A Car That Runs on Water! They Said It Was Impossible! (because it is)

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[@12tony88]

It was nice knowing you bro 😔🕊️

[@alexandergreen5292]

💀

[@Danilio.]

Gone But Never Forgotten ⚰️🥀

[@theBoy_69_]

????

[@michaelripley4528]

@@theBoy_69_ Guess its the conspiracy from Oil companies that is Said to kill Anyone trying to make an engine running on water🤷🏼‍♂️

[@kabreelgustavo104]

They gonna come for him noo😢😢💀💀

[@NardosAddis-tv3sp]

"Great! it works, but there is a problem, it doesn't work"

[@rualmenendez2421]

Theoretically, it works, but idk if anyone is willing to risk it and actually try it. Plus, they are gonna have to make a car intended to work with water, which is nearly impossible

[@you2uber530]

it works theoretically as long as you still got charge in your battery. but the battery will run out of juice eventually. btw it will run out of juice slower just moving the bike. thermodynamic's a btch

[@kooooons]

It totally works. You can even power a car with it! If you assume the efficiency is: 90% for the battery, 60% for electrolysis, 30% for the combustion engine, you can use 16% of the energy in your battery to go places. Oh wait EV can turn 70-80% in their batteries into movement. So a water bike would need a battery 5 times the size than an EV would, plus the electrolyzer, fuel tanks and engine.

[@fredbloggs8072]

All you need to run a car on water is a Mr Fusion. Simple!.

[@i5usko]

It actually does work, It's an incredibly clean battery if you can consider the energy source to be clean. Efficient no, better than lithium, maybe in the future. Plenty of fake free energy videos that have some real science. It does work, just badly depending on how. Like sure I can use lasers to cook toast. Should I, no.

[@drillerdev4624]

This video is going to win so many internet discussions

[@without-user-name]

I hate how thermodynamics ruins all my childhood dreams and "inventions" .

[@VCLegos]

Well, current science is really inaccurate and might even be intentionally misleading (just a hunch at the moment) so you never know. Perpetual motion might be real. I mean, 1000 years ago it was scientifically impossible fly. You would have been burned alive if you said it was possible.

[@Tennyson999]

oh boy i totally relate to this

[@liam78587]

thermodynamics has ruined more 'inventions' than i could count and specifically it's the second law that people always forget about

[@carterdelaney4648]

How does it run on water? Wouldn’t it sink?

[@kevinbissinger]

Ba dum tsss

[@Batmann_]

I hear people talk about this magical Jesus guy a lot. He doesn't sink, from what I've heard. I imagine there'll be lots of people watching this science channel who also believe in mythology...right?

[@takanara7]

If a car's doors are sealed and it's balanced then it should float like a boat, since the inside of a car is mostly air.

[@Tletna]

@@takanara7 Both for good and bad car doors are not usually that well sealed.

[@joatmon7347]

​@@takanara7but no normal car is sealed like that. The doors aren't the only hole.

[@awesomekingleo]

*the FBI waiting for him to look out his windows*

[@davezhu7651]

you do know that, a car running on water, is called a boat, right?

[@francisps3618]

😂😂that's nice

[@monsesh1316]

I've never seen them run, only floats. Then again, I've never been under the water to spot their legs.

[@aniketkark8541]

no, a motor boat

[@WalterZombie69]

​@@monsesh1316 There's actually wheels just under the surface

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Ironic how land yachts exist

[@mirthenary]

Backyard scientist: But how can I use this to blow stuffup?

[@Thegreatestscientists]

Leave him

[@heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709]

The hydrogen is just being used as a battery when you think about it

[@UninstallingWindows]

not just hydrogen, gasoline and diesel are chemical batteries too.

[@zetahurley7323]

​@@UninstallingWindowsyeah but those are less rechargable lol

[@allanmoger1838]

@@zetahurley7323nah, just a lot slower.

[@ClaraCl2005]

That is the major draw of using hydrogen powered cars. The most efficient way to store electricity would be to use a battery, but energy dense batteries are made of relatively limited resources. Octane powered cars use a very power dense fluid that can be burned with about 30-35% efficiency and still take out a lot of power for the space, but that's also a limited resource. Hydrogen however is all around us, but to get it you need to put in so much more energy than you can get out of it, although modern fuel cells are now getting to 40-60% efficiency. It's a competition of poor round trip efficiency, limited resources, and power density to find the best way to store power, and it's impossible to determine a single winner unless something all around better comes along.

[@nineballking06351]

Yeah. Scary batteries.

[@n00bxl71]

Finally someone actually points it out. It always really annoyed me seeing videos about the man who got "assassinated" for making a "water powered car", and seeing everyone in the comments believing that it's possible, as if splitting water to make hydrogen and oxygen, then burning the hydrogen in oxygen to make water actually does anything. It's just turning one thing back into the same thing. If it somehow not only didn't lose energy, but gained energy in the process, then it would be violating the first and second laws of thermodynamics. There is no free energy device!

