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I know that there are several of you, loyal Gumshoe readers to the core, who nonetheless have lives to live and work to do … and though I’m sure it pains you, I know not all of you can read each of my articles every day.
Be secure, good brothers and sisters, that this secret shame need not lead to a failure to consume all the Gumshoe goodness you might wish … for today, I bring you … well, some reruns.
These are the teasers that I’ve written about before, but which continue to come in via emailed questions to me by the handful every day … so I’m sure most of you missed one or two of them. As you sit down on this lovely Saturday to enjoy some Gumshoeliciousiness, I hope you enjoy every drop:
Let’s see, what shall we share today?
There’s the geothermal play that’s supposed to shock Sheik Khalifa and OPEC with their big Utah “discovery.” … that one’s down about 20% from when I started seeing this most recent campaign back in late April.
And the ubiquitous “Unclaimed Dividends” teaser that implies you can receive free money just for filling out a two-page form is, naturally, still getting a lot of play and sending a lot of “Huh?” questions my way.
And Georges Yared is still going crazy touting his “next Visa,” which, rather incongruously, is a small medical device developer that’s seeking FDA approval for a skin cancer detection tool. This stock has been booming despite my lack of enthusiasm, (though it dipped 10% or so late last week and is a bit lower than where Yared last touted it,) and I know a lot of you are following the company closely.
Of course, we’re still seeing plenty of Mark Skousen’s stuff, too — recently he’s again been telling us that we can “Double our money and profit from the subprime meltdown” … that company has seemingly been trying to halve our money, not double it, since I wrote about this ad campaign of his back in February (it’s down 20% or so, and is 40%+ down from year-ago highs), but perhaps that will just make it easier to double it later.
Those are just a few of the nuggets that continue to overflow my inbox — have a wonderful Saturday, wherever you are, and don’t forget to be kind to us Fathers tomorrow.
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Hello Gumshoe,
We are all at the present time, having to pay the very high price for petrol. There are a number of advertisements, giving information on procedures available for running a motor vehicle on water.Kindly do some investigation for your readers and let us know the real facts? Many thanks from all of us.
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Les, It is very easy to run a vehicle on water. It is called a steam engine!
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Hi Lee (and of course our favorite Stock Gumshoe) -
Take a look at the Hydro-Assist Fuel Cell Kit at http://www.PICCTV.com/us. Hydro-Assist is Water-Assist. This currenly available attachment to your car allows for your battery to slowly change water into hydrogen and feed it into your gas to increase its combustability. Not exactly driving purely on water, but something that is available right now and providing great increases in mileage.
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Mikpo Reply:
June 15th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Try: http://www.water4gas.com. Apparently an enterprising engineer here in Asheville, NC, hooked up such a device in his Park Ave Buick and has since become a happy motorist averaging @ 50 mi/gal. The Asheville Citizens-Times ran the story 6/9/2008. A bit complicated. Why haven’t the big auto co’s pursued such simple ideas?
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Dumb question, what heats the steam? If you say battery, what kind & how long does the battery power last for complete acceleration. Having cars forced to slow down because your battery is running down makes little sense to those living in congested cities.
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Sorry SageNot…the steam engine bit was just an attempt at some dry humour. Well it is Saturday!
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I LOVE THIS GROUP ! LOL!!! HEY, It IS Saturday,,, The day before Father’s Day, and I hope all of you Fathers are remembered, and Loved! Blessings to you folks, and To You as well, GumShoe!
And Les, Pelican MAY NOT have been too far off, if we could figure a way to change water to burnable fuels,,, Electrolosys, Maybe??? I have been mulling that idea in my head, for some time!,,, Surely, with our technology, we should be able to do so, as well as desalinate water for drinking in AZ, CA, NV, wherever!
