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A 500-Mile Commute Without Gasoline?


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Linky.

 

The article is too long to c&p so Ill just provide a blurb. If it works it could revolutionize the industry.

 

(CBS/AP) Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine.

 

An Austin-based startup called EEStor promised "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries," meaning a motorist could plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500 miles roundtrip between Dallas and Houston without gasoline.

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At first based on your blurb from it I thought this might be a patent vampire. But reading the actual article sounds like they may have an actual invention and products!

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Well you still need energy to make electricity, the cheapest is coal, which is worse than gasoline for the environment. So.

 

You can do a lot to minimize the damage from coal. Carbon scrubbers, etc.

 

what's the general scientific opinion on scrubbers, btw? Anyone have links?

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what's the general scientific opinion on scrubbers, btw? Anyone have links?

 

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