Forget the conspiracy about his death. Stan Meyer IS the conspiracy.
A little reading on his notes revealed that his "invention" is truly a fraud. He claimed that he had found the resonance frequency of the water molecule. Guess what? That's how microwave oven works!
As for energy "stored" in the H2O molecule, there is no such a thing. To cleave both bonds in H-O-H you need about 918 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole). This will break H2O into 2 H atoms and one O atom. Then H atoms will pair up into the lower energy H2 molecules, and O atoms will pair up into the lower energy O2 molecules, the extra energy dissipating into heat. Then when you burn H2 and O2 back into water, the energy available is now the heat of combustion for H2+0.5O2, about 286 kJ/mol. In other words, of the original 918 kJ/mol energy put in to break the H-O bonds in water, only 286 kJ/mol is released during the burning of H2. The rest have all dissipated before the burning stage.
Why go through all this trouble and waste 70% of the energy? It would be much easier and more efficient by simply using the battery to drive the car instead of using it to break up water and burn water to drive the car.
A little reading on his notes revealed that his "invention" is truly a fraud. He claimed that he had found the resonance frequency of the water molecule. Guess what? That's how microwave oven works!
As for energy "stored" in the H2O molecule, there is no such a thing. To cleave both bonds in H-O-H you need about 918 kJ/mol (kilojoules per mole). This will break H2O into 2 H atoms and one O atom. Then H atoms will pair up into the lower energy H2 molecules, and O atoms will pair up into the lower energy O2 molecules, the extra energy dissipating into heat. Then when you burn H2 and O2 back into water, the energy available is now the heat of combustion for H2+0.5O2, about 286 kJ/mol. In other words, of the original 918 kJ/mol energy put in to break the H-O bonds in water, only 286 kJ/mol is released during the burning of H2. The rest have all dissipated before the burning stage.
Why go through all this trouble and waste 70% of the energy? It would be much easier and more efficient by simply using the battery to drive the car instead of using it to break up water and burn water to drive the car.