Alternative Fuel Source, on a Budget.

A physics teacher, and his students at Central High School in Arizona, have developed a self-sustaining system, used to fuel a hydrogen powered internal combustion engine.

The truck is hydrogen-powered and creates its own fuel from solar energy and water, a technical feat that rivals the advanced technology being researched by major auto companies and universities. The four-cylinder engine is tuned to run on hydrogen, which is produced by a hand-built electrolysis system mounted in the bed.

Teacher Cory Waxman and his students took four years to build the experiment, believed to be the only self-sustaining hydrogen vehicle that uses a conventional internal-combustion engine.

"Nobody has ever made a car that runs on sunlight and water," Waxman said. "There are other cars that run on hydrogen, but they don't make their own fuel."

Built for less than $10,000, the project has caught the attention of experts in alternative-fuel research.

Funded through private donations, these students have devised a system that auto makers, and other professionals have claimed would take another 20 years to be feasible.

web address: http://suicidegirls.com/news/geek/4931/Alternative-Fuel-Source-on-a-Budget./