Ever hear one of those ‘infinite energy from water’ scams?

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2006-06-03 07:53pm

Apparently fox news haven't... link.

l33telboi · Post by **l33telboi** » 2006-06-03 07:58pm

I think this is the same thing that's already been mentioned here.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=91103

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-06-03 08:01pm

Uhhh...how is HHO different from, I don't know, H2O?

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2006-06-03 08:21pm

l33telboi wrote:I think this is the same thing that's already been mentioned here.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=91103

Ah well I did search but obviously not thoroughly enough.

The main thing that struck me about this story though was the amazing credulousness of Fox News, I only studied science up to the age of 16 but found many aspects of this guys claims to be too good to be true and would have wanted to check them out thoroughly before broadcasting a story on them. Do Fox really not have a science editor who would check over this kind of thing?

Ariphaos · Post by **Ariphaos** » 2006-06-03 08:43pm

Joe wrote:Uhhh...how is HHO different from, I don't know, H2O?

H2O is sometimes written as HOH to illustrate its natural split into H+ and OH- ions which determine PH.

For these purposes, err, not much, really.

The Silence and I · Post by **The Silence and I** » 2006-06-03 10:12pm

Plekhanov wrote:
l33telboi wrote:I think this is the same thing that's already been mentioned here.

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=91103
Ah well I did search but obviously not thoroughly enough.

The main thing that struck me about this story though was the amazing credulousness of Fox News, I only studied science up to the age of 16 but found many aspects of this guys claims to be too good to be true and would have wanted to check them out thoroughly before broadcasting a story on them. Do Fox really not have a science editor who would check over this kind of thing?

Other than the coolness of the claimed attributes of this gas, the interesting part was the claim the military has passed his water engine. Perhaps Fox never checked up on that, but it did spice up the video for me.

Quadlok · Post by **Quadlok** » 2006-06-03 11:32pm

'Its got an air cooled aluminum engine and it runs on water, man!'

Oh, and that story isn't even from the (marginally) credible Fox News, but rather from a Fox broadcasting affiliate's local studio. We're talking more Ron Burgundy than Sean Hannity level stupid.