A Car That Runs on Water! They Said It Was Impossible! (because it is)

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  • @NardosAddis-tv3sp
    @NardosAddis-tv3sp Před 5 dny +957

    "Great! it works, but there is a problem, it doesn't work"

    • @rualmenendez2421
      @rualmenendez2421 Před 5 dny +9

      Theoretically, it works, but idk if anyone is willing to risk it and actually try it. Plus, they are gonna have to make a car intended to work with water, which is nearly impossible

    • @you2uber530
      @you2uber530 Před 5 dny +9

      it works theoretically as long as you still got charge in your battery. but the battery will run out of juice eventually. btw it will run out of juice slower just moving the bike. thermodynamic's a btch

    • @kooooons
      @kooooons Před 5 dny +24

      It totally works. You can even power a car with it! If you assume the efficiency is: 90% for the battery, 60% for electrolysis, 30% for the combustion engine, you can use 16% of the energy in your battery to go places. Oh wait EV can turn 70-80% in their batteries into movement. So a water bike would need a battery 5 times the size than an EV would, plus the electrolyzer, fuel tanks and engine.

    • @fredbloggs8072
      @fredbloggs8072 Před 5 dny +3

      All you need to run a car on water is a Mr Fusion. Simple!.

    • @i5usko
      @i5usko Před 5 dny +5

      It actually does work, It's an incredibly clean battery if you can consider the energy source to be clean. Efficient no, better than lithium, maybe in the future. Plenty of fake free energy videos that have some real science. It does work, just badly depending on how. Like sure I can use lasers to cook toast. Should I, no.

  • @carterdelaney4648
    @carterdelaney4648 Před 5 dny +796

    How does it run on water? Wouldn’t it sink?

    • @kevinbissinger
      @kevinbissinger Před 5 dny +81

      Ba dum tsss

    • @Batmann_
      @Batmann_ Před 5 dny +23

      I hear people talk about this magical Jesus guy a lot. He doesn't sink, from what I've heard.
      I imagine there'll be lots of people watching this science channel who also believe in mythology...right?

    • @takanara7
      @takanara7 Před 5 dny +6

      If a car's doors are sealed and it's balanced then it should float like a boat, since the inside of a car is mostly air.

    • @Tletna
      @Tletna Před 5 dny +4

      @@takanara7 Both for good and bad car doors are not usually that well sealed.

    • @joatmon7347
      @joatmon7347 Před 5 dny +4

      ​@@takanara7but no normal car is sealed like that. The doors aren't the only hole.

  • @12tony88
    @12tony88 Před 5 dny +1846

    It was nice knowing you bro 😔🕊️

    • @alexandergreen5292
      @alexandergreen5292 Před 5 dny +65

      💀

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny +78

      Gone But Never Forgotten ⚰️🥀

    • @theBoy_69_
      @theBoy_69_ Před 5 dny +37

      ????

    • @michaelripley4528
      @michaelripley4528 Před 5 dny

      @@theBoy_69_
      Guess its the conspiracy from Oil companies that is Said to kill Anyone trying to make an engine running on water🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @kabreelgustavo104
      @kabreelgustavo104 Před 5 dny +86

      They gonna come for him noo😢😢💀💀

  • @aaakkk112
    @aaakkk112 Před 5 dny +562

    A friend of mine has a electric bicycle that runs on water, he charges it from a small generator he put in a pretty large river that runs past his house, or well, he actually put the generator there because he though he’d be able to run his entire house on it but it turns out the energy output was just about enough to charge his bike in 8-10 hours 😂

    • @wernerviehhauser94
      @wernerviehhauser94 Před 5 dny +10

      Perfect!

    • @orphax1925
      @orphax1925 Před 5 dny +29

      si it runs on electricity, it converts the gravitationnal potential energy of water in electricity

    • @wernerviehhauser94
      @wernerviehhauser94 Před 5 dny +11

      @@orphax1925 nah, it's close enough :-)

    • @aaakkk112
      @aaakkk112 Před 5 dny +34

      @@orphax1925nah, it runs on the sun, that is the cause of the river flowing 😊

    • @chadb9270
      @chadb9270 Před 5 dny +37

      @@aaakkk112 unless it’s geothermal or nuclear basically every form of energy production on this planet goes back to the sun. Hell, the energy you’re using to read my sentence came from the sun.

  • @heiskanbuscadordelaverdad8709

    The hydrogen is just being used as a battery when you think about it

    • @UninstallingWindows
      @UninstallingWindows Před 5 dny +59

      not just hydrogen, gasoline and diesel are chemical batteries too.

    • @zetahurley7323
      @zetahurley7323 Před 5 dny +43

      ​@@UninstallingWindowsyeah but those are less rechargable lol

    • @allanmoger1838
      @allanmoger1838 Před 5 dny

      @@zetahurley7323nah, just a lot slower.

    • @ClaraCleary2005
      @ClaraCleary2005 Před 5 dny +25

      That is the major draw of using hydrogen powered cars. The most efficient way to store electricity would be to use a battery, but energy dense batteries are made of relatively limited resources. Octane powered cars use a very power dense fluid that can be burned with about 30-35% efficiency and still take out a lot of power for the space, but that's also a limited resource. Hydrogen however is all around us, but to get it you need to put in so much more energy than you can get out of it, although modern fuel cells are now getting to 40-60% efficiency. It's a competition of poor round trip efficiency, limited resources, and power density to find the best way to store power, and it's impossible to determine a single winner unless something all around better comes along.

    • @nineballking06351
      @nineballking06351 Před 5 dny +2

      Yeah. Scary batteries.

  • @samhklm
    @samhklm Před 5 dny +159

    Thank you for throwing some common sense on these charlatans!

    • @WaffleStaffel
      @WaffleStaffel Před 5 dny +3

      However, like so many people, he takes it as a given that nuclear is the end all to be all. Nobody ever considers the embodied CO2 and waste of all the mining of the ore, the extraction, the hydro metallurgy, the refinement, the centrifuging and processing that goes into the fissile material, nor all the materials and construction which go into the reactor and the building which it houses, nor the containment of the spent fuel, which has to be safely transported, stored, and managed *forever*. They treat nuclear like it's magic free-energy rocks you pluck out of the ground.

