Sam Leach has reported a machine that, once started, will continuously separate hydrogen from water without any outside source of energy. The rights have been sold to the Presley Corporation of Newport Beach, California and MJM Hydrotech of Los Angeles. The event has been reported in both the New York Times (March 29, 1976) and Newsweek (April 19,1976). Science News carried it on April 24, 1976. The device hasn’t been tested by both the Approved Engineering Test Laboratories and Smith-Energy Co. Testing Laboratories. What they tested, however, was that water was being separated into hydrogen and oxygen after an initial warm-up cycle. They did not test that the reaction was self-sustaining. The machine is reported to be a trunk-sized box containing two steel tanks, each containing granules of an unidentified metal releasing hydrogen. After awhile the reactant must be heated to remove the oxygen and restore the metal to its original condition. To be both useful and self-sustaining, the hydrogen produced must make the steam, produce the heat to recycle the reactant, and have a surplus left over to do useful work. The French chemist Lavoisier in 1776 developed the reaction of making hydrogen. He passed steam over iron filings, which bound the oxygen and released hydrogen. Many commercial companies use similar processes today but their energy efficiency is around 10%, so they’re far from self-sustaining. Keep watching for developments on this one because even a more efficient reaction, still shy of self-sustaining, could prove useful. The steam needed could be made from a solar collector.

The above is an age-old process invented in 1776, which as far as we know is the first man-made extraction of hydrogen. There is also an article in American Heritage of Invention & Technology (Fall of 1985) about a French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. He flew regularly, he flew for a living, and he had no other means of support. He preferred hydrogen because of its relative tidiness and greater levity; eleven times lighter then hot air. To produce the gas for one balloon, three thousand pounds of sulfuric acid had to be poured over a like amount of iron scraps in oak barrels.

It appears that Good To Go achieves this process without hydrogen embrittlement. The reason being, Good To Go encases each water molecule similar to a Lava Lamp. It is well known and documented that all carbon based fuels, such as wood, coal, gasoline, alcohol or even propane produce water vapor when burned. In fact natural gas produces a pound of water for every pound of fuel burned. By modifying the combustion process, the hydrogen is released when the pistons create vacuum. When the pistons return to compression, the hydrogen is burned in the ignition process. As the piston produces power the excess oxygen is utilized, causing very efficient, cooler burning, power cycle similar to the above article without any adverse effects. We have tested and disassembled several small engines, 20 horsepower and less, for over a year. Although we have not achieved perpetual motion, our 10-15% increase in efficiency is equal to the process above. Berkley University, located in California, achieved the same results.