sanddy
FULL MEMBER
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2012
- Messages
- 494
- Reaction score
- -1
Pakistan electrified by 'water car' claim
ISLAMABAD: In a nation thirsting for
energy, he loomed like a messiah: a
small-town engineer who claimed he
could run a car on water. The assertion - based on the premise
that he had discovered a way to easily
split the oxygen and hydrogen atoms
in water molecules with almost no
energy - would, if proven, represent a
stunning breakthrough for physics and a near-magical solution to
Pakistan's desperate power crisis.
''By the grace of Allah, I have
managed to make a formula that
converts less voltage into more
energy,'' the professed inventor, Agha
Waqar Ahmad, said in a telephone
interview. ''This invention will solve our country's energy crisis and
provide jobs to hundreds of
thousands of people.'' Established scientists have debunked
his spectacular claims, which were first
made a month ago, saying that they
violate ironclad laws of physics. But
across Pakistan, where crippling
electricity cuts have left millions drenched in the sweat of a powerless
summer, the shimmering mirage of a
''water car'' received a broad and
serious embrace. Federal ministers lauded Mr Ahmad
and his vehicle, sometimes at cabinet
meetings. The quest to harness chemical energy
from water is a Holy Grail of science.
Groups in other countries, including
Japan, the US and Sri Lanka, have
previously made similar claims. They
have been largely ignored. Not so with Mr Ahmad, even if he is an
unlikely scientific prodigy.
Forty years
old and a father of five, he graduated
with a degree in mechanical
engineering in 1990 from a small
technical college in Khairpur, in southern Sindh province, he said. For
most of his career, he worked in a
police department.
He is currently
unemployed. Mr Ahmad brushed off his critics,
claiming to have run a small Suzuki for
nearly 400 kilometres on 10 litres of
water.
This news is spreading thought out the world and this time its from Australia .
ISLAMABAD: In a nation thirsting for
energy, he loomed like a messiah: a
small-town engineer who claimed he
could run a car on water. The assertion - based on the premise
that he had discovered a way to easily
split the oxygen and hydrogen atoms
in water molecules with almost no
energy - would, if proven, represent a
stunning breakthrough for physics and a near-magical solution to
Pakistan's desperate power crisis.
''By the grace of Allah, I have
managed to make a formula that
converts less voltage into more
energy,'' the professed inventor, Agha
Waqar Ahmad, said in a telephone
interview. ''This invention will solve our country's energy crisis and
provide jobs to hundreds of
thousands of people.'' Established scientists have debunked
his spectacular claims, which were first
made a month ago, saying that they
violate ironclad laws of physics. But
across Pakistan, where crippling
electricity cuts have left millions drenched in the sweat of a powerless
summer, the shimmering mirage of a
''water car'' received a broad and
serious embrace. Federal ministers lauded Mr Ahmad
and his vehicle, sometimes at cabinet
meetings. The quest to harness chemical energy
from water is a Holy Grail of science.
Groups in other countries, including
Japan, the US and Sri Lanka, have
previously made similar claims. They
have been largely ignored. Not so with Mr Ahmad, even if he is an
unlikely scientific prodigy.
Forty years
old and a father of five, he graduated
with a degree in mechanical
engineering in 1990 from a small
technical college in Khairpur, in southern Sindh province, he said. For
most of his career, he worked in a
police department.
He is currently
unemployed. Mr Ahmad brushed off his critics,
claiming to have run a small Suzuki for
nearly 400 kilometres on 10 litres of
water.
This news is spreading thought out the world and this time its from Australia .
