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Electricty in Japan

November 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Our household of four uses about 500 kWh of electricity per month on average, a considerable portion of which is consumed by the computers I run my business on. The total tends to be more in July and August, when we also run air conditioners to take the edge of 35+ centigrade heat, whereas in [...]

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Tags: electricity · energy · environment · hydrogen

The “run your car on water” scam

June 23rd, 2008 · 134 Comments

Every crisis can also be viewed an opportunity, or so it seems. As many motorists are having trouble making ends meet with rising fuel (and food) prices, various websites are popping up (usually with affiliate schemes) that make tempting promises such as:

“…use water as fuel and laugh at rising gas costs…”
“double your mileage”
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Tags: cars · hydrogen

Media fall for “car that runs on water”

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Nikkei and Reuters report about an announcement by Japanese company Genepax of a car that supposedly runs on only water. One litre will keep the car running at 80 km/h for about an hour, reports Reuters.
Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa is quoted by Reuters as stating that the car requires no external inputs but water. As [...]

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Tags: cars · hydrogen