[Gasification] OT - Six Stroke Engine

[Daniel Chisholm]

On Sun, 2007-10-06 at 20:04 -0400, gfwhell at aol.com wrote:
> 
> And will some one please do the Math on US patent 5,159,900 and let me
> know what the energy input is?

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5159900-description.html

Don't bother, it's a perpetual motion machine:

- use electricity to create a 6000 degree F arc under water.
- use this to convert water and carbon into CO+H2
- then burn that as a clean fuel in an internal combustion engine.
- Source of electricity to produce the arc to produce the CO+H2: the
vehicle's battery and alternator
- (oh, and by the way it's all microprocessor controlled)



Here's a perpetual motion machine that is a lot closer to working than
the above invention:
- a battery
- battery drives a motor
- motor drives a load
- motor also drives an alternator to keep the battery charged up, of
course

Though that sounds a little ridiculous and impractical when put in such
simple terms, doesn't it...? ;-)

The fact that patents like this are granted, make you lost just a little
bit of respect for the patent office.  Argh!


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- Daniel
Fredericton, NB  Canada