The power from the car battery is used to do the separation process. If I remember right it takes about 4 to 6 amps at the 13 to 14 volts you get from a battery. Once the motor is running the alternator takes up the job nicely. Apparently it is the ocsillation that does the trick. Did I not mention that there is a patent(s) for this process. I am in the process of hunting down the right type of stainless tubes or rods to use for electrodes. According to the diagram I have it looks like you need tubes that can fit one inside the other with a very small air gap between them, typically 1mm or so. When I find what I need I will set up an experiment to test the separation process. Unfortunately I had the perfect beater car that I could have used to make a complete working model but I gave it away to the scrap yard before I had the plans for the water thing. Oh well, it's back to the drawing brd for the MAD scientist. (insert sound of Homer Simpson screaming here)

PS. I cannot stress enough that these contrails as they are being explained away as are absolutely NOT. There is a very good scientific analysis (of real contrail physics) on one of the site links I posted.

http://www.carnicom.com/contrails.htm
the article is called "The RH deception"
It gets pretty technical. Remember, I'm more of a lay person when it comes to the hard math and I can understand this.

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