Conshana @ gmail dot com
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Start at http://www.PanaceaUniversity.org for an overview – and go to http://www.SmacksBoosters.110mb.com for FREE plans for a hydrogen booster PROVEN to work that only costs about $60 to build yourself. He sells them assembled also – I have built 2 so far.
Other systems are working but cost much more – START with these sites.
For more fun read the GEET summary page at panacea – French farmers converting tractors and cars -
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Evening folks,
Funny this should come up as I was just looking at a water conversion site: http://water4gas.com/2books.htm?hop=notany
For a review of the above:
http://ezinearticles.com/?WaterForGas-Review—Car-Runs-On-Water,-Truth-Or-Myth?&id=993268
I sure wish it would work and would be very interested in hearing from someone that has used it. I wonder what it does to the warranty?
Thanks!
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It takes a huge amount of energy to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen atom; it gives off almost no energy. H2O is a small tightly bound molecule.
On the other hand, it is not all that difficult to separate U235 as it is a huge atom, and we have perfected using it. GE makes the reactors in nuclear subs. Why not have them build a few hundred of them for use around the country?, Small, efficient, and much easier than hydrogen powered cars. We could than have battery powered cars, plugged in at night, and tapped by day at peak loads and balance the need for more generator capactiy..
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Niles Reply:
June 14th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
There is no net energy yield from electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen and then recombining into water. The energy released by re-oxidizing the elemental hydrogen in the cylinders of the engine must then be used to turn the alternator to charge the battery to provide the current required to de-oxidize the water to make the elemental hydrogen.
In other words the energy flows in a closed loop providing NO net gain. In reality, due to losses in the non-perfect system, there will be a net loss.
If electrolysis provided hydrogen for free, none of us would be burning gasoline.
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Hey, what about GRAN TIERRA ENERGY(AMEX: GTE), the $6 Canadian Oil Stock that was supposed to catapult from $6 to $12 by yesterday, “guaranteed” according to Navellier’s teaser? Well, I guess Navellier’s catapult broke and ended up in the shop. The stock closed at $7 on Friday, not $12. The move to $7 could be just a following of the market of the last couple of days. I didn’t bite, but a $1 gain on $6 would’ve suited me just fine, regardless of the hype.
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Why in the world would you want to take the most valuable resource on the planet which is dwindling at an alarming rate and try to run cars off of it???
There is NO shortage of natural gas, the technology already exists, it’s only byproduct is h2o& co2, and many government vehicles have been using it for years!!! I’ll stick to my canroys and public utilities until someone comes out with natural gas stations.
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The main falacy of the various hydrogen booster claims is in the assumption that the energy it takes to split water into hydrogen and oxygen is free because it’s provided by the car’s electrical system. If all the energy conversions involved were 100% efficient, the extra work done by the alternator, which subtracts from the power output of the engine, would equal the energy boost from the hydrogen for a net gain of zero energy. Actually however, the efficiency of generating electricity, charging the battery, electrolysis of the water, then burning the hydrogen it are each less than 100%, so I would expect a significant decrease in mileage. Reminds me of the good ol’ perpetual motion schemes, most of which are ignoring the math (Hey, use a turbine in the water to charge the battery that runs the motor that powers the boat! No gas required!) This way a couple of guys with a garage can outsmart all of the PhD’s at MIT! Don’t believe it.
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Years ago I had a “John Lindberg” device on my ‘66 Chrysler station wagon, which upped the mileage about 5mpg and spewed no noxious stuff I later had the “water bed” (you filled it with a quart of water everytime you gassed up) installed over the carburator on my ‘84 Buick wagon and again my mpg went up and my car passed the smog tests with flying colors. Only trouble was the printout said “illegal device” and it had to be removed. I still have the thing in my closet. I know that San Jose Police Dept. used it on squad cars and were happy. The oil companies didn’t care for it, just as they did’nt like the old Key System trains in the Bay Area. The practical trains were replaced with smelly buses and I moved to SF where I could ride the electric street cars and cable cars.
