Vote for Firefly (Xena's gonna get us)! XXIX w.e.
POSTED BY: FlatTop
UPDATED: Monday, March 10, 2008 13:19
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Interesting article Jstn. I even went to the US Patent office website & looked up the patent.
I've heard about such things for years, and knew they'd 'theoretically' work, but 'the story' always involves the patent being bought out by a either a big oil company or a car manufacturer (in conspiracy with big Oil) to suppress the technology.
Seeing as how nothing like this has made it to market yet (24 years later), I'll have to conclude it was either bought by big oil, or there's some sort of engineering problem (perhaps it requires excessive maintenance?).
My father owned an aerospace machine shop during that period. He knew first-hand of several places and people who were inventing such things, as a side product to their regular business.
What happened to all of them was that the car companies got wind of them, and they would either by them out directly or they would buy their competition, then the car companies would produce the same regular products the "inventive" company did, sell the products at a loss and drive the "inventive" company out of business.
Like I said, my Dad watched this happen, personally, to a number of small companies.
This is where I first became aware of how evil oil and car companies can be. Later I learned about how Goodyear put Los Angeles Red Cars (rapid transit train system) out of business in order to sell tires.
And some fools think I'm paranoid. They are simply uninformed.
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VOMP for John Doe.
No hattrick for Jstn! 
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Second post wasn't a VOMP actually, so I wasn't working on one
VOMP (Extra love for poor ol' John Doe)
Be too busy with my band to post this afternoon, but I will keep voting.
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making vegetable beef barley soup vump
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VOMP (Red Dwarf)
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VOMP for Moonlight
Semi-new sig- it was a part of a past sig, but I've decided to revive this part because I like it, and it got over-shadowed by the other stuff on the past sig.
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VOMP for Moonlight again. Of course, somebody's going to stop this potential hattrick in it's tracks 
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Too right Jstn.
Just because I think you're all out to get me doesn't mean you're not.
Before we get booted off to RWED &/or Troll country, I'll let this one go.
Vumping through the afternoon.
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