My point, in case you missed it, was that a private company would loose it's pants if the millions it spent on Research and development was for an idea that losses in the market place. Pay attention, free market capitalism being taught here.
Don't want an air powered car? Don't buy one -- the company fails. Air cars disappear from the market. Think you'd like an air powered car to tool around town in? Buy the car -- the company succeeds to make more cars...and so on, and so on.
If another company is making a fuel cell car and can demonstrate cheap and easy refueling...buy that car if you like.
It doesn't have to be all or nothing at all. Companies have a way of responding to the market...filling a need...giving people something they want to scratch that itch, you know?
"My point, in case you missed it, was that a private company would loose it's pants if the millions it spent on Research and development was for an idea that losses in the market place. Pay attention, free market capitalism being taught here."
I made money shorting VC-funded companies during the internet bubble, including multiple 'energy' companies that touted claims that had dubious scientific merit ... bring it on!