[@Toddg1234Mr]

It is more complicated than that. The water must be ionized first with high voltage 10 - 20 thousand volts. Then within the cell there are blue lasers of a specific wavelength that point in one direction (there is a physics paper on this). The lasers increase the efficiency. I don't believe an electrolyte is needed. All the cells you see on e-bay are rip offs.

[@And20s]

Genuine question: what is happening is not that it generates energy from nothing, the only thing it is doing is grabbing oxygen from the outside and thus causing combustion, just like engines that use gasoline? or what is wrong?

[@n00bxl71]

@@And20s That's not what is happening. If they did do that, then it wouldn't change anything. The process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen produces two gasses, and they are produced in perfect quantities to be reacted back together. Burning the hydrogen, at this point, will never make more energy than it cost to split the water apart, because that would create more energy than you started with. If you instead used oxygen from the air, then you would be left with a tank full of oxygen that you got from splitting the water. You would then have to release this into the air, which replaces the oxygen you used. So the end result is still that nothing actually happened to the water. You started with water, and with an atmosphere full of oxygen, and you ended with water and an atmosphere full of oxygen. There's nowhere for the energy to come from, because the water never loses energy in the process, and none of the gases are consumed.

[@agmhelena7266]

i thought they spilt the water then use it as a combustion engine. ill just stick to calcium carbide + h²0 + 0² i guess

[@n00bxl71]

@@agmhelena7266 Yes, they split the water and use it in combustion. But combustion is just a fancy term for "reacting with oxygen". So the whole endeavor is ultimately pointless because you're splitting water only the put it back together, achieving nothing while losing energy to inefficiency.

[@desmondyung]

Who needs cars that run on water when we have boats?

[@mandarbamane4268]

Ok dad

[@janechanlder2675]

​@@mandarbamane4268 ok kid

[@brandonmunda346]

😂

[@aniketkark8541]

Not a car which runs on water, a car that uses water to power up instead of petroleum or diesel

[@_Sickk]

​@@janechanlder2675OK, grandpa.

[@truespiderman]

That was the most straightforward explanation of fuel cells I've ever been exposed to. Thank you, very awesome 🙂👍

[@Tobi_Jones]

this is a good video, the average person does not understand the concept of energy

[@sigmacentauri6191]

water absorbs solar energy like a battery according to Doctor Gerald Pollack at UW there's a 4th phase of water...

[@tomr6955]

Agreed. Most think we can get power from rainbows and unicorns farts

[@EvilSantaTheTrue]

​@@tomr6955unicorn farts are methane.. guess what methane is? Flammable...

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Now we just need a vehicle that runs on golden rain and brown liquid

[@Dellvmnyam]

@@TheSilverShadow17one of them as a fuel, other as an oxidiser

[@oliviervancantfort5327]

Trying to make a car run on water is just like trying to heat up a house by burning ashes in the fireplace. After all, water is just the 'ash' of the combustion of hydrogen.

[@whig01]

However, an oxyhydrogen torch can do some amazing things.

[@kekersdev]

​@@whig01how is that relevant?

[@kekersdev]

Good point Technically it is possible to further "burn" ash or water in fluorine but that's not very practical to say the least

[@nimrodquimbus912]

Herman Munster's father in law invented a pill that made it work.

[@whig01]

@@kekersdev It's only relevant as to why you might use electricity to make oxyhydrogen from water, it isn't efficient to run an engine of course.

[@martfp88]

I did my master thesis on splitting water using the sun, but not Photovoltaic, but rather use the sun against a photocatalyst metal to move electrons and induce the water splitting. I think this has a future if we are able to produce optimized materials based on this metal photocatalysts

[@StypidRoofer]

But first, you must escape hired assassins from the gas industry 😐

[@iKingRPG]

If you're gonna use solar just charge a battery with that energy instead of doing tons of energy conversions which violates conservation of energy

[@martfp88]

@@iKingRPG That's the interesting thing about photocatalysts: Photocatalytic water splitting directly uses solar photons to drive the chemical reaction, potentially reducing energy losses associated with multiple conversion steps (as seen in PV-electrolysis systems). In other words it is one step. While Photovoltaic requires you to first get electricity out of solar and then use that to split, photocatalytic directly induces the split. The current state of the photocatalytic technology still shows less efficiency than Photovoltaic, but that's mainly due to the years of optimization for the Photovoltaic cells. Photocatalytic cells continue to be optimized.

[@nullnummer9332]

​@@martfp88 so you'd use solar to effectively store energy in hydrogen more efficiently by avoiding an extra step?

[@martfp88]

@@nullnummer9332 Yeah that's the idea. It is in many ways like photosynthesis, where is also a form of transforming light into chemical energy, but in the form of glucose instead of hydrogen. But it also involves a catalyst in the chloroplasts and redox reactions induced by the excitation of electrons in the catalysts

[@4bSix86f61]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="18">0:18</a> A supercomputer with an extremely slow hard drive 😂

[@yeternat]

I don't know if I should laugh or be afraid of the amount of misinformation in the comments

[@ruediepop5979]

I know you u are r from the FBI

[@CraftyF0X]

Ikr, It always weirds me out when ppl demonstrate such a lack of understanding while assume themselves "reasonable skeptic". I very much hope we just didn'T get the joke though...

