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Posted on 03/25/2007 6:35:55 AM PDT by BlueSky194
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To: William Terrell
If--if this works, its time to invest in companies that mine or produce magnesium.
If Stan Meyers used the this generator that was developed by the Bolivian and gets rich, he should throw some money at the family of the original inventor. Good PR, good will.
To: facedown
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
Too bad he was not a capitalist.
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posted on
03/25/2007 8:29:13 AM PDT
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
To: johnandrhonda
Total B.S.I am skeptical as well. Didn't this guy ever hear of venture capital? He could have gone into business for himself, making these things, and been the next (or first) Bill Gates. If it's such a good idea, his grandson or whoever could do that today. Definitely flunks the smell test.
To: BlueSky194
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03/25/2007 9:13:51 AM PDT
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Kevmo
(Duncan Hunter just needs one Rudy G Campaign Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM)
To: econjack
Yes, but where does the energy to separate the hydrogen & water come from? I am guessing from the discussion of batteries, that is the source of energy.
Another path they might be using is to make hydrogen by reacting water directly with an active metal. The energy source in this case is the metal, you are recovering a portion of the energy used to refine the metal. For example, you can make hydrogen with freshly powdered aluminum and water. It's been done (but with aluminum wire, not powder)
http://www.keelynet.com/energy/cornish.htm In this case you wind up with aluminum hydroxide as a by-product.
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posted on
03/25/2007 9:41:39 AM PDT
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HangThemHigh
(Entropy's not what it used to be.)
To: HangThemHigh; thackney; RedStateRocker; Dementon; eraser2005; Calpernia; DTogo; Maelstrom; ...
If this works the question has to be not how many miles to the gallon of water, rather how many miles from a pound of Magnesium.
Found this for $46;
"Magnesium Plate .500" x 12" x 12" - AZ31B
AZ31B magnesium alloy machines easily. It is commonly used as an alternative to aluminum alloys due to its high strength to weight ratio. Care must be taken in machining the grade, however, because the chips and powder can be flammable.
And of course it would be good to know the byproduct of the reaction. Just for fun, chemists any thoughts?
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
He should have gone to companies that produce specialty metals, like Alcoa, whose product would be used in the manufacture of the generator.Take it straight to Honda. Do you think Honda could increase its market share with a car than ran on water?
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posted on
03/25/2007 10:21:23 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.)
To: BlueSky194
One evening, while working alone in his laboratory with his array of glass jars and electrodes, he noticed bubbles of gas forming. Because pressure was building in one of the glass vessels, he vented the jar. But, it wasn´t until he lit a cigarette that he knew that the bubbles that were emerging from the water were filled with hydrogen gas.When you run an electrical current through water, hydrogen gas is released at the cathode and oxygen gas at the anode. No great mystery here.
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03/25/2007 10:23:48 AM PDT
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Sherman Logan
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Mg + 2H2O -> Mg(OH)2 + H2 (gas)
So you wind up with magnesium hydroxide byproduct.
Aluminum is probably cheaper and not quite as dangerous. But in a powdered unoxidized state, is still dangerous stuff.
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03/25/2007 10:55:41 AM PDT
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HangThemHigh
(Entropy's not what it used to be.)
To: HangThemHigh
"So you wind up with magnesium hydroxide byproduct."
Nifty! So if this works, you get H2 to power your car,and the the byproduct is milk of magnesia! Save the environment and cure upset stomachs as you drive!
To: rawhide
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