I don’t know why these things worked, but they did. John Lindberg died a broken man. He was an inventor who had worked on the first Pan Am Clipper and came up with fueling planes in midair.
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All very interesting info…
Happy Fathers Day Travis!!!!!!!…May you enjoy being a dad for many more years…Thank you so much for the continuing investigative information…
Some very interesting ideas are brought forth here and we’re all grateful!!!…from a loyal [try to be] reader…….
jude
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I have only one geothermal stock in my holdings…but its a pearler (And dirt cheap).
Name of it is Panax and its listed in Australia with code PAX.
The managing director (And the reason im in it) is a guy called Bernie De Graaf. Anyone that knows anything about geothermal will recognise the name…he was running a geoT company called Geodynamics and was solely responsible for their progress (largest geoT company in australia now)…but he got shafted by their board…he has now appeared with PAX…and he wants revenge.
They have some great projects in Krygry Republic (on Chinese border – great location), India (also power hungry) and a soon to be drilled project in Australia called Limestone Creek.
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Hey, I’ve been thinking about running my car on magnets. You just pull up close to the car in front and let the magnets take over!
Seriously, the “water bed” increases moisture in the incoming air to the engine. This does improve combustion some how but i’m not a chemist. For years I’ve noticed a marked improvement in engine performance on rainy days (high moisture). Any takers out there?
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Stompie Reply:
June 17th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
From my understanding the reaction isn’t chemical it is a phase change. Wet air comes in and upon combustion the water is turned into steam. This changing from a liquid to a gas creates additional pressure in the cylinder meaning less fuel is required to produce the same amount of power output.
I personally think it’s a good idea as you are taking some of the heat from the cylinder that likely would have been sent to the coolant system and creating useful power with it.
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There is a hydrogen producing unit that has EPA certification pending. The biggest problem is not technology, but the arrogance and corruption of our
politicians who have their hands in other’s pockets.
If anyone is truly sincere in being involved in this
project, they can contact me for more information.
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Tom Freund Reply:
June 17th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Yes, Paul, I would appreciate knowing how to learn more about this hydrogen unit. I am dabbling a bit to supplement hydrogen intake into my vehicle’s air intake.
Thanks / Tom
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bought Mela at 7.50 and I see it running to 9.50 from the yardes pump…. and back into 8’s until he pumps it again. He is sticking his neck out…could be big in the next month
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Re: water (or moisture) in the gasoline.
I put a water injection device in my motorhome (Dodge 440 engine) about 20 years ago. The concept was that the water slowed down the combustion, enabling the timing to be advanced. It worked like a charm. Factory setting on the timing was 0 degres BTDC. With the injector, I was able to set it at 15 degrees BTDC. MPG went from 6.o to 8.5. WOW! Everything was fine until I threw a connecting rod out the side of the engine. I talked to one of the engineers at the Belvedere plant and he agreed that advancing the timeing as far as possible, just short of pinging was agreat idea. Problem: The increased mileage comes from increased efficiency comes from increased MECP (Mean Effective Cylinder Pressure) Increasing MECP means more forces on the pistons, rods and crankshaft, forces which exceeded the design parameters.
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BIG MO,
Louis has until 20th for his GTE so you should wait and see before you jump on him. I for one like the stock and it closed today $7.75 at one point almost reaching $8. I will certainly not be shouting at him if it only reaches $8-$9, that is good enough for me.
Den
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GTE is doing the business for Navellier $8.25 and climbing. I will probably settle for $9 and get out just in case.
Den
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My solution (but I believe Disney thought of it first) is: Each car would have a sensor – there is an electronic strip in the road – you get in – set the destination – sit back and relax, read, whatever. This would keep separation between cars, a constant speed, and no accidents! Also no fuel to speak of. Public transportation personalized. Isn’t this a case of: If you can put a man on the moon . . .?
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i really like this topic!.. i’ve learned a lot
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