Fantastic. I'm sold on the fact that it burns hot enough to weld (without oxygen, mind you, unlike that pesky acetylene) but is non-toxic and releases no UV radiation (no welding mask!) when burned because it is made from "pure water." How soon can the physics department buy one? 

posted by natedogg at 01:04AM CST on July 26

Oh, snap, it "instantaneously reach(es) temperatures up to 9,000 degrees C under which virtually all substances on Earth can be sublimated" using delusional magic like, totally true facts, guy. That, by the way, is when it is burned in some way that is not via open flame. Somehow. It just gets better and better. 

posted by natedogg at 01:10AM CST on July 26

All that was fine, and they were able to make a few bucks off that handy technology I'm sure, but the real breakthrough (which occured to Mr. Klein when he was driving home from work, according to the Fox7 story), is that HHO technology can be used to supplement or even replace fossil fuels!

Well, Natedogg, I guess you can sleep soundly now that that pesky peak oil problem is solved! 

posted by McD at 01:11AM CST on July 26

I don't think it's safe storing H2 and O together like that. In fact, if it really were stored like that you would probably have to be worried about flashback since your fuel is already oxidized. I forget how fast H2 and O combusts but you'd have to have one hell of a flow rate to avoid blowing up your tank.

Goober's been courting this news writer over at Fox 7, maybe we should have a talk with her. 

posted by splatnikGanglion at 10:45AM CST on July 26