Comments on: Amazing breakthrough technology or hoax?

By: Charl van Niekerk

Charl van Niekerk — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:53:28 +0000

There is a wikipedia page on this topic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyhydrogen_flame

So I would be tempted to believe it, but I completely agree with you, we have access to all this amazing technology but it never hits the consumer market. Do oil companies have anything to do with it? Possibly, you can theorise about that a lot. I guess, start building these machines, and see if somebody wants to buy you out.

By: Miguel dos Santos

Miguel dos Santos — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:08:31 +0000

Actually this seems like a perfect job for MythBusters. I haven’t check out their site in, well, forever.

By: Miguel dos Santos

Miguel dos Santos — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:04:38 +0000

Ja I think we need someone to flesh out all these hoax science breakthroughs. Like Mythbusters for technology Is there something like that?

By: Ivo Vegter

Ivo Vegter — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:53:09 +0000

It’s a hoax. It is, however, based on some unproven and contentious science involving magnegases.

My guess is the video was made using a 1960s-style oxy-hydrogen welding/brazing torch. And if the gas gets as hot as the surface of the sun, why does he need a petrol hybrid to demonstrate it?

I think he’s over-selling what he really has. I’d love to test his claims, but $7 000 for an old-fashioned welding torch is a little out of my price range, even if it has antique value.