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Hydro-Boost
Manual
Part 3
Curiosity & Freedom - Mother's of invention
My dream of breaking out of the system and keeping money in my own wallet, instead of
padding that of the gas/car companies led me to start thinking about improving gas
mileage. Having a background as a chemistry teacher in a small Christian school gave me a
the knowledge that Hydrogen is very common and burns very well. I therefore wondered why I
could not make a car run off of Hydrogen. Upon researching, I found several hydrogen
vehicles have already been constructed. Most of them have never been widely publicized.
Since hydrogen does not give off toxic waste products when burned, I wondered why auto
makers have never pursued this option. Do they really care about the environment as they
claim to? The only answer I could come up with was the controlling stock oil companies
have invested in the auto industry.
However, one day while watching the TV, I did see where one car manufacturer was
planning production of a Hydrogen burning automobile and envisioned Hydrogen stations
around the country instead of gasoline stations.
The cost of manufacturing the prototype car they has was only (!) $500,000. They were
trying to find a way to bring the cost down. The car contained at least three 'hydrogen
cells' that each cost $100,000 each to manufacture and were essential to the design of the
car. The thought of Hydrogen stations angered me why? Because water is made of H2O - two
parts Hydrogen to one part Oxygen. I thought there had to be a way to liberate and burn
the Hydrogen. The way to liberate the Hydrogen was a simple classroom experiment in
electrolysis. Take a nine volt battery, attach a wire to each terminal, put a small amount
of salt in a cup of water (to assist the electrical current flow), and put the ends of the
wires in the cup. You will notice that on the wire attached to the positive terminal, many
bubbles appear. On the wire attached to the negative terminal, some bubbles appear, but
fewer than the positive side.
You have just split the water, Hydrogen and Oxygen, apart and liberated them into a
gas.
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