By DECLAN WALSH/The New York Times: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a nation thirsting for energy, he loomed like a
messiah: a small-town engineer who claimed he could run a car on water.
The assertion — based on the premise that he had discovered a way to
easily split the oxygen and hydrogen atoms in water molecules with
almost no energy — would, if proven, represent a stunning breakthrough
for physics and a near-magical solution to Pakistan’s desperate power
crisis.
“By the grace of Allah, I have managed to make a formula that converts
less voltage into more energy,” the professed inventor, Agha Waqar
Ahmad, said in a telephone interview. “This invention will solve our
country’s energy crisis and provide jobs to hundreds of thousands of
people.”
Established scientists have debunked his spectacular claims, first made
one month ago, saying they violate ironclad laws of physics. But across
Pakistan, where crippling electricity cuts have left millions drenched
in the sweat of a powerless summer, and where there is hunger for tales
of homegrown glory, the shimmering mirage of a “water car” received a
broad and serious embrace...
Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/world/asia/boast-of-water-run-car-thrills-pakistan.html?_r=1
