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I saw an air powered car
If it already existed, it wouldn't be obscure
a car with a sail on it?
If it were possible it wouldn't be 'obscure'
WRONG
the oil industry man...
I don't know enough about it, to make an argument
The basic scientific principles behind it would be widespread and commonly available.
I'm just saying it was a thing the company was working on
And I call bullshit.
Prove it.
Sure, awesome
it has already been tried, i wonder why they are working on it now
U maaaaad
It does exist
Yes I fucking mad, I absolutely hate the spreading of misinformation
It's a nuclear reaction
@Baraban which is a process that takes more power than it provides, next please.
Im saying it was a project
That a company
Is working on
'Ratan Tata, who among others also owns the Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors, will fund a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to research new ways of using the hydrogen in water as a replacement for fuel.'
So it's not a water powered car, it's a hydrogen powered car.
is there a difference between a chemical reaction and a nuclear reaction?
"Tata has given $15 million to fund the research being conducted by MIT professor Daniel Nocera on using water as auto fuel. The project involves generating hydrogen by splitting water and storing it in a safe can to drive an automobile"
*water as auto fuel*
Generating hydrogen from the water, yes
Jesus fucking christ the <:thonk:397491814539591701> here is incredible.
@Deleted User In a chemical reaction you don't split the atom
What are all of you, 12? Not yet having completed the most basic courses in chemistry and/or physics in middle school?
it's not about splitting atoms though
Water itself -cannot- be used as a fuel
it's separating molecules
Chemical reactions happens with the electrons.
You can split water up into hydrogen and oxygen, which can be combined to either combust (I.E., run a standard internal combustion engine on them) or be used in hydrogen fuel cells (where basically the same thing happens, the recombination of hydrogen and oxygen into water, but via a circuitous route that produces electricity) but running any kind of engine on straight water is not possible, because anything you do with water requires more energy to do that thing to it than you'd get from any process that produces energy from it.
separating water into hydrogen and oxygen isnt a nuclear reaction right?
No, it isn't.
It's chemical.