the top of the list. The Filipino Govt are bound by the rules they signed onto after the 1997 crash and the economic ruins left by the Marcos rule. It doesn’t matter that the people are suffering with most living on less than 1 US dollar/day and that the Philippines is entirely dependent on foreign imports for oil and gas.
Anyway here’s his concept which is taking off now with a couple of replicas in Japan and the US. lets hope the foundation can represent him so he is not completely left out of the profits that these companies are going to make.
His solution uses electrolysis to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen and then does one of two things. Either mixes it with fuel to greatly increase the range of a normal tank of gas or possibly burns it unmixed. The latter principal is unproven but Dingle adamantly stands by his claim.