[ausev] Cost tradeoffs for the HHO generator

[Gil Dawson]

Hi, Marv--

At 10:32 A -0500 7/5/08, m. edmund howse wrote:
>I have built my own hho generator

I assume this device takes water and something else and makes 
hydrogen gas.  In past theory, the "something else" would be more 
expensive than gasoline, per mile driven.  Of course, that very much 
depends on the price of gas.  You are evidently re-examining this 
trade-off.

Direct injection of hydrogen gas (from a cylinder) into the intake 
manifold is an old power-boosting trick used in racing.  I would 
assume it could be tailored to conserve gas, but -- supposedly -- the 
hydrogen would be more expensive than the gasoline saved thereby. 
Supposedly.

Running an internal combustion engine off pure hydrogen is practical 
and gives low emissions.  You still get a little NOx from atmospheric 
nitrogen, but the sulfur and CO2 are gone, and the unburned fuel 
isn't near so noxious.  Again, though, compared to gasoline per mile 
driven, it's supposed to be expensive.  Or was.

What has been your experience, Marv?  Is there an hho technology near 
close to beating gas, dollar-wise?


--Gil