[@Danilio.]

@@yeternat .

[@jorge69696]

It's so weird so see these conspiracy theorists in a science channel.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Sitting here wondering that too

[@writeforright458]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2">0:02</a> famous last words

[@IJoeAceJRI]

At 0:05 it transitions from the bottle open to bottle closed

[@writeforright458]

​@@IJoeAceJRI wow just noticed that

[@The_Quaalude]

​@@IJoeAceJRIhe ain't making enough off this video to pour water in his tank 😂

[@MrOiram46]

“Mr. Anderson, welcome back! We miss you.” 💀

[@juanmacias5922]

“So there’s this car that runs on water. It runs on water, man!” - Steven Hyde,

[@mohammedmangera6936]

Was looking for this comment 😂

[@Thegreatestscientists]

Like eeh he knows the truth

[@dias8588]

"So it is a boat"

[@antbotsquad6769]

Thanks for teaching the basic concept of energy and basic chemistry!

[@wernerviehhauser94]

The "nice controlled reaction" you are looking for happened beautifully in the Shuttle's main engines.

[@scorpio6587]

True, and also in its fuel cells.

[@blazernitrox6329]

yeah I'd strap an RS-25 to my car

[@genshineditsjoon]

Lockheed Martin ahh solution ​@@blazernitrox6329

[@samhklm]

Thank you for throwing some common sense on these charlatans!

[@WaffleStaffel]

However, like so many people, he takes it as a given that nuclear is the end all to be all. Nobody ever considers the embodied CO2 and waste of all the mining of the ore, the extraction, the hydro metallurgy, the refinement, the centrifuging and processing that goes into the fissile material, nor all the materials and construction which go into the reactor and the building which it houses, nor the containment of the spent fuel, which has to be safely transported, stored, and managed *forever*. They treat nuclear like it's magic free-energy rocks you pluck out of the ground.

[@jamessiarom]

@@WaffleStaffelit is magic energy you pull from rocks any other form of large scale energy would need large scale construction. You are clearly misinformed about how much waste nuclear energy actually makes because it’s quite minor compared to the energy produced. It’s very clean idk who made you scared of nuclear but you just need to go a little bit further in your research

[@WaffleStaffel]

@@jamessiarom "Misinformed" "scared" "need more research" You literally just said it *is* magic energy you pull from rocks. I used to be a proponent of nuclear, and I would be again if anyone could show through a comprehensive analysis of the energy and resources required for nuclear from cradle to grave that it was a net producer, but no one has done such analysis. New reactor designs have great promise in terms of safety, but that does not negate the fact that gross energy in vs net energy out is unknown/undisclosed. It is ignorant and irresponsible to promote nuclear without that piece of information. Without it, it's just like electric cars, it merely shifts energy consumption out of sight. You haven't offered any data, so don't go talking out of your @$$.

[@buykuibra2518]

Meanwhile promoting other charlatans...

[@TheSilverShadow17]

I mean it's ironic how Nuclear energy killed the least amount of people compared to solar and wind. Plus it's the cleanest and safest type we have as an option. Only problem is that the public has a negative stance on it lol

[@jeremywp123]

I've literally been wondering about this for years! I'm so happy you made this video.

[@GetMoGaming]

Yeah, you didn't switch the bottle in that jumpy edit, lol. Reminds me of that 70's British TV show, _Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)_ - the whole scene jumps every time the ghost appears or disappears 🤠👻

[@MemesNick]

This made me remember the guy that made his car run on Vodka lmao

[@kooooons]

High quality vodka is mainly a clean mix of water and ethanol. You can run a car on Ethanol. The water part is tricky, though. Water is stronger than Conrods. Too much water and the engine blows up.

[@JonahNelson7]

@@kooooonsis that why the Delorean fuel injector blew up in Back to the Future 3 when they tried using strong whiskey?

[@robikon2204]

atleast vodka actually has fuel

[@kooooons]

@@JonahNelson7 when something on a delorean breaks I'd always suggest the reason to be that it is a delorean ;) But jokes aside, ethanol can brittle some plastics and thus cause all sorts of problems in a fuel system which is not set up for it. And whether or not a car can run on whisky depends on the percentage. I wouldn't try though. 60% alcohol still translates to around 39% of water. Also the engine would run very lean dunno if that's a problem, Water-ethanol is used to cool down pistons so maybe not but then again one would only use very little Water-ethanol. To prevent it from running lean you would have to increase fuel flow by a factor of 2.5 which would flood the combustion chamber with 7-8% of pure water. If 10% of that doesn't evaporate, then theoretically, within 6 minutes of idling, half of the combustion chamber is filled with water. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure no Engine survives that.

[@sandrokapellen9064]

Hydrogen is just an inefficient way of storing energy

[@mrmurdock6994]

no its not. its it the best. because it is light and can be compressed.

[@derblaue]

@@mrmurdock6994 It can still escape over time, even in proper containers. Regular batteries are definitely more efficient.

