Archive for May, 2008

On watts and joules

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

In the latest Iron Man movie, when said man gets his perma-electo-magnet mabob he launches into a hooey based conversation with his surgeon regarding the power source glowing in his chest. I don’t remember the lines exactly, but it went something like this:

Almost Iron Man: It produces 50 GJ/s [...]

Electrolysis to Combustion to Electrolysis….

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Google AdWords have been serving up this stuff lately:

These systems claim to either eliminate entirely or severely reduce the amount of gasoline used by a car by using a metastable gas known as “Klein Gas” or “HHO”. Those of you who paid attention to Mr. Levitt in 10th Grade Chemistry will remember that water [...]