    • @jamessiarom
      @jamessiarom Před 5 dny +17

      @@WaffleStaffelit is magic energy you pull from rocks any other form of large scale energy would need large scale construction. You are clearly misinformed about how much waste nuclear energy actually makes because it’s quite minor compared to the energy produced. It’s very clean idk who made you scared of nuclear but you just need to go a little bit further in your research

    • @WaffleStaffel
      @WaffleStaffel Před 5 dny +1

      @@jamessiarom "Misinformed" "scared" "need more research" You literally just said it *is* magic energy you pull from rocks. I used to be a proponent of nuclear, and I would be again if anyone could show through a comprehensive analysis of the energy and resources required for nuclear from cradle to grave that it was a net producer, but no one has done such analysis. New reactor designs have great promise in terms of safety, but that does not negate the fact that gross energy in vs net energy out is unknown/undisclosed. It is ignorant and irresponsible to promote nuclear without that piece of information. Without it, it's just like electric cars, it merely shifts energy consumption out of sight. You haven't offered any data, so don't go talking out of your @$$.

    • @buykuibra2518
      @buykuibra2518 Před 4 dny +1

      Meanwhile promoting other charlatans...

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 Před 4 dny

      I mean it's ironic how Nuclear energy killed the least amount of people compared to solar and wind. Plus it's the cleanest and safest type we have as an option. Only problem is that the public has a negative stance on it lol

  • @Tobi_Jones
    @Tobi_Jones Před 5 dny +42

    this is a good video, the average person does not understand the concept of energy

    • @sigmacentauri6191
      @sigmacentauri6191 Před 4 dny

      water absorbs solar energy like a battery according to Doctor Gerald Pollack at UW there's a 4th phase of water...

    • @tomr6955
      @tomr6955 Před 2 dny +2

      Agreed. Most think we can get power from rainbows and unicorns farts

    • @EvilSantaTheTrue
      @EvilSantaTheTrue Před dnem

      ​@@tomr6955unicorn farts are methane.. guess what methane is? Flammable...

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 Před dnem

      Now we just need a vehicle that runs on golden rain and brown liquid

  • @writeforright458
    @writeforright458 Před 5 dny +266

    0:02 famous last words

    • @IJoeAceJRI
      @IJoeAceJRI Před 5 dny +24

      At 0:05 it transitions from the bottle open to bottle closed

    • @writeforright458
      @writeforright458 Před 5 dny +3

      ​@@IJoeAceJRI wow just noticed that

    • @The_Quaalude
      @The_Quaalude Před 4 dny +5

      ​@@IJoeAceJRIhe ain't making enough off this video to pour water in his tank 😂

  • @oliviervancantfort5327
    @oliviervancantfort5327 Před 5 dny +238

    Trying to make a car run on water is just like trying to heat up a house by burning ashes in the fireplace.
    After all, water is just the 'ash' of the combustion of hydrogen.

    • @whig01
      @whig01 Před 5 dny +3

      However, an oxyhydrogen torch can do some amazing things.

    • @kekersdev
      @kekersdev Před 5 dny +10

      ​@@whig01how is that relevant?

    • @kekersdev
      @kekersdev Před 5 dny +6

      Good point
      Technically it is possible to further "burn" ash or water in fluorine but that's not very practical to say the least

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 Před 5 dny +2

      Herman Munster's father in law invented a pill that made it work.

    • @whig01
      @whig01 Před 5 dny

      @@kekersdev It's only relevant as to why you might use electricity to make oxyhydrogen from water, it isn't efficient to run an engine of course.

  • @n00bxl71
    @n00bxl71 Před 5 dny +36

    Finally someone actually points it out. It always really annoyed me seeing videos about the man who got "assassinated" for making a "water powered car", and seeing everyone in the comments believing that it's possible, as if splitting water to make hydrogen and oxygen, then burning the hydrogen in oxygen to make water actually does anything. It's just turning one thing back into the same thing. If it somehow not only didn't lose energy, but gained energy in the process, then it would be violating the first and second laws of thermodynamics. There is no free energy device!

    • @Toddg1234Mr
      @Toddg1234Mr Před 5 dny

      It is more complicated than that. The water must be ionized first with high voltage 10 - 20 thousand volts. Then within the cell there are blue lasers of a specific wavelength that point in one direction (there is a physics paper on this). The lasers increase the efficiency. I don't believe an electrolyte is needed. All the cells you see on e-bay are rip offs.

    • @And20s
      @And20s Před dnem

      Genuine question: what is happening is not that it generates energy from nothing, the only thing it is doing is grabbing oxygen from the outside and thus causing combustion, just like engines that use gasoline? or what is wrong?

    • @n00bxl71
      @n00bxl71 Před dnem +1

      @@And20s That's not what is happening. If they did do that, then it wouldn't change anything.
      The process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen produces two gasses, and they are produced in perfect quantities to be reacted back together. Burning the hydrogen, at this point, will never make more energy than it cost to split the water apart, because that would create more energy than you started with.
      If you instead used oxygen from the air, then you would be left with a tank full of oxygen that you got from splitting the water. You would then have to release this into the air, which replaces the oxygen you used. So the end result is still that nothing actually happened to the water. You started with water, and with an atmosphere full of oxygen, and you ended with water and an atmosphere full of oxygen. There's nowhere for the energy to come from, because the water never loses energy in the process, and none of the gases are consumed.

    • @agmhelena7266
      @agmhelena7266 Před 20 hodinami

      i thought they spilt the water then use it as a combustion engine. ill just stick to calcium carbide + h²0 + 0² i guess

    • @n00bxl71
      @n00bxl71 Před 19 hodinami

      @@agmhelena7266 Yes, they split the water and use it in combustion. But combustion is just a fancy term for "reacting with oxygen". So the whole endeavor is ultimately pointless because you're splitting water only the put it back together, achieving nothing while losing energy to inefficiency.

  • @Schuyler2614
    @Schuyler2614 Před 5 dny +23

    I thought the title said "A cat that runs on water!" Got very excited for a moment there 🤣🤣

  • @davezhu7651
    @davezhu7651 Před 3 dny +16

    you do know that, a car running on water, is called a boat, right?

