• Question: Would you ever buy a water powered car, if it was the cost of a average priced car?

    Asked by 0mnomcookie to Ailsa, Evan, James, Ryan on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: James Hargreaves

      James Hargreaves answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      of course i would!!
      I dont know much about cars (and dont know if its possible – maybe Ryan could explain a bit more on this?)

      but anything to try and make travelling cheaper and more green for the earth must be a bonus??

    • Photo: Evan Keane

      Evan Keane answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      Hmmm. I would only buy a water-powered car if it was cheaper than a petrol-fueled one! We have no shortage of water, but oil will eventually run out, so I don’t see why it would not be much cheaper!

    • Photo: Ailsa Powell

      Ailsa Powell answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      Yes I would. I would hope that the running costs would be cheaper than using petrol too – as Evan says there’s a lot of water about!

    • Photo: Ryan Ladd

      Ryan Ladd answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      If you’re interested this is a fun website (more mad inventors than scientists!) – http://waterpoweredcar.com/

      These cars take water and split it into oxygen and hydrogen (using electrolysis) which is a perfect fuel!

      This uses a lot of electricity though, so I’m not sure how much it actually costs in the long run.

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