The Pickens Plan for energy independence which has been causing an enormous stir on the Internet calls for a transition towards natural gas powered cars in the United States.

Two of the greatest supercars of all time face off on the same track and the Ford GT barely comes out on top. Pretty impressive for the Nissan GT-R considering the fact that it is less than half the price of the Ford GT.

Admittedly, the Ford GT kicks the Nissan GT-R’s ass when it comes to body design. But the Nissan GT-R arguably has the more impressive, trend-setting technology.

In my mind, this is more evidence of the Nissan GT-R’s greatness. With highly optimized technology, it managed to maximize its 3.8L V6 engine, 480hp and 193 max top speed and hold its own against the Ford GT’s higher specs.

This guy is just plain crazy. But the video is cool as hell.

EcoGeek has a nice article that dispels the widespread myth that cars that can run on nothing but water are on the horizon. The basic laws of chemistry tell us that to get water powered cars we’d have to build the world’s first perpetual motion machine.

As they put it:

There are a lot of variations on the water powered car, but they’re all bogus…. you can’t get more energy out of the system than you put in.

In other words, powering a car with nothing but water violates the laws of chemistry. Energy is needed not only to break water into its hydrogen and oxygen parts but also to recombine them. The only conditions under which this process can take place are those with highly engineered systems, with the built-in energy to make this process happen.

However, the process cannot take place with the presence of water alone.