Japanese water car

I recently found out about a new type of eco-friendly car that the Japanese recently produced. It runs on water. That's it. Only a liter of water will keep this thing going for 1 hour at 80kmh. It's an absolutely incredible breakthrough in my opinion. No more spending this much money on oil and polluting up our air. Hell this is practically free energy. All you need is any type of water. They say even tea would do, so I'm guessing you can even pee into the thing. This technology can really change the world and get some brilliant new ways of using water and getting energy. Unfortunately this hasn't really hit any of the major news sites or shows. It seems to have been ignored really. I'm not sure why, but there's been suggestions that it could be a big hit to the economy since everything MUST be payed for and money rules all. Free energy which would be so very beneficial could not be exploited for money, so that's a huge nono. Fucking idiotic big companies. Anyway, check it out. Its quite extraordinary in my opinion to finally see something like this.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?vi...ideoChannel=74

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Originally Posted by Konrow

I recently found out about a new type of eco-friendly car that the Japanese recently produced. It runs on water. That's it. Only a liter of water will keep this thing going for 1 hour at 80kmh. It's an absolutely incredible breakthrough in my opinion. No more spending this much money on oil and polluting up our air. Hell this is practically free energy. All you need is any type of water. They say even tea would do, so I'm guessing you can even pee into the thing. This technology can really change the world and get some brilliant new ways of using water and getting energy. Unfortunately this hasn't really hit any of the major news sites or shows. It seems to have been ignored really. I'm not sure why, but there's been suggestions that it could be a big hit to the economy since everything MUST be payed for and money rules all. Free energy which would be so very beneficial could not be exploited for money, so that's a huge nono. Fucking idiotic big companies. Anyway, check it out. Its quite extraordinary in my opinion to finally see something like this.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?vi...ideoChannel=74

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Nice, I bet bush just crapped a brick.

volvics profits are going through the roof...

but i cant see anyone with a powerful car atm switching to this, people who currently drive smart cars or prius' will love it though xD

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lets send a ragezone representative

How much energy does it waste to create it?

Generally energy efficient = more wasted power to create it.

A wind turbine costs more resources to create it than it will produce in it's entire lifetime.

I'm pretty sure they have been doing this for a while, 2 years ago videos were posted up on youtube showing cars running on water.

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Originally Posted by Skycut

I'm pretty sure they have been doing this for a while, 2 years ago videos were posted up on youtube showing cars running on water.

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I seen something like this on the news, like what? a year ago. they said it was a proto-type. i told my dad lets by one.

I wonder how long until the oil companies have this car destroyed and anyone who thinks about marketing it silenced.

and what now..., water= $4.00 a pint?

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Originally Posted by !GreyFox!

and what now..., water= $4.00 a pint?

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Water = free when you live in Scotland where it always pishes of rain and therefore have a limitless supply.

Many things like this surface all the time, but they are always shut down or shut up by the big companies who care about nothing other money.

The thing I like about this whole gas thing is that people made fun of my moped last year, but now the things are out of stock because they get 40+ miles/gallon. Who's laughing now? :D

i knew the japanese would do somthing like this!

Bring it on, fast.

omg i heard this from athene's video, i thought they were joking lmao. this would be sick. pit stop on the go and piss= 80 km! just unzip, do it right in the tank.

Yea it would be incredible and all, but as said, this could easily be destroyed by the big retarded companies that only care about money.

1? = 6 bottles of 1.5 Liters @Lidl xD

I have a serious doubt. Would it work on pee? 0.o

It said it would work on any type of water.
And techically pee does contain water and hydrogeons.
If it works on tea, it works on pee.

i fear it will have the same fate as the electric car :(

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Originally Posted by Vendaku~Metal

I wonder how long until the oil companies have this car destroyed and anyone who thinks about marketing it silenced.

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Im guessing theyve been silenced but not destroyed :/

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Originally Posted by PatCamp

It said it would work on any type of water.
And techically pee does contain water and hydrogeons.
If it works on tea, it works on pee.

