It takes energy to break water from H2O into hydrogen and oxygen. You can then burn these to release energy, but you have to put in far more energy to split them up than they release.
To split them, you need an endothermic reaction, that is you need to feed it energy to separate them. You do this using a catalyst (some minerals), and lots of electricity.
Think of pure H2 gas and pure O as the high energy state - in this state they have the potential to release energy. When they're joined together, they give up their energy, and go in a low energy state. This is called an exothermic reaction - which means it gives off heat.
For example you can think a full charged battery as separate H2 and O. You can think of an empty battery as H2O.
No, water is not a store energy. You could heat it up to steam and use the steam in a steam engine, but that way doesn't release more energy than the stuff you've burned to heat up the water.
Um, no. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary explanations.
It takes energy to break water from H2O into hydrogen and oxygen. You can then burn these to release energy, but you have to put in far more energy to split them up than they release.
To split them, you need an endothermic reaction, that is you need to feed it energy to separate them. You do this using a catalyst (some minerals), and lots of electricity.
Think of pure H2 gas and pure O as the high energy state - in this state they have the potential to release energy. When they're joined together, they give up their energy, and go in a low energy state. This is called an exothermic reaction - which means it gives off heat.
For example you can think a full charged battery as separate H2 and O. You can think of an empty battery as H2O.
No, water is not a store energy. You could heat it up to steam and use the steam in a steam engine, but that way doesn't release more energy than the stuff you've burned to heat up the water.
So I call bullshit.