What Gets Facebookers’ Pulses Racing? A Car That Runs on Water

The Quint’s video featuring a car that runs on water, made by a mechanic in MP, struck a chord with many FB users.

Raees Mohammad Makrani, a mechanic, who has built a car that runs on water. (Photo: AP screengrab)

Even the most skilled social media analysts can’t always predict the stories that will really strike a chord with internet users, the ones that will merit pages of heated, rambling discussion and debate.

One such story is that of mechanic Raees Mohammad Makrani, a 44-year-old resident of Madhya Pradesh who studied only up to class 12, and has invented a car that runs on water.

The video has garnered over three lakh views, over five thousand likes, and has been shared more than six thousand times. It has also created a mini-storm in the comments section. Here are the best of the lot.

The Deshbhakt

<p>He patented it and a Chinese company will start production. Where are our Indian companies? Can’t they use this idea and produce cars instead of selling the idea to a neighbouring country?</p>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bhs89?fref=ufi">Bhaskar SK</a>

Negative Nellies (Who Might Have A Point)

<p>Water and petrol both are non-renewable resources, so doesn’t help much from the environmental perspective.</p>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/joshi.pulkit?fref=ufi">Pulkit Joshi </a>

<p>If cars now start operating on water, our already scarce water resources will further diminish and in a few years we won’t have water to drink until and unless it can be recycled back. I appreciate the man’s work but it’s not at all an eco-friendly invention and should not be promoted.</p>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/astha.baul?fref=ufi">Astha Baul </a>

And More Pessimists

<p>Pani bhi mehnga ho jayega abhi (Water too will become expensive now).</p>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/harmesh.dhanjal?fref=ufi">Harmesh Dhanjal</a>

<p>He’s lucky he hasn’t blown himself up with the Acetylene yet! To me, the source of energy is simple but looks dangerous from a safety point of view.</p>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pranjal.bora.52?fref=ufi">Pranjal Bora</a>