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Old 12-12-2007, 05:29 PM
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I can't believe I'm actually replying to this.

If you learned anything in high school physics you should have learned that you can't get more energy out of any reaction than you put in. In fact, you will get less energy out of the reaction than you put in.

To try to make it simple, using small words. It takes more energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, than you will get back when you burn the hydrogen and oxygen.