Dangote Should Refine Ocean Water For Hydrogen. The First Water Car Is Already A Reality: The End Of Petrol Cars Or EV Cars Has Kick-started
The Oasis Reporters
September 9, 2024
Each time I read about the jostling match between Alhaji Aliko Dangote and NNPCL, Nigeria’s Oil Corporation that has been unable to make the it’s Refineries work for many years as they grow fat without giving the nation home produced petrol, one feels very sad.
They always have perfect reasons why they cannot make petrol available .
With each government succeeding the other, NNPCL would present a perfect plan and time frame on how the Refineries can be made to work.
But it is just hot air from their balloon. It’s been so since the days of the military in power. People kept mute as they watched the sad drama from decade to decade.
How can it be said that the largest crude oil producing country in Africa, with hundreds of thousands of brilliant engineers cannot produce petrol from its abundant crude oil reserves for the benefit of all ?
Clear testimony that there are people who don’t want the nation to work for its people.
Suddenly, Aliko Dangote had a dream to build a single field refinery. When he finally succeeded through sheer grit, stubborn and quiet determination with his hair going gray.
NNPCL then said that Dangote’s fuel is not good.
This was debunked.
NNPCL further said they would be the sole buyers, they’d be the middle men between us and our fellow citizen Dangote.
A few days later, we hear again that NNPCL has not lifted a single liter of petrol from the company.
This time, the man lost his timidity again, and Dangote refinery issued a clear statement. The first time that he lost his timidity was when he opened up about a cabal bent on refining Nigeria’s crude oil for Nigeria outside the country and importing it into the country. That way, they would make more money at the expense of the people who reside in the nation.
The shenanigans are excruciatingly painful for the citizens of this country.
But now, it seems that rest of the world that doesn’t stand on one place technologically can let us breathe.
My advice to Dangote is that he should reconfigure a train in his massive refinery situated in Lagos ( a city built by the Atlantic Ocean) to start refining water. Basic chemistry teaches that water, which we have in abundant supply is H²O. An admixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
Latest technology news is that the prototype of a car that uses hydrogen has been successfully tested and it is good.
Petrol would soon become obsolete. Even EV Cars would soon go into oblivion. So, refine it, Dangote. Let NNPCL keep their crude oil and possibly use it to eat yam.
Read the story:
Car manufacturers continue to look for alternatives to petrol and fossil fuels – some as curious as synthetic fuels, which we’ll come back to soon. However, one company has dared what we only knew in theory: this is the first ever water car, and you won’t believe how it works.
Car manufacturers continue to look for alternatives to petrol and fossil fuels – some as curious as synthetic fuels, which we’ll come back to soon. However, one company has dared what we only knew in theory: this is the first ever water car, and you won’t believe how it works.
A water car that puts a date on the end of gasoline: this company has made it happen.
The idea of powering a car with water instead of gasoline has long fascinated inventors and environmentalists alike.
What if cars could run simply on hydrogen extracted from water?
It would provide clean transportation powered by the most abundant substance on Earth. While water-fueled cars have remained mostly at the conceptual stage, a pioneering company called Electriq Global is turning the dream into reality.
Based in Israel, Electriq Global has developed a proprietary system that efficiently converts water into fuel to power vehicles. Their technology extracts hydrogen from water and uses it to generate electricity that propels the car.
This leap forward stands to completely transform the auto industry while also benefiting the environment. With an estimated 1,000 km range per tank, Electriq’s water-based fuel could soon make gasoline obsolete.
Theorized but unproven: this is how the first water car in history works:
The water-powered car technology developed by the Israeli company Electriq Global utilizes a unique nano-technology that is able to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through a specialized membrane.
This membrane acts like an electrolytic cell, using electricity to break down the water molecules into their composite elements. The hydrogen produced from the reaction is then fed into the vehicle’s fuel cell.
In the fuel cell, the hydrogen combines with oxygen from the air to generate an electric current. This electricity powers the car’s electric motor, propelling the vehicle. Unlike traditional combustion engines, the only byproduct from this reaction is water, meaning the car emits only clean water vapor rather than any harmful emissions.
The membrane that splits the water molecules was developed specially by Electriq Global. It contains unique nanomaterials that make the reaction possible using much less electricity than has been needed before. This breakthrough helps make water-powered cars using hydrogen fuel cells a viable reality.
A prototype that has been difficult to optimize: the story of the first water car
Electriq Global has built multiple prototypes to test and refine their water-based fuel technology. In 2018, they successfully road-tested a Renault Clio retrofitted to run on the hydrogen-on-demand fuel system.
The test car achieved speeds over 70 mph and required no engine modifications besides connecting to an external water tank and fuel converter.
Further road tests are planned using a Suzuki Vitara SUV retrofitted with a larger fuel converter and water tank to extend its range.
Electriq’s goal is to demonstrate over 600 miles per tank, comparable to traditional gasoline vehicles. So far, the technology has shown excellent results in normal driving conditions.
The fuel converter efficiently extracts hydrogen from water and feeds it to the engine with no loss of performance compared to gasoline. Through rigorous testing and refinements, Electriq aims to prove the viability of water-powered vehicles for everyday consumer use.
The truth is that a water car could be the end of petrol and all polluting fuels. We have known for years that hydrogen would play a very important role in the decarbonisation of mobility, but not to this extent. Will we soon see it on our roads? Let’s hope so, given its advantages.
Further reading:
https://www.eldiario24.com/en/water-car-end-gasoline/114/
Nigerian automotive engineers, are you ready to reconfigure the obsolete cars that are being flung out of Europe and the Americas into a new car on hydrogen?
New business has landed! Go and prosper!
Greg Abolo.
gregabolo@gmail.com