  • @wernerviehhauser94
    @wernerviehhauser94 Před 5 dny +38

    The "nice controlled reaction" you are looking for happened beautifully in the Shuttle's main engines.

  • @yeternat
    @yeternat Před 5 dny +144

    I don't know if I should laugh or be afraid of the amount of misinformation in the comments

    • @ruediepop5979
      @ruediepop5979 Před 5 dny +16

      I know you u are r from the FBI

    • @CraftyF0X
      @CraftyF0X Před 5 dny +18

      Ikr, It always weirds me out when ppl demonstrate such a lack of understanding while assume themselves "reasonable skeptic". I very much hope we just didn'T get the joke though...

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny

      @@yeternat .

    • @jorge69696
      @jorge69696 Před 5 dny +4

      It's so weird so see these conspiracy theorists in a science channel.

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 Před 5 dny

      Sitting here wondering that too

  • @I_Ruby_I
    @I_Ruby_I Před 5 dny +44

    i had some CRAZY guy always come in to my work always talking up his water powered car and im like bruh u lying, and good to know these many years later he was infact lying

    • @tedarcher9120
      @tedarcher9120 Před 2 dny

      All petrol/diesel cars are water powered tho

  • @hermitcard4494
    @hermitcard4494 Před 5 dny +84

    Just because it can be done, DOES NOT mean its efficient.
    Just because one genius had an idea, DOES NOT mean it will work. Even Einstein got some things wrong in practice.

    • @VinoVeritas_
      @VinoVeritas_ Před 5 dny +3

      Efficiency is irrelevant if the energy is being provided via solar PV.

    • @hermitcard4494
      @hermitcard4494 Před 5 dny +11

      @@VinoVeritas_ if efficiency is irrelevant you'll end up investing more than you can gain. Only irrelevant if the question is "is it possible?" but RELEVANT if the question is "is it worthy?"

    • @VinoVeritas_
      @VinoVeritas_ Před 5 dny +2

      @@hermitcard4494 Storing solar energy for times when there's little to no sun is more important than the discussion around efficiency. After all, fossil fuels took millions of years to form and we haven't been concerned about the efficiency when using them. Perfection is the enemy of the good.

    • @rodschmidt8952
      @rodschmidt8952 Před 5 dny +1

      See: Einstein airplane wing

    • @rodschmidt8952
      @rodschmidt8952 Před 5 dny +3

      @@VinoVeritas_ We most certainly have been concerned about efficiency. See: mpg

  • @sammcmurchie8136
    @sammcmurchie8136 Před 5 dny +36

    I'm a renewable energy engineering student and at first I was a little worried about the direction you were taking this video. But no, you covered it well!
    The key thing to remember about hydrogen fuel cells (and all renewables) is that none of them can compete toe-to-toe with fossil fuels in terms of convenience AND power. Instead, we have to look at how the various strengths and flaws of different renewable energy sources coexist with one another. The example of solar + hydrogen fuel cells you gave is the perfect illustration of this:
    Solar energy generation is clean, endlessly scalable, and provides a predictable (if not reliable) output of power. It's time-proven tech that only gets better and better over time. It's major downside is that no power can be generated at night. It's also a challenge to store excess energy generated by solar, which is a shame because daily energy consumption usually peaks in the evening/late afternoon when solar power generation is decreasing.
    The main strength of Hydrogen fuels cells are that they're both portable and versatile. They can run an engine with the combustion reaction you showed, but we can also forgo the combustion reaction and just use the electricity they generate which makes them suitable for smaller applications. But the major issue is that creating the H2 and O2 via electrolysis uses more energy than we can get back out of it.
    But when we consider these 2 technologies together, we can take advantage of their respective strengths and flaws. The scalability of solar power means that we can generate more energy than we need during the peak solar power hours around midday. We then take the excess energy that is otherwise difficult and costly to store and use it to produce H2 and O2 for the hydrogen fuel cells!
    The weaknesses of these technologies are only truly weaknesses in isolation. When viewed together, one tech's weakness becomes the other's strength.

    • @samuelspace101
      @samuelspace101 Před 5 dny +2

      I’ve always looked at hydrogen engines as a clean way to store lots of energy for a long time, so that if you have a machine that needs to work 24/7 reliably without ever needing to stop or get more energy you could store hydrogen, it has its uses but because it’s less efficient then just storing the energy most the time it’s easier to just use a battery.

    • @ab-tf5fl
      @ab-tf5fl Před 5 dny +2

      The real limitation on the scalability of solar energy is not the sunlight - it's the land. Simply put, there is only so much land that is near where the electricity is needed, and legal to tear up and replace with solar farms. After all, even though the country is huge, you can't go paving over farmland and chopping down forests indefinitely to put up more and more solar panels to make more and more hydrogen.
      Of course, there are some things that can be done to mitigate this, such as solar panels on rooftops and over parking lots, growing certain types of crops underneath solar panels on the same land, and advancements in solar panel technology, allowing the same amount of solar acreage to capture more sunlight. But, all of the above has limits, so we still need to use the energy efficiently.

    • @sammcmurchie8136
      @sammcmurchie8136 Před 5 dny +1

      @@ab-tf5fl Of course, when I said that solar was endlessly scalable I didn't mean that literally. But still, the land is not as restrictive as you say. The energy doesn't have to be generated near where it's consumed so long as it's converted to AC. And since most people and businesses want their panels connected to the power grid, it's a standard practice to install a transformer along with the panels anyway

    • @sammcmurchie8136
      @sammcmurchie8136 Před 5 dny +1

      ​@@samuelspace101 Yeah, if you just want to store electricity then you're better off using a battery. The key advantage of hydrogen is in the portability and the combustion reaction. That's what makes it appealing as a fuel. It can be used for electricity generation too, of course, but then it really only makes sense in some situations, like in a location where there's no connection to the power grid. So that's why hydrogen is usually only talked about in the context of powering vehicles

    • @tomr6955
      @tomr6955 Před 2 dny

      Good grief, renewable energy student. What a load of nonsense.
      How is it ever going to be a good idea to produce hydrogen from solar with an 18% efficiency? Just use the solar instead of converting it.
      Same deal with batteries.
      It's all green washing.