[@Tletna]

Lots of energy storage or conversions or usage is inefficient. That's just nature. Hydrogen has other issues. Like it is difficult to store since hydrogen is smaller than all other atoms and tends to sift through stuff or get embedded in it if it cannot get through. It is highly flammable and specifically with oxygen (which is highly explosive in the right mixes as he showed). It is difficult to store it at the right pressures for storage and transport and later reuse to be useful. It is just highly inconvenient and not safe but if one would address the inconvenience and safety issues then hydrogen would be good. While water vapor as a byproduct in the air is still technically pollution if in high enough amounts (something that people forget) it is still much less scary pollution than a lot of the other pollution out there. In small enough amounts it is actually useful rather than a pollutant, so yes we should be using hydrogen fuel cells (again if the problems could be addressed and other better solutions aren't available).

[@somecsguy9824]

@@mrmurdock6994 Yes, it takes a lot of energy to create it *and* to compress it for storage. Doesn't sound like the "best" to me.

[@vylbird8014]

@@mrmurdock6994 Light, but very low volumetric density - you don't get much energy in a tank unless you compress it a lot, which means you're dealing with a very hazardous fuel - far worse than regular gasoline, which is already bad enough. It'll leak through the most microscopic of openings, including easily slipping through rubber gaskets. It damages and weakens many metals on prolonged contact. You need a lot of safety precautions to handle compressed hydrogen safely, which makes doing so very expensive.

[@connork8984]

This was really informative. Thank you I learned a lot.

[@K22channel]

A NOBEL ! 👍 ...for being as you are 🙏 Thank you so much.

[@bolangnfi8557]

When life gets more difficult than chemistry 😂

[@hermitcard4494]

Just because it can be done, DOES NOT mean its efficient. Just because one genius had an idea, DOES NOT mean it will work. Even Einstein got some things wrong in practice.

[@VinoVeritas_]

Efficiency is irrelevant if the energy is being provided via solar PV.

[@hermitcard4494]

@@VinoVeritas_ if efficiency is irrelevant you'll end up investing more than you can gain. Only irrelevant if the question is "is it possible?" but RELEVANT if the question is "is it worthy?"

[@VinoVeritas_]

@@hermitcard4494 Storing solar energy for times when there's little to no sun is more important than the discussion around efficiency. After all, fossil fuels took millions of years to form and we haven't been concerned about the efficiency when using them. Perfection is the enemy of the good.

[@rodschmidt8952]

See: Einstein airplane wing

[@rodschmidt8952]

@@VinoVeritas_ We most certainly have been concerned about efficiency. See: mpg

[@desmondschneider5397]

If we had this, that would be one fair step forward towards the also impossible existence of Link’s Master Cycle Zero

[@desmondschneider5397]

But obviously, turning matter into blue energy upon contact would be theoretically impossible by all means, so the Zelda one is definitely to remain science fiction, lol

[@tommytam100]

Thank you for a complete understanding you provide

[@I_Ruby_I]

i had some CRAZY guy always come in to my work always talking up his water powered car and im like bruh u lying, and good to know these many years later he was infact lying

[@tedarcher9120]

All petrol/diesel cars are water powered tho

[@SALSN]

Saying these engines and fuel cells run on water is like saying that humans are powered by poop.

[@solarsynapse]

Wellll, there are politicians.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@solarsynapsethose aren't powered by it but they are full of it

[@Chappy141]

One method you might try is as follows. Instead of using low voltage high amps to split the water molecule into its atomic parts. Let’s use high frequency voltage and low amps. Take a rectangle piece of steel even better if it’s transformer structured cut the piece in half so you have two U shaped pieces now on side rap about 100 rounds of wire and on the other piece rap about 400 rounds, now anchor these two pieces in a way that they both have an extremely small air gap between the cut edges. 1/32. Now for our electrodes we need to think in terms of capacitors, a capacitor is two plates separated by a median, so let’s take a piece of 3/4” Stainless Steel 315 round tubing and call it the cathode, now take a piece of 1/2” Stainless Steel 315 call it the anode and place it on the inside of the cathode, so that the walls do not touch but are as close and possible, now submerged the cathode and anode in water. Connect one side of larger coil to the cathode and the other to the anode and this should results in a net gain hydrogen oxygen separation for use. Note that the in coming power to the small coil must be pulsed this is one of the reasons it used less then 1 amp. I have tones of documentation that I would be like to share if any want to have more details on this method called Voltrolysis

[@dabvid8613]

love your content! Great video as always :D

[@dondywondy]

Great video! Thanks for all the effort you put in to plan, record, edit and upload your videos. The knowledge you impart is valuable to all!

[@Schuyler2614]

I thought the title said "A cat that runs on water!" Got very excited for a moment there 🤣🤣

[@spadaacca]

That video exists.

[@catastrophic_music]

my dumbass thought the same thing.

[@goldenegg1063]

Goto tiktok... thats the home of cat videos 👍

[@BeachesNguns-fl4cx]

Yours is 4 inches or less….

[@MusicForLifePL20]

One of the most interesting videos ! Great job!

[@justinw1765]

Researchers are developing cheap chemical and metal catalysts that help to split the hydrogen and oxygen molecules from water using far less electricity. This was always possible previously, but involved very expensive catalysts like platinum. Allegedly a guy figured out a different way with frequency resonation awhile back. Basically different forms/ways of vibrating the water optimally to get it to split apart using less electricity.

