Conservation of Energy – It's Not Just a Good Idea; It's the LAW

I’m always amazed at a phenomenon that I presume to be coincidence – that similar things all seem to happen at the same time. No sooner do I publish a few posts of the conservation of energy than a young reader in North Carolina writes asking for help on a subject that has this concept at its very core. See conversation below:

Reader: I’m 19 and a student at ITT-TECH of Highpoint, NC. I’ve had ideas for the past year or so for a renewable energy business related to vehicles using HHO Cells as a fuel source. I have experimented with these types of cells enough to know how much potential they have for our future. I was wondering if there is any capital out there for these types of businesses, and if so where should I start, I don’t have a business plan yet but I feel that I can write one myself and was wondering if you had some tips. Thanks.

Craig: Sorry, I don’t think I’ll be able to help directly here.  Raising capital is not easy, and I wouldn’t know how to go about it outside of the traditional manner: writing a cogent business plan and circulating it to potential investors.  Having said that, I’m interested in the subject too.  Can you send me a link to a site that explains this clearly and credibly, please? Best of luck to you, my young friend.

Reader: Here are just one of the few hho cell businesses out there right now. http://www.punchhho.com/. This site offers cell kits that are designed to increase gas mileage; you have to install these cells yourself and not ever seeing one of these before it could be difficult, not to mention dangerous if you don’t know what your doing. You have to do modifications to your vehicle to get it to work properly depending on what type of vehicle you have, some are easier than others to outfit with this technology. My idea is to start a business that not only makes the cells but makes the components to convert your make and model of vehicle to a hybrid or use hho as its only fuel source. There are parts that can be made to simplify the application of these cells and make them more efficient. If you have any futher questions let me know.

Craig: Thanks.  From a pure physics point of view, I can see that this could improve gas mileage if it somehow acts as a catalyst and causes the gas to burn more completely; I’m aware of additives that have this effect.  But from the standpoint of burning the hydrogen and oxygen,  you’re going to use more energy in performing the electrolysis than you are going to get back from the combustion of the gases.  This is a straightforward consequence of the conservation of energy. 

Reader: Correct, but it is possible to make a cell that produces more power than it consumes. These cells are measured in MMW (Milliliters per Minute per Watt), anything above 5 MMW is extraordinarily efficient….People become really skeptical when you tell them you could run a car on water. But its a lot easier than it seems, the technology is here it just has to be applied. it would be no different than upgrading to the newest cell phone, or the lastest music media, we went from tapes to cds to ipods with no problem, why shouldn’t we go from gas to hho without a problem. We’ve been running on gasoline for far to long, its time for a change.

Craig:  I join the other skeptics, for the reasons I’ve outlined (coincidentally) in a very recent post on the conservation of energy. If you can demonstrate a working model of this or any other device that produces more energy that it consumes, you will be the first person in the history of the world to do so.