[Fred Hayek]

An acquaintance at church may differ. He has over 100 patents, some covering graphene applications.

[Rockingham]

And which of those patents are in use in broad scale commercial application? Few, if any, most likely. I am not hostile to graphene and other scientific advances, just skeptical of their immediate, real world value and the rapidity of their translation to commercial use.

Permit me to offer a few words of appreciation for tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and the legal and business infrastructure and skilled workers who convert scientific advances into valuable products and services. Without them, most of those advances would be little more than geek chatter.

[itsahoot]

He has over 100 patents, some covering graphene applications.

Patents are not the same as products, in fact there are at least two patents on magnetic motors according the Popular mechanics some 40 years ago.