New ideas for energy savings – Creative approaches to water-based energy
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In middle school chemistry class, we learned that water ionizes to produce hydrogen and oxygen. Yet hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water again, thus creating a cycle, right? Hydrogen combustion releases enormous amounts of energy; we just need to find an appropriate medium to reduce the energy required for water splitting, and then we can obtain a clean, efficient, and high-energy source of power Imagine if water could replace gasoline: in theory, all that’s needed is to fill the tank with water. Under the right conditions, some energy can be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, when ignited, releases energy that propels the car forward, while the water produced by combustion is then split again... It’s such a beautiful scenario that I can hardly bear to think about it. However, they told me that it is a fallacy similar to a perpetual motion machine. But after reading a report, I felt new hope again
To do the impossible out of courage is truly praiseworthy
It’s a great idea, but what kind of medium can be used to break down water? Decomposition requires breaking the chemical bonds between the original molecules; in the case of water, these bonds include covalent bonds and hydrogen bonds. Additionally, energy is lost during the conversion process, whether it takes place in air or a vacuum. That’s a valid way of thinking; energy cannot be created out of nothing.
Seeing this reminds me of a research project in China some time ago aimed at converting carbon dioxide into gasoline: lol, it must be similar in principle