On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, alan smith wrote:

> ahhh yes...the old story that if you align the molecules up before 
> combustion, they will burn easier and give off more energy. 
> Recalling the cow magnets tied to the fuel lines of non-FI cars.  Of 
> course, you really need some big magnets to align the molecules.  We 
> had some...used for MR systems, used to align the molecules of the 
> oxygen and hydrogen.

Imho, this is not about aligning. If a proper ionizer is used the air 
that enters the combustion will be partly ionized and much more 
reactive. But this is not a zero power solution, it takes power to 
ionize the air.

The other trick is to charge the gases before mixing without ionizing. 
Then the molecules attract each other and mixing is better.

But none of this is 'zero power' although it can be conceived that the 
two gases going towards the combiner (which must be made of insulators) 
can self-ionize using a Faraday type cross-charge transfer.

I am not saying whether that product works or not, I am saying that 
ionization and charging of the gases before combustion can play a role 
(especially if the mixing and burning process is not already optimal for 
other reasons).

Peter
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