[ClearCase_guy]

What you say is true, of course.

But also, bear in mind that the US Military uses a lot of fuel. If this existed, the DoD would be switching BIG TIME. The inventor couldn't stop them. The military, IIRC, are not bound by patent law.

[floridaobserver]

For the record, this company is developing a Humvee with this process for the Department of Defense. He also has been contacted by Lockheed and General Dynamics.

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/tech/2006/05/23/patrick.fl.h2o.car.wtvt

[kingu]

But also, bear in mind that the US Military uses a lot of fuel. If this existed, the DoD would be switching BIG TIME. The inventor couldn't stop them. The military, IIRC, are not bound by patent law.

I don't know of any current military application of the honeycomb graphite batteries from Caterpillar yet, and that's it's own revolution in the manner of replacing lead acid batteries, but yeah, the DoD would be most interested in this technology, especially for unmanned platforms that need to have maximum aloft time.

[jbwbubba]

"But also, bear in mind that the US Military uses a lot of fuel. If this existed, the DoD would be switching BIG TIME. The inventor couldn't stop them. The military, IIRC, are not bound by patent law."


Actually according to some other stories, this guy is actually working with military to create some test models for the Pentagon.