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It's makers claim a top speed of 240mph, 0-62 in 2.8s and 373 mile range.

It will be interesting to see if this (or something similar) makes it to production.

http://www.stuff.tv/h2omg-240mph-car-powered-only-salt-water/news

http://www.intelligentliving.co/salt-water-powered-car-gets-european-approval/
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Flash in the Pan, I imagine that the oil cartels have already got together
to raise enough capital or hatched some foul deed so's that the patents
eventually belong to them long before the design goes into production.

Gone fishing

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You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

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***You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

Wikipedia article on flow batteries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery

And yes, their claims are so outlandish that I even looked for an article on Snopes.
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***You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

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If enough rotten fish decompose at a rapid enough rate, then maybe the smell will repel enough people that they will push the stinky car out of town. Talk about a cheap home bound commute!
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******You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

Wikipedia article on flow batteries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery

And yes, their claims are so outlandish that I even looked for an article on Snopes.

Witchcraft:|
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My biggest problem with stuff like this is the swoopy car. Even if the tech works why is it always sold in something that looks like it came from a Bond movie? I'd hold more hope if they were peddling a 4 door sedan. With two snot nosed kids in the back.
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My biggest problem with stuff like this is the swoopy car. Even if the tech works why is it always sold in something that looks like it came from a Bond movie? I'd hold more hope if they were peddling a 4 door sedan. With two snot nosed kids in the back.



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Agreed!
That is the marketing cluster-fuck. The inexpensive 4-door sedan is still too expensive for the people who need it the most: working-poor.

OTOH the people who are most likely to buy first-generation "green" cars are wealthy people (who already own two or three cars) and want a flashy, look at me look at me" car to show off how "green" they are.
I agree that is a perverse logic.

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Iago

***It's makers claim a top speed of 240mph, 0-62 in 2.8s and 373 mile range.

It will be interesting to see if this (or something similar) makes it to production.

http://www.stuff.tv/h2omg-240mph-car-powered-only-salt-water/news

http://www.intelligentliving.co/salt-water-powered-car-gets-european-approval/



You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

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If you pour enough extra chemicals into any liquid (e.g. salt water) you can convert it into battery electrolyte or a flammable liquid.

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It's makers claim a top speed of 240mph, 0-62 in 2.8s and 373 mile range.



Clearly the man is a genius. He ought to get together with Moller and make a "Sky Car" with the technology. It's obvious he's read Moller's book.
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Clearly the man is a genius. He ought to get together with Moller and make a "Sky Car" with the technology. It's obvious he's read Moller's book.



Ooh!
An electric Moller Sky Car!
I like it!:)I hope the conversion to electric power doesn't delay the production date.;)
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Clearly the man is a genius. He ought to get together with Moller and make a "Sky Car" with the technology. It's obvious he's read Moller's book.



Ooh!
An electric Moller Sky Car!
I like it!:)I hope the conversion to electric power doesn't delay the production date.;)

One more thing it has going for it; it's got what plants crave; it's got electrolytes.








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Clearly the man is a genius. He ought to get together with Moller and make a "Sky Car" with the technology. It's obvious he's read Moller's book.



Ooh!
An electric Moller Sky Car!
I like it!:)I hope the conversion to electric power doesn't delay the production date.;)

One more thing it has going for it; it's got what plants crave; it's got electrolytes.








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***You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

I got no degree and I call it B.S. :P

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Flash in the Pan, I imagine that the oil cartels have already got together
to raise enough capital or hatched some foul deed so's that the patents
eventually belong to them long before the design goes into production.



Right. The same people that kept the 200 mile per gallon carburetor off the market. :P

Seriously, my dad, who would be 85 years old if he were still alive, said the 200 MPG carburetor conspiracy story was going around when he was a teenager. LOL

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Flash in the Pan, I imagine that the oil cartels have already got together
to raise enough capital or hatched some foul deed so's that the patents
eventually belong to them long before the design goes into production.



Right. The same people that kept the 200 mile per gallon carburetor off the market. :P

Seriously, my dad, who would be 85 years old if he were still alive, said the 200 MPG carburetor conspiracy story was going around when he was a teenager. LOL

Yep. Kinda like the "Nazi Synthetic Fuel" story. The Germans did develop synthetic fuels & lubricants. They had to when they lost their oil supplies.
But there was no "Vast Conspiracy" to keep them from the public. They are widely available today. At 3 to 4 times the cost.

If the technology gets patented, it's public knowledge - patents are a matter of public record. It can't be "kept secret."
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*********You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

Wikipedia article on flow batteries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery

And yes, their claims are so outlandish that I even looked for an article on Snopes.

Witchcraft:|

or not? http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/01/organic-mega-flow-battery-promises-breakthrough-for-renewable-energy
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************You can download the full press kit from their website.

They are rather nebulous about which 'electrolyte solutions' are used. One is probably salt water, the other is ????

Sounds like cold fusion.:|

I've got enough chemistry background to opine that there's no potential energy in salt water that can drive a car 240 mph. I smell something fishy. ;)

Wikipedia article on flow batteries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_battery

And yes, their claims are so outlandish that I even looked for an article on Snopes.

Witchcraft:|

or not? http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/01/organic-mega-flow-battery-promises-breakthrough-for-renewable-energy

OP linked click bait. A battery does not power a car the same way a fuel tank does not power a car. The energy contained in a ("salt water":|) flow battery powers the car the way the fuel contained in a fuel tank powers a car. Don't perpetuate click bait psuedoscience.

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I don't really know what you're on about.

Sure ok, the car might be far fetched or whatever. Your previous comment seemed to suggest that flow batteries were witchcraft. I linked a website from the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Science that suggested that in fact flow batteries may be promising.

I guess I don't get what point you're trying to make with all of this:

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A battery does not power a car the same way a fuel tank does not power a car. The energy contained in a ("salt water"Unimpressed) flow battery powers the car the way the fuel contained in a fuel tank powers a car.


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Apologies, I just replied/quoted the last reply in the thread. Was not replying to you specifically, more reinforcing it. Just poor format choice on my part.

Flow batteries are promising things for sure. But the OP article title as well as most of the contents were intentionally misleading. This is annoying, and it seems like some thread participants are still confused on that. Or trolling.

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