Despite the previous negative comments from some rest assured that COH2 is a true gas. It's energy per unit is approximately 6% les than pure methane.
The carbon is removed from the electrode by a high amperage discharge from a portable welding power supply.
My concern with this fuel is simple: How much does the power required to create the gaseous fuel detract from the power available to the internal combustion engine? We need to have environmentally safe fuels which do not require excess amounts of "dirty" energy to create.
For example, Methane is a beautiful fuel leaving only heat, water vapor and CO2 from it's combustion. However, if the source of the Methane is fossil based it's use will add to the CO2 load in the atmosphere and increase global warming. Yet if the Methane source is from recycled bio-mass there is no net addition to the CO2 load as the CO2 is removed by organics and then returned via combustion.
Another example: H2O2 yields only heat, oxygen and water vapor during disasociation. This fuel requires half of it's energy yield to be manufactured. Therefore, even if it was not shock & contaminate sensitive, H2O2 would be a poor choice as "dirty" energy would be used for it's manufacture.
I suggest that you research the literature available for energy conteny of COH2 and the processes by which it can be manufactured in the lab.
Keep thinking, for that is the only way we will make the break-through to truly green fuels!
