Water as a Fuel

[Maengelito]

Especially considering that India and China are going to start consuming a lot more oil in the next couple of decades.

yeah, try they already have been... its not just oil companies that are short sighted. yeah, its probably in their long term interest to research alternative energy but its no gaurantee that they'll get anything with nearly as big a profit margin or atleast without some huge initial investment. businesses in general try to maximize profits in the short term because there is no gaurantee that they'll be around for future competition. its just trying to find the medium which is gradually moving towards demand for alternative energy.

and as for this video, i'm a skeptic. energy can neither be created nor destroyed and they dont go into how efficient his electrolysis technique is. in fact, they did say his car is setup as a hybrid system where he still has an internal combustion engine, which is most likely to run some generators. i'm sure there's a benefit to run his setup or else he probably wouldnt but its probably not nearly as efficient as this video might lead to believe...

"oh lisa... in this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" [/homer]