  • @desmondyung
    @desmondyung Před 2 dny +3

    Who needs cars that run on water when we have boats?

  • @bolangnfi8557
    @bolangnfi8557 Před 5 dny +7

    When life gets more difficult than chemistry 😂

  • @sandrokapellen9064
    @sandrokapellen9064 Před 5 dny +81

    Hydrogen is just an inefficient way of storing energy

    • @mrmurdock6994
      @mrmurdock6994 Před 5 dny +7

      no its not. its it the best. because it is light and can be compressed.

    • @derblaue
      @derblaue Před 5 dny +13

      @@mrmurdock6994 It can still escape over time, even in proper containers. Regular batteries are definitely more efficient.

    • @Tletna
      @Tletna Před 5 dny +14

      Lots of energy storage or conversions or usage is inefficient. That's just nature. Hydrogen has other issues. Like it is difficult to store since hydrogen is smaller than all other atoms and tends to sift through stuff or get embedded in it if it cannot get through. It is highly flammable and specifically with oxygen (which is highly explosive in the right mixes as he showed). It is difficult to store it at the right pressures for storage and transport and later reuse to be useful. It is just highly inconvenient and not safe but if one would address the inconvenience and safety issues then hydrogen would be good. While water vapor as a byproduct in the air is still technically pollution if in high enough amounts (something that people forget) it is still much less scary pollution than a lot of the other pollution out there. In small enough amounts it is actually useful rather than a pollutant, so yes we should be using hydrogen fuel cells (again if the problems could be addressed and other better solutions aren't available).

    • @somecsguy9824
      @somecsguy9824 Před 5 dny +5

      @@mrmurdock6994 Yes, it takes a lot of energy to create it *and* to compress it for storage. Doesn't sound like the "best" to me.

    • @vylbird8014
      @vylbird8014 Před 5 dny +3

      @@mrmurdock6994 Light, but very low volumetric density - you don't get much energy in a tank unless you compress it a lot, which means you're dealing with a very hazardous fuel - far worse than regular gasoline, which is already bad enough. It'll leak through the most microscopic of openings, including easily slipping through rubber gaskets. It damages and weakens many metals on prolonged contact. You need a lot of safety precautions to handle compressed hydrogen safely, which makes doing so very expensive.

  • @MemesNick
    @MemesNick Před 5 dny +10

    This made me remember the guy that made his car run on Vodka lmao

    • @kooooons
      @kooooons Před 5 dny +5

      High quality vodka is mainly a clean mix of water and ethanol. You can run a car on Ethanol. The water part is tricky, though. Water is stronger than Conrods. Too much water and the engine blows up.

    • @JonahNelson7
      @JonahNelson7 Před 9 hodinami

      @@kooooonsis that why the Delorean fuel injector blew up in Back to the Future 3 when they tried using strong whiskey?

    • @robikon2204
      @robikon2204 Před 7 hodinami

      atleast vodka actually has fuel

  • @reddestlogoy8535
    @reddestlogoy8535 Před 5 dny +254

    Bro put that "because it is" to keep the feds off his back

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny +17

      Exactly, bro didn't want to risk it.

    • @onixzero
      @onixzero Před 5 dny +8

      beeing this early is illegal

    • @pikeman6774
      @pikeman6774 Před 5 dny +32

      As engineer, nah he put it because it’s not possible. Nor practical.
      Takes more energy to separate hydrogen out of water than the energy production of using hydrogen as a fuel

    • @Uriel.45AC
      @Uriel.45AC Před 5 dny

      ​@@pikeman6774 wrong, it was proven to work and work exceptionally well and broke the laws of thermodynamics. (Modern science lies FYI)

    • @SHRBJHD
      @SHRBJHD Před 5 dny

      @@Uriel.45AC Alright boys. You said the Federalis want da piece of that guy that knows how to break the laws of nature? Here he is.
      Thanks Modern Science. Trust me, I know it's gonna be 4.298 degrees caterpillar today. Modern weather lies!

  • @without-user-name
    @without-user-name Před 5 dny +7

    I hate how thermodynamics ruins all my childhood dreams and "inventions" .

    • @VCLegos
      @VCLegos Před 5 dny

      Well, current science is really inaccurate and might even be intentionally misleading (just a hunch at the moment) so you never know. Perpetual motion might be real. I mean, 1000 years ago it was scientifically impossible fly. You would have been burned alive if you said it was possible.

  • @wildraheim4302
    @wildraheim4302 Před 2 dny +1

    "Does it have any emissions?"
    "Yea I guess it does Emmit one thing yeah."
    "...what?"
    "Spiders-"
    "GET OUUUTTTTTTTTT"

  • @truespiderman
    @truespiderman Před 4 dny +3

    That was the most straightforward explanation of fuel cells I've ever been exposed to. Thank you, very awesome 🙂👍

  • @AmaroqStarwind
    @AmaroqStarwind Před 5 dny +9

    Fuel cells driving an electric motor are actually more efficient than combustion engines. The problem is, hydrogen isn’t very dense; it may have a high specific energy per kilogram of mass, but it has an extremely low energy density per liter of volume. If we had fuel cells that could run on different fuels, we might see more of them.

    • @carlosgaspar8447
      @carlosgaspar8447 Před 5 dny

      most of the fuel cells vehicles being used are running on natural gas, to power the fuel cell.

    • @logitech4873
      @logitech4873 Před 5 dny +1

      ​@@carlosgaspar8447 Could you name one car like this?

    • @ErickC
      @ErickC Před 5 dny

      @@logitech4873 : Car, no, but the OP said "vehicle" and didn't specify "car." So you could use any of the CNG fuel cell XCelsior buses produced by New Flyer in the last decade as an example, since this is the primary application of this technology.

    • @knurlgnar24
      @knurlgnar24 Před 5 dny +2

      That isn't true. Look at the full cycle cost. Fuel cells have an abysmal efficiency. (edit) I was assuming you understood that running a fuel cell on 'different fuels' simply uses the hydrogen and leaves behind the carbon, resulting in a much less energy dense byproduct. Running one on anything but pure hydrogen is horrifically wasteful. H2 is the theoretical best you can do.

