Seawater as fuel? Joke? It appears not....

Seawater as fuel? Joke? It appears not....

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Morningside

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24,136 posts

244 months

Thursday 20th August 2009
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17632-how-to...

Although (unless I missed it) I wonder how many gallons you need.

tegwin

1,667 posts

221 months

Thursday 20th August 2009
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Hmm interesting.... changing the chemical property of water to make it combustable..

I do wonder how much energy would be required to carry out the process?!?? Possibly thousands of times more than would be generated frm the burning of the final product....


FourWheelDrift

91,003 posts

299 months

Thursday 20th August 2009
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Won't somebody think of the fish!

mackie1

8,168 posts

248 months

Thursday 20th August 2009
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I guess it could make sense on an aircraft carrier.