Re: The deaf, dumb, and blind biofuel cultists have yet another heavy

Curt wrote:

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> There were no 65mpg carburetors then, either.
> 
> If there were, some bright kid would have found the plans (or built
> one fresh -- carbs are not complicated things, you can build one out
> of a straw and a can) and you would be able to find the plans on the
> Internet.
> 
> If Big Oil or GM or Ford or Proctor And Gamble had bought the patent,
> that would mean there was a patent and the design would be available
> from the patent office.

Oh, the patents are out there alright.

See, for instance,

http://www.rexresearch.com/pogue/1pogue.htm

But note the patents have long since expired - anyone who wants to can 
build one.

It wouldn't work any better than it worked in 1936 but there'd be no 
legal impediment to building one.

The patent office doesn't require that something actually -work- before 
granting a patent.

Peace and justice,