    • @AmaroqStarwind
      @AmaroqStarwind Před 5 dny

      @@knurlgnar24 Direct methanol fuel cells produce both water and CO₂ in their exhaust.

  • @GetMoGaming
    @GetMoGaming Před 3 dny +1

    Yeah, you didn't switch the bottle in that jumpy edit, lol. Reminds me of that 70's British TV show, _Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)_ - the whole scene jumps every time the ghost appears or disappears 🤠👻

  • @drjamesallen6012
    @drjamesallen6012 Před 5 dny +115

    It won’t run on water, but it could run on hydrogen

    • @brendolbreadwar2671
      @brendolbreadwar2671 Před 5 dny +18

      Yeah, basically the conclusion. Other than hydrogen being so inefficient that it creates more CO2 than if you just used the normal stuff.

    • @Beau_Guerrier
      @Beau_Guerrier Před 5 dny +3

      @@brendolbreadwar2671 elaborate

    • @brendolbreadwar2671
      @brendolbreadwar2671 Před 5 dny +21

      @Beau_Guerrier all I did was summarize the video, watch the video. It's less efficient because they have to burn fossil fuel to create the hydrogen that would be used to power the vehicles.

    • @Jimmeh_B
      @Jimmeh_B Před 5 dny +12

      @@brendolbreadwar2671 And that's just to begin with, forgetting completely about hydrogen embrittlement, significant losses due to leakage, and the unsustainable maintenance of the required infrastructure.

    • @AthosJosue
      @AthosJosue Před 5 dny +2

      Did you watch the video?

  • @dahat1992
    @dahat1992 Před 5 dny +7

    Combustion is combining oxygen with another atom. Water is hydrogen ash. You can't burn ash, and you can't burn water.

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 Před 5 dny

      Who wouldn't want a car that burns as efficient as the Hindenburg ?

    • @dahat1992
      @dahat1992 Před 5 dny

      @@nimrodquimbus912 Did you reply to the wrong comment? What does that have to do with what I said?

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 Před 5 dny

      @@dahat1992 I'll take that as a , "YES"

    • @dahat1992
      @dahat1992 Před 5 dny

      @@nimrodquimbus912 You didn't ask a yes or no question. You're a bot parroting comments, huh

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 Před 5 dny

      @@dahat1992 You mad ?

  • @Kevin32727
    @Kevin32727 Před 3 dny

    When I first read the title of this video my eyes mistook car for cat. 'A cat that runs on water!'

  • @ZeronimeYT
    @ZeronimeYT Před 3 dny +2

    You need electricity to hydrolysis.
    So why need water? Just use EV 😂

  • @fringeflix
    @fringeflix Před 5 dny +309

    Do NOT go out to any diners with strange men, dude

    • @ridwan6695
      @ridwan6695 Před 5 dny +7

      i dont get it 🙁

    • @rexygray7695
      @rexygray7695 Před 5 dny +3

      😔

    • @fringeflix
      @fringeflix Před 5 dny +45

      @ridwan6695 the original water powered car was invented by some guy decades ago and he showed off his invention. Some time later, strange men in suits offered to buy his water car, and they met in a diner where the man was poisoned.

    • @Ghidra1104
      @Ghidra1104 Před 5 dny

      ​@@fringeflixDo NOT reproduce.

    • @ChamuthChamandana
      @ChamuthChamandana Před 5 dny +20

      @@fringeflix the men explained why its not practical and he poisoned himself most likely

  • @JohnDuthie
    @JohnDuthie Před 5 dny +4

    How did you get the water out of your gas tank? Is there some filtration system that can handle that much water in the tank?

    • @xenomorphgourmet1005
      @xenomorphgourmet1005 Před 5 dny +6

      Just before he puts the bottle in, there is a subtle cut where the lid appears back on the bottle.

    • @JohnDuthie
      @JohnDuthie Před 5 dny +1

      @@xenomorphgourmet1005 Sneaky!

  • @TimRobertsen
    @TimRobertsen Před 5 dny +1

    "Green hydrogen" 🤣

  • @Decoding_Master
    @Decoding_Master Před 5 dny

    That cut in the first shot 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dondywondy
    @dondywondy Před 5 dny +10

    Great video! Thanks for all the effort you put in to plan, record, edit and upload your videos. The knowledge you impart is valuable to all!

  • @SALSN
    @SALSN Před 5 dny +7

    Saying these engines and fuel cells run on water is like saying that humans are powered by poop.

    • @solarsynapse
      @solarsynapse Před 5 dny +1

      Wellll, there are politicians.

    • @Flesh_Wizard
      @Flesh_Wizard Před 3 dny

      ​@@solarsynapsethose aren't powered by it but they are full of it

  • @shade5554
    @shade5554 Před 5 dny +1

    My guy really put water into his car for 3 seconds of this video

  • @-_Nuke_-
    @-_Nuke_- Před 2 dny +1

    You CAN make a car that runs on water... Its called a ship :D

  • @YousufAhmad0
    @YousufAhmad0 Před 5 dny +90

    Please get more ethical sponsors.

  • @bob-km4uq
    @bob-km4uq Před 5 dny +6

    Either the title was edited after the video was uploaded or a significant portion of this audience doesn’t have reading comprehension

  • @normalname8768
    @normalname8768 Před 5 dny

    This finally makes sense in my head now. Thanks!

  • @connork8984
    @connork8984 Před dnem

    This was really informative. Thank you I learned a lot.

  • @samuelspace101
    @samuelspace101 Před 5 dny +8

    “My car runs on water”
    “That’s impossible… how?”
    “You see this combine damn over here uses the kinetic energy of the water to make electricity, and my car runs of the electricity.”

    • @simontillson482
      @simontillson482 Před 5 dny +4

      Lol… that’s the only way that sentence makes sense. Well done.

