Interesting, but probably not with pocketbook reach of the common sailor =
for years and years. Question, though. They're saying it's a renewable =
source of energy, and I agree, the solar and wind power parts of the =
equation are. The H2O part, though....If everyone switched to these =
engines, not just on their boats but also other vehicles and other =
machines (gas stations that pump water instead of gas) then won't we be =
creating a different environmental problem? All that free oxygen =
roaming around looking for a lonely hydrogen atom to hook up with? If =
we went to a water-based energy system, wouldn't that ultimately affect =
weather patterns down the road? What about the water shortage we now =
face? Who knows, maybe the Martians came up with this idea eons ago and =
that's why we're only finding dry sedimentary rock there now.

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