[@drjamesallen6012]

It won’t run on water, but it could run on hydrogen

[@brendolbreadwar2671]

Yeah, basically the conclusion. Other than hydrogen being so inefficient that it creates more CO2 than if you just used the normal stuff.

[@Beau_Guerrier]

@@brendolbreadwar2671 elaborate

[@brendolbreadwar2671]

@Beau_Guerrier all I did was summarize the video, watch the video. It's less efficient because they have to burn fossil fuel to create the hydrogen that would be used to power the vehicles.

[@Jimmeh_B]

@@brendolbreadwar2671 And that's just to begin with, forgetting completely about hydrogen embrittlement, significant losses due to leakage, and the unsustainable maintenance of the required infrastructure.

[@AthosJosue]

Did you watch the video?

[@JohnDuthie]

How did you get the water out of your gas tank? Is there some filtration system that can handle that much water in the tank?

[@xenomorphgourmet1005]

Just before he puts the bottle in, there is a subtle cut where the lid appears back on the bottle.

[@JohnDuthie]

@@xenomorphgourmet1005 Sneaky!

[@rare2775]

Don't let the CIA see this. 🙏😭

[@lyr1kn156]

Car running on water? I didnt know a car had jesus legs.

[@samuelspace101]

As soon as infinite energy gets involved you know something is fishy.

[@gk4977]

Bro is trying to reinvent the steam engine

[@claytucker5025]

I see, thank you for expanding my knowledge on this subject.

[@Decoding_Master]

That cut in the first shot 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samuelspace101]

“My car runs on water” “That’s impossible… how?” “You see this combine damn over here uses the kinetic energy of the water to make electricity, and my car runs of the electricity.”

[@simontillson482]

Lol… that’s the only way that sentence makes sense. Well done.

[@user-qp2ps1bk3b]

water is hydrogen ash. Good luck running any engine on ash

[@Kevin32727]

When I first read the title of this video my eyes mistook car for cat. 'A cat that runs on water!'

[@justcallmesiv]

love this channel lol especially when you get sassy and prove people wrong

[@reddestlogoy8535]

Bro put that "because it is" to keep the feds off his back

[@Danilio.]

Exactly, bro didn't want to risk it.

[@onixzero]

beeing this early is illegal

[@pikeman6774]

As engineer, nah he put it because it’s not possible. Nor practical. Takes more energy to separate hydrogen out of water than the energy production of using hydrogen as a fuel

[@Uriel.45AC]

​@@pikeman6774 wrong, it was proven to work and work exceptionally well and broke the laws of thermodynamics. (Modern science lies FYI)

[@SHRBJHD]

@@Uriel.45AC Alright boys. You said the Federalis want da piece of that guy that knows how to break the laws of nature? Here he is. Thanks Modern Science. Trust me, I know it's gonna be 4.298 degrees caterpillar today. Modern weather lies!

[@AK_Blizard]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="7">0:07</a> bro used transition,so he couldn't ruin his fuel tank ,he knows that he can't risk it😂still but what about Toyota's water based engine concept

[@knurlgnar24]

He could of poured that bottle of water into his vehicle and there would have been no noticable difference. Lots of testing at corporate labs has been done with ethanol/water combinations on that subject. A full tank of E10 will happily accomodate .5l of water. That doesn't mean I'd do it on purpose of course.

[@AK_Blizard]

@@knurlgnar24 but it will cause long term fuel tank issue like rusting something as I heard

[@stevevernon1978]

@@AK_Blizard not in a car already built/converted to be able to use E85

[@rcpattaya230]

As usual. Clear, true and understandable. Thanks.

[@adirmamia1399]

We most protect this man at all costs

[@MoonGlow22]

In short it works like this: Use electricity to split water into H2 and O Burn H2 and O to get less electricity Use this electricity to run car Sounds like making a cheese sandwich by adding cheese and removing it back

[@dahat1992]

Combustion is combining oxygen with another atom. Water is hydrogen ash. You can't burn ash, and you can't burn water.

[@nimrodquimbus912]

Who wouldn't want a car that burns as efficient as the Hindenburg ?

[@dahat1992]

@@nimrodquimbus912 Did you reply to the wrong comment? What does that have to do with what I said?

[@nimrodquimbus912]

@@dahat1992 I'll take that as a , "YES"

[@dahat1992]

@@nimrodquimbus912 You didn't ask a yes or no question. You're a bot parroting comments, huh

[@nimrodquimbus912]

@@dahat1992 You mad ?

[@LollosoSiTV]

Thank you for the cool explanation. This IS the content I want to see.

[@StubbornExplorer]

thank you so much for this video

[@miauzure3960]

finally someone credible answered that god damn question which seemed to have no definitive answer. As a teenager I was fascinated with electrolysis and I was convinced (by such scams on internet) that it really produces more energy than was put into it, and couldn't understand why all the world isn't using it at massive scale. Then with each year I doubted it more and more.

