Anyone overcoming gas prices by hypermiling?

[cute fuzzy bunny]

Someone needs to read up on how nuclear bombs work. Theres some other stuff in there other besides the TNT.

 

[laurence]

Someone needs to read up on how nuclear bombs work. Theres some other stuff in there other besides the TNT.

So to summarize, I may be wearing out some parts by holding in the clutch, and I may delay my reaction time by having to release the clutch and accelerate rather than just step on the gas. I didn't want to put the stick in neutral because of the added time needed to get into gear, I always shift through the gears to make sure I'm in the right one when it's time to hit the accelerator again. As far as being a PITA for other commuters, I try to brake and stay with the flow of traffic on the downhill, keep good distances etc. - but there I'm wearing my brakes out faster than if I used the engine to brake. But the instant gas mileage runs up to 99.9 when I have the clutch in, pretty intoxicating!

All right, well, you've convinced me, I'll stick to the sane stuff, that's now got my car up to 27.1 mpg average combined.

 

[omni550]

If you are going to go through the machinations to remove the back seats and draft very large trucks, you might as well shave your head and drive naked.

...but only if you drive a convertible!

omni

 

[cute fuzzy bunny]

Thats not my naked head you're looking at.

I may be wearing out some parts by holding in the clutch

Yeah, throwout bearings arent intended for continuous use...

 

[homestead]

Someone needs to read up on how nuclear bombs work. Theres some other stuff in there other besides the TNT.

watch the video, he is pulsing the plates with high voltage at their resonant frequency and the water molecules fall apart. his experiments have been duplicated.

 

[Patrick]

Here's a couple other websites on hypermiling and modifying your car for greater mileage:

Home - MetroMPG.com - Geo Metro, Chevrolet Metro / Swift, Pontiac Firefly, Suzuki Swift info and general fuel economy info

Hypermiling, Fuel Economy, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com

And if you really want to get crazy, you can copy this 95-mpg Civic:

http://forum.ecomodder.com/showthread.php/aerocivic-drop-your-cd-0-34-0-17-290.html?t=290

 

[cute fuzzy bunny]

watch the video, he is pulsing the plates with high voltage at their resonant frequency and the water molecules fall apart. his experiments have been duplicated.

I'm not really interested enough to look at it, but off the cuff I'm going to guess that the high voltage with the resonant frequency also involves a flux capacitor, and that the total of that high voltage part exceeds the energy value of the hydrogen.

But if you get it to work, let me know. I have an old rav4 I might try to convert to hydrogen. Worst thing that happens if I screw it up is the dogs dont get a ride around the neighborhood three times a week.

Any pointers to people who have duplicated his results? According to the little bit I read, his work has never been independently reproduced, he was found guilty of fraud when he tried to sell his invention, and the whole idea violates the first law of thermodynamics.

So unless theres some plutonium in there, I think thats a 'no'.

 

[samclem]

watch the video, he is pulsing the plates with high voltage at their resonant frequency and the water molecules fall apart. his experiments have been duplicated.

I'm using a regular laptop, so the screen isn't very big. On a bigger monitor can you see the little water molecules jiggling apart?

The folks who have duplicated this are going to be rich, Rich, RICH! All those dumb physicists and engineers. Too blind, arrogant, and stupid to simply write this up in a peer reviewed journal and garner the fame that would come with it. Idiots!

I really DO wonder, though, if he got real patents, and how.

 

[laurence]

Homestead, no one is questioning if electrolysis works, that's been around for a long time. But the point is you need to read up on the first law of thermodynamics. Read the wiki link. The guy may have created hydrogen, but he used more energy to do it than he'll gain turning it back into water. This little scam gets trotted out every time gas prices get high, since the 70's at least.

Nukes involve nuclear ( or nucular if you prefer) fission, now you are playing in Einstein's world, you know, E=mc^2? A piece of matter ( a very small piece, the "m" in the equation) was actually destroyed to release a large amount of energy - equal to the matter destroyed x the speed of light (c) squared. Chemical reactions involve breaking and/or making covalent bonds, much less energy. Your ICE engine is breaking down complex molecules into simpler ones through a chemical reaction - burning.

 

[homestead]

Its not conventional electrolysis its nuclear.

Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Meyer demonstrated his vehicle for his city's local station Action 6 News and estimated that only 22 US gallons (83 liters) of water was required to travel from Los Angeles to New York."

 

[laurence]

Uh Dude, the link you posted says this:

"Thus, if the device operated as claimed, the combustion cycle would start and end in the same state while extracting usable energy, thereby violating the first law of thermodynamics and allowing operation as a perpetual motion machine. Meyer's claims about the Water Fuel Cell and the car that it powered were found to be fraudulent by an Ohio court in 1996.[1]
Similar devices have been promoted by others (see Water-fuelled car): there is no evidence that any of these devices operate as claimed."


When you are trying to promote something, don't post a link that cites proof you are wrong.....

 

[samclem]

To piggyback on laurencewill's post: The only way the "HHO" thing could even conceivably work is for matter to be converted into energy. This normally takes place at very high temperatures (nuclear reactors for a fission reaction, the inside of stars, and fission/fusion bombs). Now, there has been speculation about "cold fusion", and an experiment at the Univ of Utah which seemed to indicate that some type of nuclear reaction might be occurring at room temperature caused quite a stir about a decade ago. Still, this involved the use of heavy water, exotic materials (paladium, etc), etc. And, even after a very robust effort to detect what is going on, their experimental findings were not reproduced and only a few indications--probably produced by regular chemical reactions--of a hint of extra heat were documented.

