Radio Frequencies Help Burn Salt Water

[TNJed]

http://green.yahoo.com/index.php?q=node/1570

Found this article posted on my other favorite forum and knew you guys would appreciate it's importance.

All I have to say is....WOW. Will be intently.


This kinda thing reminds me of the old adage, be it science or personal, that the best things in life are found when you aren't looking for them.

 

[rehdrahk]

This defies the laws of thermodynamics, hence it will take more energy to burn the water then will be gained by doing so, therefore it is theoretically not a viable solution to our dependency on fossil fuels.

 

[TNJed]

It only defies it if someone were claiming a perpetual motion solution which they are not. I think the mere fact that salt water is burnable ~ 3k F is amazing enough. I would risk saying there are more knowledgeable people on the scene than you or I meeting with the DOE and DOD about funding it's further research. Let's see where it goes before discounting it out of the box.

 

[rehdrahk]

I am just your average Joe who has taken the college level Chemistry and Physics courses which would leave me to believe it is not possible

Got this from a physics forum who discussed this exact article and it made me laugh ([ame="http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=172018"]Unusual Salt-Water Reaction?[/ame])

Whether it is a practical way of powering a car or not, that is usually a good way to get attention for yourself...call the news companies up and say you found a way to power an automobile using "water" and they will send a camera crew right over.

 

[TNJed]

I hear you and completely agree that the input/output ratio is less than "naturally flammable" materials. I'm just excited that the most abundant resource on earth HAS been found to be flammable.

What if the radio frequency's could be powered by solar or wind, which in turn would burn salt water? I wouldn't think it's a question of input/output feasibility, but that we CAN burn something beyond wood, coal, oil, natural gas and other more expensive and more finite materials. I would think the base fuel which can create HEAT is the key here. Finding a way to cleanly power the radio transmitters should be easy enough given a big enough solar array or wind farm.

Now, powering a car? I'm just shootin' from the hip here. ;-)

edit: I just read the forum you posted and the thing those eggheads (yes, as an ex-civil eng. student i include myself missed is what I'm saying. It ain't about the numbers. It's about the most abundant resource can burn without emitting carbon to power it. Well, at least, the H does.

Maybe I'm the cracked egghead here, but then again I always clap for Tinkerbell.