| What do you think of when you see the term "hydro | | | | simply don't live in areas where alternative fuels are |
| powered car?" Do you picture the high-tech hydrogen | | | | readily available. Many Americans must endure lengthy |
| powered cars being developed by companies like | | | | commutes to work, traffic jams and rush hour, not to |
| BMW? Or do you think of a car that somehow uses | | | | mention routine errands that can't be accomplished on |
| water instead of gasoline as fuel? Or perhaps one of | | | | foot. Public transportation is an option, however many |
| those old steam-powered monsters that inventors | | | | areas of America don't offer such services. |
| tinkered with 100 years ago? When I think of a hydro | | | | Don't forget pollution. Burning gasoline for fuel pollutes |
| powered car, I think of something slightly different, a | | | | the air. A hydro powered car gets better mileage and |
| cross between an all-hydrogen car and one that | | | | so reduces that pollution. |
| somehow uses water as fuel. You can call it a | | | | Last but certainly not least, you can convert your own |
| hydrogen-gasoline hybrid. Many people just call it a car | | | | car into a hydro powered car today using readily |
| that runs on water. | | | | available parts. You don't need to wait for the ideal |
| The idea of using water directly as fuel is still science | | | | hydro powered car to come out of the auto company |
| fiction. On the face of it, the idea seems absurd. Yet | | | | labs. You can turn your own car into one and start |
| today you can buy hydro powered car kits that use | | | | getting the benefits right away. |
| the hydrogen in water as fuel (to supplement the | | | | How Does This Kind of Hydro Powered Car Work? |
| gasoline) in standard automobiles, resulting in much | | | | How can water, the same substance that comes |
| higher mileage. | | | | from your kitchen faucet, be used to fuel your car |
| Why Should You Care? | | | | engine? The key is hydrogen. What is water when |
| This kind of hydro powered car certainly isn't the | | | | you go down to the molecular structure? Two parts |
| futuristic all-hydrogen vehicle you may have heard | | | | hydrogen and one part oxygen. Get the hydrogen out |
| about, or the seemingly magical vehicle that runs on | | | | of the water and mix it with your car's gasoline and |
| just tap water that we would all love to have. So why | | | | voila! a hydrogen-gasoline hybrid car. |
| should you care about this kind of hydrogen-gasoline | | | | Hydrogen is a highly desirable source of fuel because |
| hydro powered car? There are lots of good reasons: | | | | it delivers lots of energy and burns with virtually no |
| If you've bought gasoline recently, you know that the | | | | pollutants. But cars that run solely on hydrogen aren't |
| price is high and looks to be heading still higher. A hydro | | | | ready yet and won't be practical for a while. Using |
| powered car can get much higher mileage than an | | | | hydrogen as a supplemental fuel is a safe and |
| all-gasoline car, which means big savings on gas. | | | | effective alternative that's available right now. |
| Gasoline comes with lots of baggage. The West's | | | | Hydro powered car kits available today use electricity |
| dependence on foreign oil makes it dependent on | | | | to convert common water into hydrogen and oxygen |
| countries like Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, and Russia for | | | | in your car as needed. The hydrogen is immediately |
| energy. External hostility to the West, along with | | | | mixed with the car's gasoline and burned, delivering |
| internal instability and unrest, make it scary to rely on | | | | better fuel efficiency and cleaner exhaust. It is an ideal |
| many oil-producing countries. Anything that reduces | | | | solution for today's world, and thousands of people |
| Western dependence on their oil reduces the risks. | | | | around the world have purchased these kits to |
| The sad fact is that Americans have a tremendous | | | | convert their own vehicle into a hydro powered car. |
| reliance on gas and the steady supply of it. Most | | | | |