Are 'water for gas' schemes such as 'drivewater' genuine?

Question

There are lots of sites advertising this technology and it sounds too good to be true. The truth is I would like it to be true - wouldn't we all? I can find no genuine reviews of any of the different companies promoting this technology, which worries me.

Answer 1

It is a scam .......

Answer 2

Yes, it is a genuine scheme... err scam that is.

Schemes like magnetic fuel polarizers, air swirlers,  and carburetor heaters have been around for decades, and there are plenty of auto magazines which have tested and debunked all of them.  These "hydrogen injection" and "water injection" systems are very new, and just catching the eyes of fresh victims for the ever growing army of the bamboozled.  Give it about another year or two before the auto magazines investigate them and publish results.

BTW, Water injection *may* actually work for some autos, but the conditions under which it improves things are somewhat involved and variable.  Even differing from individual car to individual car.  It's so involved, that its probably better for most people to do nothing.

Answer 3

Do you not suppose that if this actually worked this would be WIDESPREAD?  Whoever invents this would make such an insane amount of money there is no way it would stay "hidden away".

In reality, it is bogus.  It is a perpetual motion machine and it is outright fraudulent.  Technology cannot overcome basic laws of nature.

EDIT Christopher....

What these people (or ANY snake-oil salesmen) do is they give you SOME information which is scientifically accurate and that you already know about (for instance, burning hydrogen generates energy and water as the product) but then use weasel words to lead you to believe something that is not true.

Here is the scientific reasoning why this is simply not possible.

Hydrogen in these systems is created by the following:

2 H2O + energy(1) ---> 2 H2 + O2

the energy input is electrical.

Then the gasses burn:

2 H2 + O2 ---> 2 H2O + energy(2)

The energy(2) yielded is in the form of mechanical work and heat.

Energy(2) CANNOT exceed energy(1) - this is a simple principle known as the "Law of Conservation of Energy".  You can't get more out of something than you put into it.

In practice, about 20-40% of the energy can be recovered.

SO the device that seems to be running on water is in fact running on the battery.   It is really quite simple.

NOW the argument some make is that it "improves combustion" by burning unburnt fuel, increasing the power output.

Firstly, an engine that is spewing out unburnt fuel is in serious need of a tune-up. A well-maintained engine doesn't do this.

Second, this is simply not possible.  The "extra" oxygen produced by the system is only exactly enough to burn the hydrogen that is produced, leaving all the "unburnt" gasoline, still, "unburnt".  Any oxygen that DOES burn with the gasoline must, therefore, leave some hydrogen unburnt.  Either way, you have exactly the same amount of combustion.

Answer 4

It's a scam.

Answer 5

No dice, plus even if it did work, how long before we run out of water?  Water is not a renewable resource.