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A water-fuelled car is a motor vehicle in which water is the fuel without any other energy output. Hydrogen, from the compound of water, is the fuel in water-fuelled cars. Using the hydrogen for fuel does not make this type of vehicle a steam engine.

A steam engine is one where a source, such as wood or coal, is burned to heat up water. After the water is heated, it becomes steam, which then moves the engine. The fuel source in this case is the wood or coal, not the water.

Due to water being a waste product, it is hard to convert it into fuel. When petrol (gas), wood or coal is burned, it is converted into a substance with less energy. This process converts unstable bonds into stable bonds.

It is hard to convert water because it is already a very stable bond. Water resists most reactions due to its stability. A high-energy compound must be added for water to be converted into energy.

A high-energy compound like calcium carbine, when added to water, will make the fuel acetylene. This makes the fuel calcium carbine not the water in this case. To make fuel from water the only real way is by electrolysis.

Electrolysis is the separation of the bond of water when a current of power is passed through the water. The energy source is the hydrogen that is taken from the compound of two molecules of hydrogen and one of oxygen to make the water. It takes a lot of power to separate this very strong bond.

However, because this type of engine needs a battery to be able to convert the water into energy by electrolysis, it is not completely considered a water-fuelled engine. The hydrogen can be converted at an efficiency of 50-70%. However, using that much energy from the battery does not allow it to last very long, thus the vehicle does not stay moving long.

A proper and successful water fuelled car has yet to be designed. Creating a truly water-fuelled vehicle is blocked by the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Many vehicles that have been created with the idea that they are water-fuelled have been classified as perpetual motion machines due to the strictness of these two laws.

There is an invention that could quite possibly be a true water-fuelled car, in Japan, but it still hasn’t received its patent. To be marketed, an invention must receive a patent. Other companies cannot copy an invention if there is a patent.

With the intent to get a patent, it is possible that a way to use the abundant resource of water for fuel has truly been found. We, who have been hurt by the rise in the price of petrol, will be able to breathe a little easier if this is true. In the not so distant future, a line of water-fuelled cars will produce a cleaner and cheaper way to get around.

This truly wonderful invention has not yet been leaked to other manufacturers. The Japanese are strictly keeping their secret to themselves. Within the next ten years, however, they do believe that they will have it patented.

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