1Q 06, Exxon-Mobil (just ONE energy company) had a total revenue of $88,980,000.00. $89 MILLION of Revenue in just 3 months. Now, MULTIPLY that out over ALL of the "oil companies" over the remaining life of the world supply of oil... That will give you the number you need for the "kickbacks". your 5 Billion estimate represents only about 30 years of oil company PROFITS for ONE company... also assuming their profits do not increase (which is clearly NOT the trend). You will need a heck of a lot more than 5 Billion to keep the oil companies from using every resource available to them to squash your hypothetical invention. --- Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Are you kidding? > > If you sold 100k of them, that's 5 billion dollars > (minus production > costs). I'd imagine a real "free energy" device, > something that puts > out, say, a few kw continuous - enough to run a home > 24/7 - would sell > millions of units in the United States alone. > Nevermind the world > market. > > You'd have PLENTY of money, assuming production > costs were reasonable. > On something like this you'd mostly be charging for > the IP (my > opinion), so it'd be OK to jack up the price way > beyond actual cost. > > -Ryan > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away.? Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/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/