Sorry, while it would be great to believe in this, it is not true.

 

[cute fuzzy bunny]

(Edit: Dang you two guys are fast, thats what I get for comprehensively quoting information...)

From the same article, previously linked by Sam:

"if the device operated as claimed, the combustion cycle would start and end in the same state while extracting usable energy, thereby violating the first law of thermodynamics and allowing operation as a perpetual motion machine."

"Similar devices have been promoted by others (see Water-fuelled car): there is no evidence that any of these devices operate as claimed."

"None of Meyer's claims about the car have been independently verified."

"His car was due to be examined by the expert witness Michael Laughton, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. However, Meyer made what Professor Laughton considered a "lame excuse" on the days of examination and did not allow the test to proceed. The Water Fuel Cell, on the other hand, was examined by three expert witnesses in court who found that there "was nothing revolutionary about the cell at all and that it was simply using conventional electrolysis".

On the basis of the evidence the court found Meyer guilty of "gross and egregious fraud" and ordered to repay the investors their $25,000."

"To date, no one has used them [his readily available plans] to produce a working prototype."

So in short, it cant possibly work without violating basic principals of science, nobody has verified it works, it became unavailable to be looked at by court experts when the outcome would cost him a lot of money, and nobody has reproduced his works.

It seems that the quote you gave on the inventors claim is the only favorable thing in the entire wikipedia article.

What am I missing?

 

[laurence]

I think at this point someone is supposed to chime in about the board's goon squad repressing opinions that fall outside of the established, strict dogma.

 

[homestead]

Uh Dude, the link you posted says this:

"Thus, if the device operated as claimed, the combustion cycle would start and end in the same state while extracting usable energy, thereby violating the first law of thermodynamics and allowing operation as a perpetual motion machine. Meyer's claims about the Water Fuel Cell and the car that it powered were found to be fraudulent by an Ohio court in 1996.[1]
Similar devices have been promoted by others (see Water-fuelled car): there is no evidence that any of these devices operate as claimed."


When you are trying to promote something, don't post a link that cites proof you are wrong.....

I think that article is out of date, I have seen and read others that have duplicated it.

 

[laurence]

I think that article is out of date, I have seen and read others that have duplicated it.

If the laws of physics changed, we would all have heard about it, I promise.

 

[cute fuzzy bunny]

I think that article is out of date, I have seen and read others that have duplicated it.

Show me.

 

[ERD50]

watch the video, he is pulsing the plates with high voltage at their resonant frequency and the water molecules fall apart. his experiments have been duplicated.

homestead - I hope you are not serious.

As the experts below indicate, you can use high voltage and 'resonant frequencies', but it is still hydrolysis. And that takes as much energy in as you get out.

But the plans are on the web. Go build one. Prove me wrong.

The link samclem had didn't work for me, but I found this:

Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lawsuit

In 1996, inventor Stanley Meyer was sued by investors to whom he had sold dealerships, offering the right to do business in Water Fuel Cell technology. According to The Times, Meyer claimed in court that his invention "opened the way for a car which would 'run on water', powered simply by a car battery."[1] The car would even run perpetually without fuel since the energy needed to continue the "fracturing" was low enough for the engine's dynamo to recharge the car's battery.[1] His car was due to be examined by the expert witness Michael Laughton, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. However, Meyer made what Professor Laughton considered a "lame excuse" on the days of examination and did not allow the test to proceed.[1] The Water Fuel Cell, on the other hand, was examined by three expert witnesses in court who found that there "was nothing revolutionary about the cell at all and that it was simply using conventional electrolysis".[1]
On the basis of the evidence the court found Meyer guilty of "gross and egregious fraud" and ordered to repay the investors their $25,000.[1]

-ERD50

 

[ERD50]

woops - sorry for all the duplicate info, didn't see the flurry of posts in the past few minutes - ERD50

 

[cute fuzzy bunny]

this involved the use of heavy water, exotic materials (paladium, etc), etc.

Now theres some stuff you'd like to have in a big bucket right behind your head when Suzy on the cell phone driving the Excursion plows into you.

 

[homestead]

Show me.

I don't want to distract this thread any more if you want more info
go to youtube and search for Stan Meyer.

Cheers

 

[M Paquette]

watch the video, he is pulsing the plates with high voltage at their resonant frequency and the water molecules fall apart. his experiments have been duplicated.

Hrmph. In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics.

 

[ERD50]

OK, time for a different approach...

homestead, I can do better. I have plans for a car that can get from Los Angeles to New York using only 1 gallon (~ 4 liters) of water. That's 22x better than that Stanley Meyer's car! That slacker!

I will sell the plans to you. This offer is only valid for a limited time - don't delay! Not available in stores!

-ERD50

 

[homestead]

read this for more info

http://www.aero2012.com/en/documents/Stan_Meyer_Full_Data.pdf

 

[laurence]

Homestead, come on man, are you for real? Are you not even reading the links you are posting? It's a sham. You have half a dozen people trying to point out the obvious, the basics. If you are really dead set on this, then build it yourself. You'll see the wheels come off quickly.

EDIT: Oh wow, I opened the pdf just for fun, and the crux of his argument is that he is the hand of God here to change the rules of physics with his holy power. Gotcha - have fun with that.