Agreed. I'm amazed how so many people love a good conspiracy theory. Maybe my searching was flawed, but I can't find anything on the patent office web site regarding large capacity nickel-metal hydride batteries. If somebody can post a link to this technology, then it should say who owns the rights. Besides, NiMH isn't the "end all" in battery technology. There are plenty of other formats out there that perform better. As for a vehicle that runs on water, there are plenty of them out there already. I believe they call them boats. :) Chris At 09:37 AM 5/24/2006 -0700, you wrote: >This doesn't make sense. Why would "the oil companies" buy up >technology and then squirrel it away? Because it's a threat to their >profits? > >Gee, if I were a big oil guy and owned the patents for all sorts of >revolutionary power devices, I'd license them and get even richer. > >-Ryan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one?click away.? Make Yahoo! your home page?now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/