  • @AK_Blizard
    @AK_Blizard Před 5 dny +3

    0:07 bro used transition,so he couldn't ruin his fuel tank ,he knows that he can't risk it😂still but what about Toyota's water based engine concept

    • @knurlgnar24
      @knurlgnar24 Před 5 dny

      He could of poured that bottle of water into his vehicle and there would have been no noticable difference. Lots of testing at corporate labs has been done with ethanol/water combinations on that subject. A full tank of E10 will happily accomodate .5l of water. That doesn't mean I'd do it on purpose of course.

    • @AK_Blizard
      @AK_Blizard Před 5 dny

      @@knurlgnar24 but it will cause long term fuel tank issue like rusting something as I heard

  • @Guessagain573
    @Guessagain573 Před 20 hodinami

    Very informative. Thank you for shedding some light on this subject

  • @martfp88
    @martfp88 Před 2 dny +1

    I did my master thesis on splitting water using the sun, but not Photovoltaic, but rather use the sun against a photocatalyst metal to move electrons and induce the water splitting. I think this has a future if we are able to produce optimized materials based on this metal photocatalysts

  • @miauzure3960
    @miauzure3960 Před 5 dny +7

    finally someone credible answered that god damn question which seemed to have no definitive answer. As a teenager I was fascinated with electrolysis and I was convinced (by such scams on internet) that it really produces more energy than was put into it, and couldn't understand why all the world isn't using it at massive scale. Then with each year I doubted it more and more.

  • @KingLutherQ
    @KingLutherQ Před 5 dny +12

    With hydrogen fuel cell cars, you are only able to use 20% of the energy you put in to split the water into H2 and O2. It can never beat the efficiency of EVs because H2 will never be cheaper than the electricity used to create it. So, next time when someone says hydrogen cars are the future, tell them: Why not put that electricity that you used to make that hydrogen directly into a battery powered car - you will get 5x the efficiency and cost you 3x less in fuel cost.

    • @ShuAbLe
      @ShuAbLe Před 5 dny +5

      yeah, but sun and wind are free and storing evergy by spliting water that becomes water again when used is way more green than bateries

    • @camicus-3249
      @camicus-3249 Před 5 dny +1

      no one claims efficiency to be an advantage of hydrogen. If all you care about is that (not saying it's unreasonable), then yeah of course batteries are the way to go. But it's not so cut and dry if you're also interested in charge / refuel times, range, energy density, manufacturing, etc. As usual it comes down to trade-offs

    • @katrinabryce
      @katrinabryce Před 5 dny +1

      @@camicus-3249 Energy density is about the same once you consider the tank you need to store the hydrogen. DC fast chargers are probably good enough for most use cases, but yes hydrogen does beat it there.

    • @sjaedn
      @sjaedn Před 5 dny +1

      Except you still need to make the hydrogen fuel cells.. which are made of platinum and iridium, ​if I remember correctly.. and those are much more scarce than lithium..
      So I don't think it's any more green to make batteries than fuel cells @@ShuAbLe

    • @alihms
      @alihms Před 5 dny

      You still need hydrogen production facilities, means of transporting the fuelcell to refuelling stations, the stations themselves etc. Looking at the overall picture, it is just as complicated and infrastructure intensive as regular ICE engines.

  • @iannickCZ
    @iannickCZ Před 4 dny +1

    Making a fuel cell is still very expensive as you need rare metals. Making hydrogen directly burns too much energy and it is the most expensive car fuel (still in experimental phase), unless you have spare energy (e.g. from a nuclear power plant overnight). Storage of hydrogen is very complicated as it is the smallest molecule. Transferring to a consumer is also difficult, you cannot avoid leakage. So we are still waiting for some "future" technology that can solve all these problems.

  • @gabrielramirez2446
    @gabrielramirez2446 Před dnem

    Bro has to say it is impossible in the title so he doesn't "self unalive" all of a sudden

  • @chow4444
    @chow4444 Před 5 dny +4

    3 minutes for real

  • @peterchung2262
    @peterchung2262 Před 5 dny +65

    It's a shame that the top commenters clearly didn't watch the video, and are just repeating the "people who invent hydrogen/water cars get assassinated" joke. If someone did actually invent a hydrogen/water car, then I guess it would be slightly funny, but that doesn't happen in this video.
    Like don't get me wrong, it's fine to make funny comments, but it's annoying to see these mindless repeated jokes especially on a science channel. (I mean it's just pop science, but educational comments are always preferred).

    • @logitech4873
      @logitech4873 Před 5 dny +4

      It's extremely annoying.

    • @marioman971
      @marioman971 Před 5 dny

      Yeah really didn't need to be reminded of a local mass shooting in the top comments...

    • @logitech4873
      @logitech4873 Před 5 dny +1

      @@marioman971 what?

    • @terryenglish7132
      @terryenglish7132 Před 5 dny

      Its not a fucking joke. Anyone who discovers anything that will supply energy other than oil/coal or even increase gas milage gets killed, after their lab is destroyed and their notes stolen .The FBI often is involved. Theres a recent Why Files channel episode that covers it quite well. Please check it out. Billions of $ are at stake, so yeah they'll kill people that might disrupt that.

    • @rjginsburg
      @rjginsburg Před 5 dny

      What is the joke? I’m oblivious…

  • @davetorres3758
    @davetorres3758 Před 5 dny

    Thanks for the explanation.

  • @The-KP
    @The-KP Před 15 hodinami +1

    Phone apps don't work as accurate decibel meters, because smartphone microphones are MEMS devices that can only good to maybe 90 db before you're beyond their capabilities. Physical decibel meters have an electromechanical capsule that gets compressed by sound waves and can go as high as 140 db.

  • @denys-p
    @denys-p Před 5 dny +4

    We can get cars that run on the water. We just have to master fusion for that, no big deal 😂

    • @infiniteloopcounter9444
      @infiniteloopcounter9444 Před 5 dny +1

      This or attach skis to the underside and a diesel engine to the rear of the car. Da-da.

  • @ReyElectronico
    @ReyElectronico Před 5 dny +5

    thank you, i've ben explaining this for years and almost no one believe me, now i can share this video

    • @siddiqgamesyt3354
      @siddiqgamesyt3354 Před 5 dny

      Rip I understand you

    • @inkgeek4706
      @inkgeek4706 Před 5 dny

      you can share it.. but trust me .. they still wont believe you .. coming from someone who has had this same struggle for years .. especially if they are into the conspiracy theory ideal .. no amount of evidence will change their minds because they will just say you are one of them trying to suppress the tech.. lol stay strong.. at least some of us know how things really work..

