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Ok, the guy talks about trying to devise a theory of anti-gravity in the second paragraph.
I'm just going to ignore this.
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Interesting concept. He's a little vague on the details of how it works.
His idea of the economic reprocussions are out to lunch, though.
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i couldn't gather if he has a working prototype yet or not.
i do find it a bit hard to believe that he could single handedly trump auto manufacturer's r&d who probably have millions of dollars and many many smart ppl working on the exact same problem..
also i wonder whatever happened to the cvt? seems like that would be a good way to make engines more efficient, you could always have the motor operating at its most efficient and then just let the trans adapt to the appropriate road speed
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CVT is in a LOT of new car offerings. It appears to give autotragics the performance (nearly) of manuals while not sacrificing economy.
And for earth-bound stuff, anti-gravity - maglev trains, etc. No wear and tear, but so far a bitch to power and run.
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anti-gravity != maglev trains
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