Water Fuel Cell - Definition and Overview

The Water Fuel Cell is an electrolysis device which is claimed to break water into hydrogen and oxygen gas using less energy than the energy present in the bond itself. The Water Fuel Cell was claimed to produce several times more energy than it consumed. Since this violates the current theories of conservation of energy, it is most likely a hoax. Stanley Meyer invented it and was granted patents in 1989 & 1990. (Note that a patent merely gives the inventor exclusive rights to his/her idea. It does not imply that the idea actually works.)

Water-fueled car

"It runs on water" is a video with Stanley Meyer demonstrating the water fuel cell in a car. Meyer claimed that he could run a car on water instead of gasoline, using his water fuel cell. The water in the gas tank was turned into hydrogen gas, and the hydrogen gas was combusted with oxygen in the engine, producing water for exhaust. However, it didn't always work, and was unreliable. Meyer said that the pulsing was key, and it wasn't always pulsing correctly. It failed to work during a required demonstration of the water-fueled car. An Ohio court found Stanley Meyer guilty of fraud in a case brought against him by disgruntled investors.

An episode of The Lone Gunmen fictional TV series (an X-files spin-off) is based on Stan Meyer and his water car.

See also

• Pseudoscience

External links

• FUEL FOR FRAUD OR VICE VERSA? ON STANLEY MEYER (http://www.padrak.com/ine/NEN_4_8_3.html)
• United States Patent 6,419,815 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html)
• Notice of Death of Stanley Meyer (http://www.keelynet.com/energy/meyerx.htm)