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Luled

This is amazing.

I've never heard of it o.O

Would be revolution when this car comes out.

Finally the biggest problem about pollution is almost fixed :D

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Originally Posted by Exclamatio

i fear it will have the same fate as the electric car :(

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Tesla car is still going strong...

The problem with electric cars is the storage of power. Even if you get 90%+ efficiency it still doesn't get you very far. Plus you still need to generator the power from something, which sadly normally involves things that fuck up the environment.

Like I said before, it all depends on how much resources it costs to create it. If the generator involves so many components that need to be flown from all over the world, and involve 'dirty' extraction methods (ie removing the metal from the ore give a lot of waste product). Just because the car itself is environmentally friendly doesn't mean it's construction is the same.

http://cnwmr.com/nss-folder/automoti...Commentary.pdf

Prius might be less energy efficient than a hummer!


So yeah, it sounds good on paper but it depends on how it is in practice. Personally I would hate to drive one of them dinky things around! Worse than a bloody moped lol, even if I have to pay a bit more to get everywhere. Frankly if I wanted to save money on driving I would stop over reving my engine and driving at 80+ mph, but no. I drive for fun as well as just getting from place to place.

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Originally Posted by Exclamatio

i fear it will have the same fate as the electric car :(

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You mean the Reva? That was a major fail if you ask me.

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Originally Posted by Vendaku~Metal

I wonder how long until the oil companies have this car destroyed and anyone who thinks about marketing it silenced.

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Pretty much what will happen. Water fuel can be home made but the media and gas companies aren't gonna advertise it in anyway.

Well in Australia, we're going through a drought at the moment so I guess this may have a negative impact if everyone switched to it, our damns are only 55% full I believe at the moment, so the cars would probably work in the short run but I'm not sure about the long run.

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Originally Posted by Skycut

I'm pretty sure they have been doing this for a while, 2 years ago videos were posted up on youtube showing cars running on water.

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2000 years ago, a guy walked on water.

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Originally Posted by Josh

2000 years ago, a guy walked on water.

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LOL

Its A Good idea, but it will never be put into production.

people wont make money off it.

Pretty much what happened to the electric car. No money = no car for YOU.

Lets build a car driven on nuclear power!

Yay, Now even i can ride a car, its not so expensive i hope :D very cool ^^

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Originally Posted by Josh

2000 years ago, a guy walked on water.

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That guy doesn't exist. he was just drunk and walked on pee.
It's been since 1999 that the first hydrogen type car was announced (To be released in 2007) and never came. I hope that this time it will.

Problem here is money...


Cars + Expensive Gas = Government Rich

Cars + Cheap Water = Government Broke


and thats why this will never go threw, no country will allow a water car, and yeah as much as i wish to spend 5 bucks a month on gas it wont happen.

God dam gas prices are so high in 2 years went from 70 cents to almost 2 dollers -.-

Well this is basically like the same thing. A few hundred years ago, oil was abundant. Look at it now. They are already predicitng that in 100 or 200 years, we are going to have a water crisis. This car would do nothing else but speed up the process. And plus, without oil, humans can survive (it may be VERY VERY hard but we can do it), but without water, I doubt we will be able to.

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Well this is basically like the same thing. A few hundred years ago, oil was abundant. Look at it now. They are already predicitng that in 100 or 200 years, we are going to have a water crisis. This car would do nothing else but speed up the process. And plus, without oil, humans can survive (it may be VERY VERY hard but we can do it), but without water, I doubt we will be able to.

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But with the polar ice caps melting, we are getting more water and they say our coasts will flood, therefore wouldn't this car help out?

lol i seen this too, it works, 1 lirte of water could take you for like miles at 50 mph, and its pretty good, but i expect it to be very expensive when it comes out

This car seems like one of the greatest modern inventions. But the government would raise other costs relating to cars to make up the loss of money made from fuel. The car would probably cost just as much to run as an oil car ( knowing the government :P ). So what would be the point?

You can even use pee as a substitute for gas way before this was invented.