Posted on 06/14/2007 10:16:20 AM PDT by BlueSky194
So, there I was, curing cancer, when I found myself with a few spare moments. Hey, rather than just sit there, I decided to watch some TV, but nothing was on. Instead, I just altered chemistry and solved the energy crisis.
Fire from Salt Water
John Kanzius has found a way to burn salt water with the same radio wave machine he is using to kill cancer cells. Kanzius was testing his external radio-wave generator to see if it could desalinate salt water, and the water ignited. A university chemist determined that the process is generating hydrogen, which can be burned as fuel.
While the phenomenon is interesting, it is not yet practical for energy generation. More energy is consumed by the radio frequency device than is produced for burning. Efficiency-wise, they are presently at around 76 percent of Faraday's theoretical limit. (Other Hydrogen-from-Water methods, such as the one being pursued by Bob Boyce (http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/Transportation/Bob_Boyce/), are approaching 7x).
And therein lies the rub...
Obviously, we need to have a wind- or solar-powered RF generating device.
76% efficiency? Not bad. Let’s put the Federal Government in charge of burning salt water and declare it a success.
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