[@bob-km4uq]

Either the title was edited after the video was uploaded or a significant portion of this audience doesn’t have reading comprehension

[@malachiteofmethuselah9713]

...or, you, also, feel that knit picking semantics is an acceptable way to educate.

[@ghoulbuster1]

Nice try FBI We all know you're planning!

[@bob-km4uq]

@@malachiteofmethuselah9713 What do you mean semantics the title literally says it's impossible

[@malachiteofmethuselah9713]

@@bob-km4uq debating efficiency numbers is nothing like impossible.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Cool video, James. No wonder I've always thought water couldn't work as a fuel by itself! Long ago I had that idea but would only have been able to explain my reasoning simplistically: "It's not flammable!"

[@antoniocarlosgerminiani8210]

Damn, the boy has the response time of an AI pin 😂. Great video, keep up te good work!

[@ZeronimeYT]

You need electricity to hydrolysis. So why need water? Just use EV 😂

[@mearetom]

But battery components are expensive and environmentally harmful to produce, bonus, there were EVs exploding due to battery failures.

[@ziggytron345]

​@@mearetomHydrogen is quite explosive as well

[@mearetom]

@@ziggytron345 Yes, I'm only stating that currently, batteries are bad for the environment. Not saying hydrogen are better or inferior.

[@sammcmurchie8136]

I'm a renewable energy engineering student and at first I was a little worried about the direction you were taking this video. But no, you covered it well! The key thing to remember about hydrogen fuel cells (and all renewables) is that none of them can compete toe-to-toe with fossil fuels in terms of convenience AND power. Instead, we have to look at how the various strengths and flaws of different renewable energy sources coexist with one another. The example of solar + hydrogen fuel cells you gave is the perfect illustration of this: Solar energy generation is clean, endlessly scalable, and provides a predictable (if not reliable) output of power. It's time-proven tech that only gets better and better over time. It's major downside is that no power can be generated at night. It's also a challenge to store excess energy generated by solar, which is a shame because daily energy consumption usually peaks in the evening/late afternoon when solar power generation is decreasing. The main strength of Hydrogen fuels cells are that they're both portable and versatile. They can run an engine with the combustion reaction you showed, but we can also forgo the combustion reaction and just use the electricity they generate which makes them suitable for smaller applications. But the major issue is that creating the H2 and O2 via electrolysis uses more energy than we can get back out of it. But when we consider these 2 technologies together, we can take advantage of their respective strengths and flaws. The scalability of solar power means that we can generate more energy than we need during the peak solar power hours around midday. We then take the excess energy that is otherwise difficult and costly to store and use it to produce H2 and O2 for the hydrogen fuel cells! The weaknesses of these technologies are only truly weaknesses in isolation. When viewed together, one tech's weakness becomes the other's strength.

[@samuelspace101]

I’ve always looked at hydrogen engines as a clean way to store lots of energy for a long time, so that if you have a machine that needs to work 24/7 reliably without ever needing to stop or get more energy you could store hydrogen, it has its uses but because it’s less efficient then just storing the energy most the time it’s easier to just use a battery.

[@ab-tf5fl]

The real limitation on the scalability of solar energy is not the sunlight - it's the land. Simply put, there is only so much land that is near where the electricity is needed, and legal to tear up and replace with solar farms. After all, even though the country is huge, you can't go paving over farmland and chopping down forests indefinitely to put up more and more solar panels to make more and more hydrogen. Of course, there are some things that can be done to mitigate this, such as solar panels on rooftops and over parking lots, growing certain types of crops underneath solar panels on the same land, and advancements in solar panel technology, allowing the same amount of solar acreage to capture more sunlight. But, all of the above has limits, so we still need to use the energy efficiently.

[@sammcmurchie8136]

@@ab-tf5fl Of course, when I said that solar was endlessly scalable I didn't mean that literally. But still, the land is not as restrictive as you say. The energy doesn't have to be generated near where it's consumed so long as it's converted to AC. And since most people and businesses want their panels connected to the power grid, it's a standard practice to install a transformer along with the panels anyway

[@sammcmurchie8136]

​@@samuelspace101 Yeah, if you just want to store electricity then you're better off using a battery. The key advantage of hydrogen is in the portability and the combustion reaction. That's what makes it appealing as a fuel. It can be used for electricity generation too, of course, but then it really only makes sense in some situations, like in a location where there's no connection to the power grid. So that's why hydrogen is usually only talked about in the context of powering vehicles

[@tomr6955]

Good grief, renewable energy student. What a load of nonsense. How is it ever going to be a good idea to produce hydrogen from solar with an 18% efficiency? Just use the solar instead of converting it. Same deal with batteries. It's all green washing.

[@rudyberkvens-be]

I really like your laughs. Makes me laugh equally every time.

[@user-vs9nz2pr6n]

Thats cool man stay safe out there

[@fringeflix]

Do NOT go out to any diners with strange men, dude

[@ridwan6695]

i dont get it 🙁

[@rexygray7695]

😔

[@fringeflix]

@ridwan6695 the original water powered car was invented by some guy decades ago and he showed off his invention. Some time later, strange men in suits offered to buy his water car, and they met in a diner where the man was poisoned.

[@Ghidra1104]

​@@fringeflixDo NOT reproduce.

