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Water as fuel: In Swat, a self-taught engineer has a solution to the energy crisis

The Express Tribune -- SWAT: While the country witnesses its worst energy crisis, a 37-year-old self-taught mechanical engineer from Swat claims to have a solution.

After 20 years of research, Rehan Aziz Farooqi, has invented a unique power generator that runs solely on water, and, wait for it, the design can be used to allow any engine that runs on petrol, diesel or green gas to use water as fuel. He estimates that if the government applies his idea on a large-scale, Pakistan’s current electricity crisis can be resolved in three years time.

Explaining the workings of the power generator that he built from scratch, Farooqi said that water is first filled into a unit where it is split into hydrogen and oxygen gases through the process of electrolysis. The hydrogen gas is channelled to a reservoir, and then to

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DYSKYPILOT Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:3,037 Points:653,180 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:59:28 PM Ignore DYSKYPILOT Report Abuse Okay
ssect8 Champion Author Hartford Posts:8,131 Points:2,119,005 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:57:43 PM Ignore ssect8 Report Abuse I hope no more tax payer money wasted on this.
1heatguy Veteran Author Wisconsin Posts:311 Points:154,845 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:56:48 PM Ignore 1heatguy Report Abuse We have heard this before.
warlord1 Champion Author Georgia Posts:5,375 Points:1,061,250 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:55:34 PM Ignore warlord1 Report Abuse ok
DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,496 Points:1,271,125 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:53:46 PM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse And to think of all the great minds in the world who have tried using the same technology and failed...
bridgerunner Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,927 Points:1,034,535 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:53:45 PM Ignore bridgerunner Report Abuse This technology is not new.
cmsense Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,358 Points:165,345 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:46:56 PM Ignore cmsense Report Abuse Yea, that world leader Pakistan, that put how many men on the moon? Created vaccines for how many world diseases? Concocted the Web and PC's? This article's sad sack content is only trumped by the posters on this site that gave credence to this pile of BS.
majorfall Champion Author New York Posts:15,862 Points:3,133,165 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:45:23 PM Ignore majorfall Report Abuse A poorly written article not quite getting the details right as it sounds like some sort of perpetual motion machine...
uptherefiners Champion Author Chicago Posts:5,048 Points:1,002,000 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:45:09 PM Ignore uptherefiners Report Abuse how long will it be before we hear that mr farooqi has gone missing?
rampower80 Champion Author Kentucky Posts:2,169 Points:488,940 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:38:15 PM Ignore rampower80 Report Abuse This technology has been around for awhile. I have seen the videos on You Tube.
Ray_10589 Champion Author New York Posts:5,081 Points:1,210,460 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:36:48 PM Ignore Ray_10589 Report Abuse worth looking into,,,,
PithyOpiner Champion Author Stockton Posts:16,389 Points:1,623,295 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:36:19 PM Ignore PithyOpiner Report Abuse Go for it, Mr Farooqi. I'm behind you all the way. But, seeing as you are in Pakistan, you won't mind if I stand here in California. It's a whole lot safer.
Topshopper2011 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,067 Points:290,625 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:35:12 PM Ignore Topshopper2011 Report Abuse But the cost to turn water into hydrogen needs to be reduced. Maybe solar can help.
bullseye100 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,531 Points:610,030 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:35:03 PM Ignore bullseye100 Report Abuse I saw a homemade system installed in a gas powered car. The idea was to use the hydrogen as a fuel supplement. The contraption looked very dangerous I could could not get that time bomb out of my shop fast enough.
bbreff Champion Author Atlanta Posts:9,988 Points:2,596,115 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:30:57 PM Ignore bbreff Report Abuse I would like to see nore information.
CamryCheapster Sophomore Author Massachusetts Posts:185 Points:2,213,945 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:30:21 PM Ignore CamryCheapster Report Abuse Water powered "fuel" = river + dam. Unless he found some catalyst to split the hydrogen and oxygen spontaneously the process needs a source of power itself.
3mta3 All-Star Author Michigan Posts:867 Points:1,022,290 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:28:28 PM Ignore 3mta3 Report Abuse First we use food for fuel, now water?
NemoIL Champion Author Illinois Posts:3,159 Points:1,339,905 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:25:42 PM Ignore NemoIL Report Abuse I have heard about several of these devices, but never seen one in person or heard of one being tested by a third party.
eye-spy Champion Author Quebec Posts:4,723 Points:2,445,320 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:24:20 PM Ignore eye-spy Report Abuse Does anybody remember the "Stanley Steamer". It ran on STEAM...H2O...WATER.
1Casey Champion Author Albany Posts:6,636 Points:1,811,170 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:24:14 PM Ignore 1Casey Report Abuse Will the government allow this to happen ?
LEGION57 Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,676 Points:283,110 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:21:07 PM Ignore LEGION57 Report Abuse ahhh
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76chevy Champion Author Toledo Posts:4,023 Points:778,620 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:15:27 PM Ignore 76chevy Report Abuse What about the looming water shortages that are talked about?
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humancry Champion Author Michigan Posts:4,620 Points:1,003,470 Joined:Nov 2006	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:07:30 PM Ignore humancry Report Abuse THIS DESERVED SOME CONSIDERATION
BlueOnyx All-Star Author Georgia Posts:630 Points:1,290,130 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:05:19 PM Ignore BlueOnyx Report Abuse “As water is abundantly available, electricity generated using this process will in fact be free of cost,” Don't bet on it. Somebody will find a way to capitalize on this until we can't even afford clean drinking water. Remember corn to fuel? And there are already places where water isn't that plentiful, not to mention the water that's being contaminated by fracking. Hey...maybe there's an energy source there! Can't drink it, might as well burn it!
jessek Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,657 Points:1,280,490 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 6:04:03 PM Ignore jessek Report Abuse Pretty much basic chemistry so why didn't I think of it.
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spmaudio Champion Author Chicago Posts:3,868 Points:749,870 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 5:59:20 PM Ignore spmaudio Report Abuse @ preacherjohn: The 3rd paragraph explains that the water is split into hydrogen and oxygen - both of which are highly combustible.
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wz Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,620 Points:1,304,710 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 5:42:24 PM Ignore wz Report Abuse Note that he is a "self-taught" engineer. They don't teach this kind of creativity in Universities and Technical Colleges. Those institutions are more interested in churning out obedient lemmings to enter the work force. Questions not answered: Where does he get the electricity to power the electrolysis? Can he generate enough electricity from the hydrogen to create a self-perpetuating system, with enough power left for a home or vehicle? Does he also capture the oxygen released from the water?
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