  • @drwibo
    @drwibo Před 5 dny

    mate your videos are amazing. the pacing, the narration, the AHA moment at the end. respect. been follower for a long time and i love your way of presenting a problem and a solution. keep it up.

  • @tommytam100
    @tommytam100 Před 21 hodinou

    Thank you for a complete understanding you provide

  • @fisherman08123
    @fisherman08123 Před 5 dny +76

    The CIA sniper:

  • @borischan5252
    @borischan5252 Před 5 dny +9

    "runs on" is a very misleading word.. more like "store energy"

  • @jamesjohansson9251
    @jamesjohansson9251 Před 5 dny

    that jump cut at the beginning was hilarious

  • @realbangbang
    @realbangbang Před dnem +1

    Just a thought, isn't it true that in most solar farms they have to shut it down when they produce too much energy when the batteries are full and the demand is met? I wonder if they could have a modular hydrolysis station to convert that extra solar power and store it as hydrogen when needed

  • @RAMBOTHECURIOUSGUY
    @RAMBOTHECURIOUSGUY Před 5 dny +3

    Is it possible to split and can it be tried ?

  • @Gabe-vw2ux
    @Gabe-vw2ux Před 5 dny +40

    Do NOT drink any suspicious juice.

    • @logitech4873
      @logitech4873 Před 5 dny

      Stop perpetuating false stuff like this. Stanley Meyer was not poisoned, it's conspiracy garbage.

    • @peterchung2262
      @peterchung2262 Před 4 dny +1

      Such a dumb comment. This video has nothing to do with a breakthrough in water powered cars threatening big oil. It's just that water cars are currently not practical to function. Please stop repeating unfunny jokes when it's not in context.

    • @antoinedube-cote155
      @antoinedube-cote155 Před dnem

      @@peterchung2262 it is somewhat in context, and no they are not unfunny

  • @ChH-ff2ec
    @ChH-ff2ec Před 2 dny

    That edit right before he put a bottle of gas into his car lmao.

  • @rude_noise5791
    @rude_noise5791 Před dnem

    Bro been clappin' out that Altima hard lately 🤣

  • @saitama2379
    @saitama2379 Před 5 dny +37

    Every single non combustion engine is combustion engine with extra steps (unless the electricity is from green sources)

    • @CraftyF0X
      @CraftyF0X Před 5 dny +2

      Only if you don't see the distinction between an ICE and the Rankin cycle though, which suggest a rudamentary understanding.

    • @Jimmeh_B
      @Jimmeh_B Před 5 dny +3

      There is no such thing as a "green source".
      Otherwise, correct.

    • @shocktnc
      @shocktnc Před 5 dny +2

      There is no magical green source, but otherwise yeah.

    • @srinathshettigar379
      @srinathshettigar379 Před 5 dny +1

      and petrol falls from the sky no?

    • @inkgeek4706
      @inkgeek4706 Před 5 dny +2

      " Green sources " ? you mean like the solar panels that are made from rare metals which are obtained by strip mining, then refined by industrial means which also demand a high energy process? and made of plastics which .. yup come from petroleum.. or do you mean the wind turbines that are made up of a material that once molded cannot be recycled into anything useful? and again.. are manufactured using processes that require large amounts of energy and some chemicals that are less than good for the environment ? there is no true green source of energy that does not have an impact on the environment..

  • @ashishpatel350
    @ashishpatel350 Před 5 dny +8

    It's called a steam engine 😂

    • @jansamohyl7983
      @jansamohyl7983 Před 5 dny +1

      It pretty much runs on water, but a bit of coal is also needed for smooth operation.

  • @MoonGlow22
    @MoonGlow22 Před 5 dny +1

    In short it works like this:
    Use electricity to split water into H2 and O
    Burn H2 and O to get less electricity
    Use this electricity to run car
    Sounds like making a cheese sandwich by adding cheese and removing it back

  • @dabvid8613
    @dabvid8613 Před 2 dny

    love your content! Great video as always :D

  • @12tony88
    @12tony88 Před 5 dny +110

    They gonna say bro died from suicide with 10 shots in the back 😭

    • @c.jishnu378
      @c.jishnu378 Před 5 dny +2

      Fr.

    • @ganjalfcreamcorn8438
      @ganjalfcreamcorn8438 Před 5 dny +18

      he debunked using hydrogen as a cleaner fuel, so idk what you mean lol

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny +1

      Nah, he's just gonna end up going to sleep and then never waking up.

    • @amack1283
      @amack1283 Před 5 dny +1

      Yeah!
      Nail gun!

    • @hermitcard4494
      @hermitcard4494 Před 5 dny +2

      Myocarditis is popular nowadays...

  • @irena4929
    @irena4929 Před 5 dny +32

    Bro about to get hunted by the oil industry 💀

  • @hamzamotara4304
    @hamzamotara4304 Před 5 dny +2

    More water-obsessed than Steve Mould!

  • @drillerdev4624
    @drillerdev4624 Před 4 dny

    This video is going to win so many internet discussions

  • @beachboardfan9544
    @beachboardfan9544 Před 5 dny +22

    About 15ish years ago there was an indian guy in NJ that was using his solar array on his house to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, he had two big tanks in his back yard that over weeks would fill from the solar electrolysis. He ran his stove and car on the stored hydrogen and oxygen, and the township threatened him with jail if he didnt dismantle all of it...
    (it wasnt the hydrogen house project guy)

    • @finkelmana
      @finkelmana Před 5 dny +1

      Doesnt surprise me. That is a massive explosion waiting to happen.

    • @lMoonHawk
      @lMoonHawk Před 5 dny +48

      Why would any authority ban people having large non licenced tanks full of explosive gas in their backyard! It makes no sense!

    • @beachboardfan9544
      @beachboardfan9544 Před 5 dny +7

      @@lMoonHawk IIRC his tanks were inspected and licensed but the solar array was not.

