tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post1288498188953352212..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: How to think about the claim of a water-powered car?Salman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-36109282879094556582012-08-16T16:38:32.906-04:002012-08-16T16:38:32.906-04:00Good point Laura! Especially in the Middle East......Good point Laura! Especially in the Middle East...wouldn't a water-powered car just add another reason for everyone to be concerned over water?! Get to work on a dirt powered car please! Emilyhttp://gilisautomotive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-56814640319261438442012-08-07T21:35:27.117-04:002012-08-07T21:35:27.117-04:00Dear Blog Portal,
Actually neither the manned fli...Dear Blog Portal,<br /><br />Actually neither the manned flight nor the supersonic were considered violations of physical laws - but rather technical improbabilities. But I get your point. However, remember that for every General Theory of Relativity, you have at least a million faulty claims. The way science works is by testing and then testing again and then yet again. Look at the claim of the faster than speed neutrinos. How it fizzled out quickly after another group re-tested it and could not replicate the results. Now it is possible that the power companies may have gotten to them also. But the water-kit has to be subjected to rigorous testing - and that is not what has happened. Plus, the results have to be published in a reputable peer-reviewed journal. May be we do have a breakthrough - but without these steps, skepticism towards these claims is the appropriate reaction.Salman Hameedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-82246034238356230732012-08-07T14:30:27.046-04:002012-08-07T14:30:27.046-04:00The laws of science should be respected. Manned f...The laws of science should be respected. Manned flight was a well-documented impossibility, as was flight in excess of the speed of sound. Both manned flight and supersonic flight in particular are clear violations of physical laws. How the violators have escaped punishment baffles me. What's more, a water engine would not only violate physical laws, it would cost world governments so dearly in lost taxes it could bring their downfall. Moreover it would empower the riffraff and deprive respectable power companies. Whether it works or not, it will soon be dismissed as fraud.Jacob Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184549499696290576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-77675372277049541342012-08-07T10:34:37.391-04:002012-08-07T10:34:37.391-04:00With large regions of the world plagued by drought...With large regions of the world plagued by drought, I am not sure that a "water car" offers the best solution to the energy crisis. Now, a car that ran on hot air would really take advantage of what we have in abundance (double entendre intended).Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-66688583065641491482012-08-06T15:07:22.371-04:002012-08-06T15:07:22.371-04:00Good question. It depends on how the engine is wor...Good question. It depends on how the engine is working. If it is doing 'work' without appropriate input of energy, then it violates the first law. If it is converting all of its thermal energy into mechanical energy (without any loss), then it is violating the second law (energy can still be conserved in this case). I think the claim here is that the cost of energy required to dissociate water molecules is negligible and all of the resultant energy goes into mechanical. At least that's my my read on it from the cursory reports. The problem is that Agha Waqar Ahmad was not much interested in thermodynamics, but rather in the practical claim. Again - as I said in the post, people are always making outstanding claims. The central issue is the judgment call on when and where we pay attention to such claims.Salman Hameedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-24159335753566379362012-08-06T04:18:43.849-04:002012-08-06T04:18:43.849-04:00Just one question...isn't such a claim more pr...Just one question...isn't such a claim more precisely a violation of FIRST law of thermodynamics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com