…skimming through Isle of Wight holiday photo’s from 2006…

Yikes! I thought my holiday photos were boring! 😮

Where does the eBay listing actually claim that this is part of a Spitfire or a Hurricane?

There is a lot of unrelated general information about Polish squadrons operating during the Battle of Britain and some period photographs but the only real claim I can see is that this is ‘100% genuine airplane aluminium shell’ which it almost certainly is.

My two cents. :diablo:

Gotcha Creaking Door!

2xH and 1xO – not the other way round! 😉

It’s a fair cop! Chemistry was never my thing. 🙁

Are you that pedantic chap who’s not all that impressed with the language skills of “pimply yoof” in this day and age?

Do I really come across as pedantic? Oh dear. 😮

If the concept works, I’m sure somebody will get funding to prove it can be done in a car. Then, the oil cartel will buy the patent and we’ll never see it again.

This is the current state-of-the-art fuel-cell car:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7456141.stm

I think people are confusing reality with the fiction of the ‘water engine’ which has spawned urban-myths, conspiracy theories, fraudulent claims and hoaxes in addition to being the basis for plays, a radio show and a fairly recent TV movie.

You are quite correct, fuel cell technology is proven mature technology; it works!

The problem with this technology is that although there are huge supplies of water occurring naturally there are almost no supplies of hydrogen occurring naturally.

Ask yourself this ‘how do I get the hydrogen out of the water?’ :confused:

There is a difference between a car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and a ‘water fuelled’ car. One is a reality the other is fiction.

I see collecting in general as a good sport to keep people out of the Pubs!

Never quite thought of it like that, but you’re right…..if only because I can’t afford to drink now! 😀

…oil companies are not going to like it, the last thing they want is cars run on water.

Have I missed something?

Since when has it been economically feasible to run cars on hydrogen (or even possible to run them on water)? And yes, I understand water is H2O but how do we get the H separated from the 2O?