    • @hermitcard4494
      @hermitcard4494 Před 5 dny

      There's always indian guys doing things not even the smartest high tech corporations can do.
      Also doing scams.

    • @terryenglish7132
      @terryenglish7132 Před 5 dny

      @@lMoonHawk Unless both tanks ruptured simultaneously w a flame near, at worse you'd get the first pop explosion that was demoed, again needing a flame. Gas tanks are in lots of yards and they can blow up if conditions are right. H2 would be no different. I suspect MAGOT idiots having a knee jerk reaction to clean energy. He should go to court

  • @judicatorhurayth1927
    @judicatorhurayth1927 Před 5 dny +14

    Hes so done 😭

  • @K22channel
    @K22channel Před 5 dny +1

    A NOBEL ! 👍
    ...for being as you are 🙏
    Thank you so much.

  • @Bigglessean
    @Bigglessean Před 5 dny

    That 70s Show, car that runs on water😂😂

  • @anormalname6498
    @anormalname6498 Před 5 dny +14

    Rest in peace 😔

  • @masterv694
    @masterv694 Před 5 dny +19

    CIA sponsored video

    • @writeforright458
      @writeforright458 Před 5 dny +1

      I was going to write the same

    • @logitech4873
      @logitech4873 Před 5 dny +9

      Tired of this joke.

    • @masterv694
      @masterv694 Před 5 dny +2

      @@logitech4873 what joke?

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 Před 4 dny +1

      ​@@logitech4873joke?

    • @logitech4873
      @logitech4873 Před 4 dny

      @@masterv694 The joke that "the government", CIA or FBI would care about scammers claiming to make perpetual motion or over-unity type devices that obviously don't work. Nobody's been murdered or disappeared, it's a dumb meme.
      The water engine is, and always will be, physically impossible.

  • @dj1NM3
    @dj1NM3 Před 4 dny +1

    The bigger problem with hydrogen is transportation and storage: because it's a lighter-than-air gas and can't be used any of the current gasoline infrastructure, because everything needs to be gas-tight and stored has to be under high pressure, to have enough vehicle range. Then there is also the problem of about 1% leakage every day, because hydrogen is such a small molecule it can slowly migrate through pressure-vessel walls.
    Even LPG/natural gas is easier to work with as vehicle fuel, as it can be liquified under pressure at room temperature to fill fuel-tanks/gas cylinders in the vehicle very quickly, whereas hydrogen must be cooled close to absolute zero to be liquified and can't be done mechanically, using pressure.

  • @rcpattaya230
    @rcpattaya230 Před 4 dny

    As usual. Clear, true and understandable. Thanks.

  • @Leavesyes
    @Leavesyes Před 5 dny +7

    You will be missed. You were a great youtuber.

  • @hamae
    @hamae Před 5 dny +19

    Its ok bro we understand why you said it was impossible 😂

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny +5

      Bro didn't want to risk it ☠️

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 4 dny +1

      @@thatontorguy9993 How much are they paying you?

  • @greentech1658
    @greentech1658 Před 2 dny

    my car runs on beer hehe

  • @rapidriper
    @rapidriper Před 4 dny

    Finally the video I was thinking waiting for.

  • @personisme3556
    @personisme3556 Před 5 dny +39

    He's lying because he doesn't want to mysteriously dissappear. *cough* *cough* F.B.I. MURDER *cough* *cough*

    • @JaceDanielFilms
      @JaceDanielFilms Před 5 dny +5

      then why make the video in the first place?

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny +2

      Stanley Meyer's is a prime example.

    • @DukeEllision329
      @DukeEllision329 Před 5 dny +6

      @@Danilio.He wasn’t murdered.

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny

      @@DukeEllision329 My bad, you're right.
      He accidentally choked on his drink.

    • @DukeEllision329
      @DukeEllision329 Před 5 dny +1

      @@Danilio. He had a cerebral aneurysm.

  • @AK_Blizard
    @AK_Blizard Před 5 dny +3

    Be strong u should live

  • @WayneTheSeine
    @WayneTheSeine Před 5 dny

    Always some really cool stuff here. Love your channel.

  • @lorenzo12floxy
    @lorenzo12floxy Před 5 dny +2

    And that's why my car on cng is excellent it can run on gasses from cow poop. And it requires little energy to compress the gasses.

  • @Darkphoenix8888
    @Darkphoenix8888 Před 5 dny +4

    You are not safe ... Everyone who was actually able to make a water powered car "died"

    • @Danilio.
      @Danilio. Před 5 dny +1

      Nah, they just went to sleep & never woke up

    • @Darkphoenix8888
      @Darkphoenix8888 Před 4 dny

      @@thatontorguy9993 every joke is based off some truth its not just a joke look it up u brainless sheep or did you mean to say you're tired of the truth and wanna stay delusional

    • @BallMuncher555
      @BallMuncher555 Před 20 hodinami

      One guy who’s water powered car has a lot of suspicious stuff surrounding it?

  • @rm5728
    @rm5728 Před 3 dny

    Debunking is a good thing thx!!

  • @---do2qd
    @---do2qd Před 5 dny

    Thanks for doing a video on this!

  • @houselightkell
    @houselightkell Před 5 dny +5

    Hey, I'm with the CIA. I'd love to see your invention in person

  • @ayushtank_2307
    @ayushtank_2307 Před 5 dny +3

    India🇮🇳❤

  • @ne0ns0wl46
    @ne0ns0wl46 Před 5 dny +1

    It's just an electric car with a different type of battery.
    And like said in the video, it's way to inefficient.
    Current electric cars have a 65% efficiency, compared to the 18% that's a HUGE difference.
    (Also combustion cars efficiency are 45% for Diesel and 35% gas)

  • @robinbrowne5419
    @robinbrowne5419 Před 3 dny

    Interesting. Thanks.

  • @rudyberkvens-be
    @rudyberkvens-be Před dnem

    I really like your laughs. Makes me laugh equally every time.

  • @AmaranthineTech
    @AmaranthineTech Před 4 dny +1

    Using that cheap Wal-mart water won't work, need the high quality stuff that cost +$25 a bottle. 😁