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Is It Possible To Run A Car On Water?

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    It's possible. But your will have to design an engine to run on water. So it will be lots of research. Because if water can make electricity,then some have make the same principle on the car. So Water to create power then the power to the engine.
    If you rem that there was a car design to run on toothpaste.
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    Sapaz85 

    answered 3 years ago

      It depends on the context that you're asking. If you mean that can the car go across water, there are already vehicles to do that, they are called amphibious vehicles.

      If by a vehicle running on water you mean to put water in the tank, they are getting closer and closer to making that possible.

      But in the long run, you have to think about whether or not that would deplete the world's water supply, is it worth it?
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      Tiggersmom 

      answered 3 years ago

        Yes indeed it is! I saw a television item on a man who was doing it back in the 1970s in New Zealand. He filled his fuel tank using a hose. It was not a steam engine, but I was too young at the time to understand exactly how it worked. He was not the first or the only person to do this: But typically the patents or rights or whatever have always been bought out by some business entity and have subsequently been mothballed or left to die quietly in some forgotten corner. Good luck and happy hunting, and when you figure it out, don't sell out!
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        Zwanger 

        answered 2 years ago

        Well this first posting is the most correct. Yes water would cause rust. However if you use a small amount of gas instead of water as a liquid than that would cause the engine to run dry enough keep rust out. And if you burn Hydrogen in a car.... and get the extra oxygen to be placed in the atmosphere with the burnt hydrogen... and boom you get condensation and the recreation of water. For the most part we can not create nor destroyed and fuel source. For example we burn oil, and in enough years..... say 100 million, it will be restored in our environment. But we use it to fast. However the studies on water/gas powered cars produce the water almost instantly. So no fear of using up the word supply of water. This could however cause areas of the country more heavily populated more water saturated.... I guess that could cause flooding. That is only a theory mind you.
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        Guest

        commented 2 years ago

        Yes, it is very possible and has already been put to use. It works by a process called electrolysis. Its when electricity is placed in contact with water and causes the hydrogen to separate from the oxygen. Ultimately collecting the hydrogen and burning it.
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        Yrbabydady 

        answered 2 years ago

        This is my theory. There are two problems exist when coping with the use of hydrogen (from water) as a gas used to power an automobile. Firstly, hydrogen requires a liquid in order to burn. The Solution is to modify the ejection system, so that it emits a hydrogen/ water mixture. (The perfect liquid for a water powered car is water.) It will act as the catalyst (unchanged molecule) that makes the explosion of hydrogen possible. The second problem is the hydrogen molecules end up three times as explosive in the chamber of an engine. After about a month, a normal driver would see rust from the exhaust and engine. After a while, the engine will be disfigured by the pressure, and start to rust if you are using tap water. In order to reduce this, the exhaust, pistons, and valves will be coated with ceramic in order to prevent rust, and help keep the system cool. A buddy and I are going to try to build one this summer. It would be so cool if it actually worked!
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        Guest

        commented 2 years ago

        Of course you can not drive a car under water it will waste the gas in the car.But cars run on water may come true someday.
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        41beyonce 

        answered 3 years ago

          No, it is not possible to run a car on water!  

          There have been steam cars in the past that used water as a working fluid, but another fuel was used to boil the water and create steam.  In general, combustion of some sort is needed to power a car.

          Hydrogen cars are possible, but not practical.  Instead of reforming methane and sending carbon dioxide into the air to obtain the hydrogen, why not just burn the methane and put all the energy to good use?  

          There is a very slight amount of heavy water available in water that could be used as for fusion power, but if we can't yet make it pay off on an industrial scale, what chance is there to use fusion to power a car?
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          Bankshot 

          answered 2 years ago

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