[Jeff Winston]

And I suppose the goo tank, theoretically, could be simultaneously emptied back into the filling station reservoir so that the used goo could be recharged?

Could work.

Or, how about a system that swaps out more solid pre-charged batteries?

The latter could be vulnerable to some problems, though. Swap junk batteries for good.

[lacrew]

A dark liquid that holds alot of potential energy...only instead of pumping it out of the ground, you have to make it.

I’m no MIT researcher; but, I’ve got a theory:

Mining coal out of the ground, burning it to convert potential energy into mechanical energy, converting said mechanical energy into electrical energy, transmitting said electrical energy for hundreds of miles, and converting back into potential energy in this ooz....is probably less efficient than just putting a fossil fuel in a car. Just a hunch.

[babygene]

This, not you, is stupid... We don’t have the capicity in the grid to handle it.

[NoLibZone]

Add this to the very large list of breakthroughs reported each month that will solve our energy needs.

[jmacusa]

I have a much simpler solution: DRILL BABY DRILL!!!! AND SELL THE DAMNED OIL AND TO HELL WITH OPEC!!! Sorry for shouting but I’m sick and tired of stories about krazy-kooky-enviro-friendly energy’’, ‘’electric cars’’ solar power’’ ‘’green jobs’’. It’s all a lot of neo-Marxist bs to turn us into Belgium. Drill here for the damned oil and do it now!!

[Bernard Marx]

As always, I ask: where does the electricity come from?

[Moonman62]

The researchers insist this energy revolution is years off ...

Scientific speak for this stuff has huge negatives that we never mention in these attention grabbing PR releases.

[crz]

I can just see it..”OK folks, at the count of three, everyone plug in. One, Two, Three!” ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAP. The grid melts down and the whole country goes dark.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“The black goo is packed with a high concentration of energy in the form of particles suspended in a liquid electrolyte.”

Brawndo? It has electrolytes!

[familyop]

"The researchers insist this energy revolution is years off -- but when it comes, there will be blood."

...and guts, zombies, and all of that? Sounds pretty coherent.

[Husker24]

Slap on a couple of E-catylisers in your car and go back to steam powered vehicles.

[CaptainPhilFan]

I’m not down with global warming, and these
hybrid cars are a joke.

That said, gas and oil prices may only get worse,
and I’ve wondered if solar cells wouldn’t
be a perfect application for cars.
Sit it right on the roof.

We’ll still neet oil for many things;
but solar cars, to me, sounds like a better
idea than rechargeable batteries, if new technology
is coming.

Does that sound feasible?

[dalereed]

Eliminate the subsidies and eliminate electric and hybrid kiddycars!