User talk:Illuminatio3

Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell. there are a few misconceptions about his device in the begining of the article. "..using less energy than can be obtained by the subsequent combustion of those elements, a process that results the reconstitution of the water molecules. Thus, if the device operated as claimed, the combustion cycle would start and end in the same state while extracting usable energy, thereby violating the first law of thermodynamics and allowing operation as a perpetual motion machine."

It does use less energy than is received from the combustion of these elements, but not all reconstitute back into water. the hydrogen is burned off and releases oxygen as a byproduct. But like all combustion it is not 100% burned so some hydrogen is left unburned and reconstitutes back into water, also because of the heat (again as with any combustion) water vapor condenses near the exhaust giving the illusion that more water is reconstituted than actually did. But since water has a ton of stored energy (if i remember correctly about 15X as much as gasoline assuming perfect combustion conditions) you get a seamless limitless supply of energy!

Therefore it is not a perpetual motion machine and it does not violate the law of thermodynamics.