[@ChamuthChamandana]

@@fringeflix the men explained why its not practical and he poisoned himself most likely

[@KingLutherQ]

With hydrogen fuel cell cars, you are only able to use 20% of the energy you put in to split the water into H2 and O2. It can never beat the efficiency of EVs because H2 will never be cheaper than the electricity used to create it. So, next time when someone says hydrogen cars are the future, tell them: Why not put that electricity that you used to make that hydrogen directly into a battery powered car - you will get 5x the efficiency and cost you 3x less in fuel cost.

[@ShuAbLe]

yeah, but sun and wind are free and storing evergy by spliting water that becomes water again when used is way more green than bateries

[@camicus-3249]

no one claims efficiency to be an advantage of hydrogen. If all you care about is that (not saying it's unreasonable), then yeah of course batteries are the way to go. But it's not so cut and dry if you're also interested in charge / refuel times, range, energy density, manufacturing, etc. As usual it comes down to trade-offs

[@katrinabryce]

@@camicus-3249 Energy density is about the same once you consider the tank you need to store the hydrogen. DC fast chargers are probably good enough for most use cases, but yes hydrogen does beat it there.

[@sjaedn]

Except you still need to make the hydrogen fuel cells.. which are made of platinum and iridium, ​if I remember correctly.. and those are much more scarce than lithium.. So I don't think it's any more green to make batteries than fuel cells @@ShuAbLe

[@alihms]

You still need hydrogen production facilities, means of transporting the fuelcell to refuelling stations, the stations themselves etc. Looking at the overall picture, it is just as complicated and infrastructure intensive as regular ICE engines.

[@jrockerstein]

I love you bro! Please keep up the great work! I appreciate you!

[@rapidriper]

Finally the video I was thinking waiting for.

[@ReyElectronico]

thank you, i've ben explaining this for years and almost no one believe me, now i can share this video

[@siddiqgamesyt3354]

Rip I understand you

[@inkgeek4706]

you can share it.. but trust me .. they still wont believe you .. coming from someone who has had this same struggle for years .. especially if they are into the conspiracy theory ideal .. no amount of evidence will change their minds because they will just say you are one of them trying to suppress the tech.. lol stay strong.. at least some of us know how things really work..

[@denys-p]

We can get cars that run on the water. We just have to master fusion for that, no big deal 😂

[@infiniteloopcounter9444]

This or attach skis to the underside and a diesel engine to the rear of the car. Da-da.

[@rm5728]

Debunking is a good thing thx!!

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Fuel cells driving an electric motor are actually more efficient than combustion engines. The problem is, hydrogen isn’t very dense; it may have a high specific energy per kilogram of mass, but it has an extremely low energy density per liter of volume. If we had fuel cells that could run on different fuels, we might see more of them.

[@carlosgaspar8447]

most of the fuel cells vehicles being used are running on natural gas, to power the fuel cell.

[@logitech4873]

​@@carlosgaspar8447 Could you name one car like this?

[@ErickC]

@@logitech4873 : Car, no, but the OP said "vehicle" and didn't specify "car." So you could use any of the CNG fuel cell XCelsior buses produced by New Flyer in the last decade as an example, since this is the primary application of this technology.

[@knurlgnar24]

That isn't true. Look at the full cycle cost. Fuel cells have an abysmal efficiency. (edit) I was assuming you understood that running a fuel cell on 'different fuels' simply uses the hydrogen and leaves behind the carbon, resulting in a much less energy dense byproduct. Running one on anything but pure hydrogen is horrifically wasteful. H2 is the theoretical best you can do.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

@@knurlgnar24 Direct methanol fuel cells produce both water and CO₂ in their exhaust.

[@peterchung2262]

It's a shame that the top commenters clearly didn't watch the video, and are just repeating the "people who invent hydrogen/water cars get assassinated" joke. If someone did actually invent a hydrogen/water car, then I guess it would be slightly funny, but that doesn't happen in this video. Like don't get me wrong, it's fine to make funny comments, but it's annoying to see these mindless repeated jokes especially on a science channel. (I mean it's just pop science, but educational comments are always preferred).

[@logitech4873]

It's extremely annoying.

[@marioman971]

Yeah really didn't need to be reminded of a local mass shooting in the top comments...

[@logitech4873]

@@marioman971 what?

[@terryenglish7132]

Its not a fucking joke. Anyone who discovers anything that will supply energy other than oil/coal or even increase gas milage gets killed, after their lab is destroyed and their notes stolen .The FBI often is involved. Theres a recent Why Files channel episode that covers it quite well. Please check it out. Billions of $ are at stake, so yeah they'll kill people that might disrupt that.

[@r.giuliano]

What is the joke? I’m oblivious…

[@azetobacteraceti8582]

Your memory will always remain in our hearts, thank you for your great science videos😢

[@kerhabplays]

The Action Lab, what a great channel it used to be. Fly high little soul😔😔🕊🕊

[@saitama2379]

Every single non combustion engine is combustion engine with extra steps (unless the electricity is from green sources)

[@CraftyF0X]

Only if you don't see the distinction between an ICE and the Rankin cycle though, which suggest a rudamentary understanding.

