<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 1:26 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div id=":2m5"> Ever so patiently I explain, yes we can build card<br>
that get 100 mpg, however... it isn't your classic Detroit V8 with special<br>
rare-earth magnets on the fuel line. Yes we can do it, yes the cars are<br>
light, slow and dangerous, and there are noooo patents or copyrights<br>
preventing any of it from being done.<div class="yj6qo ajU"><div id=":2sf" class="ajR" tabindex="0"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>As you yourself have pointed out, they're only dangerous when they're competing with 2-ton Detroits and 10-ton semis. Built out of carbon fiber they could be as safe as F1 cars. Too bad we can't outlaw semis and use trains for freight.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But I'm pretty sure there are *plenty* of patents that would get in the way of a small-time operator trying to build one. One of the major manufacturers with patent trading deals with the other major manufacturers--and huge legal departments and budgets--could do it, though.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Dave</div><div><br></div>