Finrod said:

My patented microdam technology eliminates the need for huge water columns by using a simple onboard internal combustion engine to provide water column base pressure without all that heavy, cumbersome equipment. This simple expedient will provide a bridging technology to the eventual end-goal of a completely internal combustion-free hydroelectric car. As for water spraying all over the road, that won’t happen. The water is fully recycled through a closed-loop system, further proving the vehicle’s green credentials. No doubt, with technology advancing as it is, the ultimate compact, closed-loop IC-free hydroelectric car can only be a few years away, a decade at most.

So who’d like to invest? Get in on the ground floor!

Well actually that sounds like a good deal. I’m in! Will it work driving over suspension bridges? I just sent a gentleman a check to purchase one in Brooklyn and I’d love to drive my car on my new acquisition. I should be getting the deed in the mail any day now.

        Q said:

Yeah, the only problem with the hydroelectric car (aside from all the water that comes out all over the road from the exhaust) is the damn overpasses!

I mean, how the hell are you supposed to go anywhere when you have an 800 foot tower on your car with several hundred thousand gallons of pumped storage capacity at the top?

I mean, I could drive to work, as long as work is less than a couple miles away, if only they would raise those overpasses by a thousand feet or so.

Oh come on, Q. That’s just plain childish. 800 foot water towers? This isn’t a cartoon, you know. That is so old school!

My patented microdam technology eliminates the need for huge water columns by using a simple onboard internal combustion engine to provide water column base pressure without all that heavy, cumbersome equipment. This simple expedient will provide a bridging technology to the eventual end-goal of a completely internal combustion-free hydroelectric car. As for water spraying all over the road, that won’t happen. The water is fully recycled through a closed-loop system, further proving the vehicle’s green credentials. No doubt, with technology advancing as it is, the ultimate compact, closed-loop IC-free hydroelectric car can only be a few years away, a decade at most.

So who’d like to invest? Get in on the ground floor!

        Finrod said:

        Michael Ejercito said:

Why can’t hydroelectric-powered cars work?

Because cars haven’t yet been fitted with my new patent Microdam in situ auto engine!

This new breakthrough technology promises to revolutionise the transpotation industry! naturally, I can’t give any details at the moment, but a demonstration model shall be made available as soon as I can get enough investors to provide the modest startup capital neccessary for the pilot project. If you wish to invest in this wonderfool opportunity, let me know, and i’ll give some contact details and the details of the bank account your investment can be paid into…

Yeah, the only problem with the hydroelectric car (aside from all the water that comes out all over the road from the exhaust) is the damn overpasses! I mean, how the hell are you supposed to go anywhere when you have an 800 foot tower on your car with several hundred thousand gallons of pumped storage capacity at the top?

I mean, I could drive to work, as long as work is less than a couple miles away, if only they would raise those overpasses by a thousand feet or so.

        Michael Ejercito said:

Why can’t hydroelectric-powered cars work?

They can. Any electrical source can power a car if its an electric car, although not directly. Hydroelectric is great where you have it. If we used about 90% less energy we might be able to get by with hydroelectric as the major energy source. Sorry, but that is not in the cards.

        Michael Ejercito said:

Why can’t hydroelectric-powered cars work?

Because cars haven’t yet been fitted with my new patent Microdam in situ auto engine!

This new breakthrough technology promises to revolutionise the transpotation industry! naturally, I can’t give any details at the moment, but a demonstration model shall be made available as soon as I can get enough investors to provide the modest startup capital neccessary for the pilot project. If you wish to invest in this wonderfool opportunity, let me know, and i’ll give some contact details and the details of the bank account your investment can be paid into…

KLA: Oxy-hydrogen is actually pretty common for certain use. It works well for certain kinds of welding applications with aluminum alloys. There are processes where they actually use an arc on the tip and have oxy-hydrogen which acts as both a flame and a basic shielding gas.

Except for the little deals in electronics where it’s generated insitu and burned right there, making “brown’s” gas as one gas and pumping it through a single hose is asking for trouble. You should never mix fuel and oxygen like that in a system of that type. It could flash back down the hose and to the supply and well it’s just dangerous as hell to be storing and pumping oxygen and hydrogen together like that! At least in any significant volume.

I wonder if this guy is still alive or has blown himself right into the Darwin Awards yet?