Saving Planet Earth

Though I can afford to buy a car, I still haven’t decided to do so mainly for environmentally reasons. I keep on telling people that the car I want to buy is either an electric car or at least a hybrid. Problem is none of these two are being sold in my country at an affordable price which made me think. What if I just buy an ordinary gasoline powered car and convert it to a hybrid? The question therefore of how to convert a car to a hybrid came to mind.

I made a few searches online and found two different approaches. The more traditional method is to have a small electric generator installed to your car that charges a set of batteries while running on gasoline. When enough power is stored in the batteries, it then switches to “electric mode” by turning off the gasoline engine and switching on the electric motor. The problem with this is that there’s no way to do it easily.

The other method on the other hand can be achieved by installing a device to the car engine that extracts hydrogen from water and mixes the produced hydrogen with the existing fuel-air mixture. This approach is way lot easier and can be done by any experienced mechanic. The idea behind this method is based on the fact that hydrogen is a flammable gas that is abundantly stored in ordinary water. The beauty of this method is that it does not require much modification to the car that is to be converted.

There are a few who offer such a device on the internet. I’ve listed a couple below just in case you’re interested:

• Burn Water – with Video
• Water Car Pro – with Video

So, how do you convert your car to a hybrid? Apparently, it’s not that difficult. With proper knowledge, the right tools and some water, it can actually be done.