[Vwdiesel] Heads up

[The President]

I agree with the others Calcium Carbide is the rock that miners lamps used. 
Water power? That's the Meyer myth.   If only we could utilise the extra 
oxygen in the air and add it to the split water... H2 O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) 
is higher up the reactivity levels and But unfortunately so is the energy to 
create it. Maybe electrolysis of scrap aluminium (drinks cans maybe) to 
create hydrogen would work. Stirling Hot air engines may interest you. NASA 
love them for their solar journeys.
Anyone ever rebuilt a torn off Quantum wing mirror? Took me several hours of 
toying with this Chinese puzzle; but I did it :o)
Mark


>From: "William J Toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>
>To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>Subject: [Vwdiesel] Heads up
>Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:54:32 -0800
>
>I heard a story several years ago about  an engine that would run on water. 
>I question whether it is true but repeat it as best I can. The engine 
>supposedly was made out of ceramics with no cooling system, so would run 
>very hot, so hot it would separate the hydrogen from the oxygen, which they 
>would then burn in the engine. The problem was they were unable to figure 
>out how to throttle the engine.
>I also have heard the old "urban legend" about the person who would drive 
>in to a gas station, fill his gas tank with water, drop a pill in the gas 
>tank & drive away. However, when the auto was in its infancy it used 
>acetylene lamps for lighting. Acetylene was made by dropping some substance 
>(don't recall what) into water to make a flammable gas. Why couldn't a car 
>be made to run on this gas? I also recall a toy cannon I had as a kid (and 
>still have) in which you put a small amount of water in the cannon, then a 
>small amount of  "bauxite", I think it was called, in the rear of the 
>cannon. As it turned it dropped the bauxite into the water which produced a 
>flammable gas. You then hit a button which would cause a flint to spark 
>inside the cannon, which would then go boom. Why wouldn't a car run on this 
>gas?
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