Do water fuel cells work?
On One Hand: Lots of ClaimsElectrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen and the burning of hydrogen to create water are well-known phenomena, and many claims are made that it can be used to power automobiles. Stanley Meyer claimed to have invented a perpetual motion machine that ran on water.On the Other: Water Is Not a FuelThe burning of the hydrogen produced from the separating of water into hydrogen and oxygen does not create as much energy as is needed to separate the atoms, let alone power other devices. Stanley Meyer was found guilty of fraud, and Phillip Ball, a consultant editor for the journal “Nature,” calls burning water as a fuel a “myth” and says those who attempt it are practicing “pseudoscience.”Bottom LineBurning of water as a fuel source to power other machinery is not possible.
