Science fiction has long been bringing about changes in our technology. Authors are known for creating controversy. Many of the technological advances based upon a science fiction novel have been controversial in their inception.
Space travel was dreamed of by stargazers throughout the ages. From Copernicus to Gene Roddenberry, people have dreamed of worlds further in space than our own. However much people wished to know, when it became possible, the people fought against it.
Religious sects used their powers to defame space travel just as environmentalists have been fighting water-fuelled cars. The abundance of the resource does not matter to them. They will still claim that if we use the water, just as we have been coal, wood and petrol, we will use it all up and our grandchildren will live in a desolate world.
This claim is not possible since the world is 70% water and it replenishes daily. The water that goes through the engines dissipates into the air and becomes rain again. The water that goes through the engine then becomes drinking water, ocean water and fuel again.
The controversy over the water use has been long fought. Since the inception of the water driven electricity power plants people have been fighting the use of water. The claim is that the water is being polluted.
It is true that a percentage of the water has been found to have pollutants in it after it is used as a fuel. However, there are treatment plants along the rivers to clean any pollutants found in the power plant water. This does not clean the water completely.
To ensure that the people and animal life of the world do not die away steps have been taken throughout the time when water first became fuel. For those who are fighting against the use of water-fuelled cars, this is the main fear. The government has taken precautions to not allow it, therefore it could be possible.
Another controversy derived from the idea of using water to fuel cars is the controversy created by the oil companies. Oil companies fear becoming obsolete if the water-fuelled cars can replace them. If there is a way to run a car on water, then there is a way to run home electricity on water and other things that require oil.
This controversy is a mostly hidden one that mainly exists covertly or in congress. There are lobbyists whose main source of employment is the blocking of patents and laws allowing the use of water as a main energy source. So far the lobbyists have been able to keep the water fuel referendums under their control.
This control is slowly being taken away as Japanese inventors have found a way to use water as a fuel for vehicles. As a country, Japan has been able to find ways to advance technology that other countries have only dreamed of. The first truly water-fuelled vehicle is being invented.
The patent for this vehicle is still under scrutiny and has yet to be given to the Japanese company requesting it. The controversy keeping this water-fuelled vehicle under wraps will not last long. Once the company has the patent, this patent will be publicly seen and the controversy will be over.