[@Jimmeh_B]

There is no such thing as a "green source". Otherwise, correct.

[@shocktnc]

There is no magical green source, but otherwise yeah.

[@srinathshettigar379]

and petrol falls from the sky no?

[@inkgeek4706]

" Green sources " ? you mean like the solar panels that are made from rare metals which are obtained by strip mining, then refined by industrial means which also demand a high energy process? and made of plastics which .. yup come from petroleum.. or do you mean the wind turbines that are made up of a material that once molded cannot be recycled into anything useful? and again.. are manufactured using processes that require large amounts of energy and some chemicals that are less than good for the environment ? there is no true green source of energy that does not have an impact on the environment..

[@YousufAhmad0]

Please get more ethical sponsors.

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

Ethics do not matter.

[@johnnyxmusic]

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[@AquaComputerVR]

Money is money

[@pitodesign]

Without knowing more about it the sponsor's concept in short already sounds ridicolous.

[@Juanpopspacks]

@@johnnyxmusicprojection much ?

[@rodrigoborgneth]

Another great video, thanks!

[@Yotheprofit]

Finally a video on this

[@chow4444]

3 minutes for real

[@Gabe-vw2ux]

Do NOT drink any suspicious juice.

[@logitech4873]

Stop perpetuating false stuff like this. Stanley Meyer was not poisoned, it's conspiracy garbage.

[@peterchung2262]

Such a dumb comment. This video has nothing to do with a breakthrough in water powered cars threatening big oil. It's just that water cars are currently not practical to function. Please stop repeating unfunny jokes when it's not in context.

[@antoinedube-cote155]

@@peterchung2262 it is somewhat in context, and no they are not unfunny

[@shade5554]

My guy really put water into his car for 3 seconds of this video

[@maanman3573]

Cars can't run on water, but athletic Jesus can

[@RAMBOTHECURIOUSGUY]

Is it possible to split and can it be tried ?

[@2ndUnfuniestMan101]

Remember kids: Ignore the sponsors (because many of these are scams) but don't attack the KZbinrs. They are just trying to make a living.

[@realbangbang]

Just a thought, isn't it true that in most solar farms they have to shut it down when they produce too much energy when the batteries are full and the demand is met? I wonder if they could have a modular hydrolysis station to convert that extra solar power and store it as hydrogen when needed

[@fisherman08123]

The CIA sniper:

[@borischan5252]

"runs on" is a very misleading word.. more like "store energy"

[@Adrian_PH647]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1">0:01</a> says "A car that runs on water" proceed to make a car POWERED by water

[@rahuldhaka5765]

In India We Generate H2 by fragmentation Of Waste Bio. And other green methods and they are more efficient way also it's called Green H2.

[@yajurraghavan4193]

But but... A car that runs on water... Isnt that just a boat?

[@ashishpatel350]

It's called a steam engine 😂

[@jansamohyl7983]

It pretty much runs on water, but a bit of coal is also needed for smooth operation.

[@robertwestfall7561]

Could you provide links for the fuel cell the car and the small soloar panel??

[@Athiril]

You can have a car partially "run on water", direct injection near or at piston TDC to convert more heat into pressure, (water to steam), thereby increasing thermal efficiency. Anything starting with an electrical input for energy to run a hydrolyser for which the only viable option is probably a solar panel on the roof.. even in a combustion car youre better off feeding the electricity directly into the cars electrical system since youre using more than a solar panel can provide no need to lose energy in intermediate steps. Though some studies did show combustion improvement with a small addition of hydrogen.

[@beachboardfan9544]

About 15ish years ago there was an indian guy in NJ that was using his solar array on his house to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, he had two big tanks in his back yard that over weeks would fill from the solar electrolysis. He ran his stove and car on the stored hydrogen and oxygen, and the township threatened him with jail if he didnt dismantle all of it... (it wasnt the hydrogen house project guy)

[@finkelmana]

Doesnt surprise me. That is a massive explosion waiting to happen.

[@lMoonHawk]

Why would any authority ban people having large non licenced tanks full of explosive gas in their backyard! It makes no sense!

[@beachboardfan9544]

@@lMoonHawk IIRC his tanks were inspected and licensed but the solar array was not.

[@hermitcard4494]

There's always indian guys doing things not even the smartest high tech corporations can do. Also doing scams.

[@terryenglish7132]

@@lMoonHawk Unless both tanks ruptured simultaneously w a flame near, at worse you'd get the first pop explosion that was demoed, again needing a flame. Gas tanks are in lots of yards and they can blow up if conditions are right. H2 would be no different. I suspect MAGOT idiots having a knee jerk reaction to clean energy. He should go to court

[@12tony88]

They gonna say bro died from suicide with 10 shots in the back 😭

[@c.jishnu378]

Fr.

[@ganjalfcreamcorn8438]

he debunked using hydrogen as a cleaner fuel, so idk what you mean lol

[@Danilio.]

Nah, he's just gonna end up going to sleep and then never waking up.

[@amack1283]

Yeah! Nail gun!

[@hermitcard4494]

Myocarditis is popular nowadays...