Re: [Vo]: Scam or no?

[Jed Rothwell]

Jones Beene wrote:

They have an electroyzer driven by very high amps off of a beefed up 
alternator in an auto - they are claiming to be capable of 
electrolyzing 5 gallons of water per minute (impossible !) and then 
using only this (part steam part H2 and O2 or Brown's gas)

5 gallons = 19 liters; 19 kg. The heat of vaporization of water is 
540 cal/g, so they are claiming at least 42 MJ/min energy production. 
That is the least amount; actually there would be much more, if a 
substantial fraction of the water is converted to free H2 and O2. 
Let's say it is 84 MJ/min. That's equivalent to 2 kg of gasoline a 
minute, or 1.4 MW. The biggest racing car engines are about 200 kW. 
1.4 MW is enough for large railroad locomotive or WWII era fighter 
aircraft. If you put that much energy into something the size of an 
automobile engine, it would melt.

I vote scam. The claim is preposterous, and the supposed output is 
off by a factor of 7 or more.

- Jed