At 2:24 PM -0800 1/29/03, Eugen Leitl wrote: >Feds are sure inefficient, but the random dispersal of funds does tend to >hit the far shots now and then. The private sector tends to ruthlessly >optimize on the short run (because the long shot doesn't pay if you go >broke before you can reap the possible benefits).
Back a few years ago, probably back during the great gas crisis (i.e. OPEC) years, there were a lot of small companies working on solar power. As far as I know, they were all bought up by oil companies. Of course, only a paranoid would think that they were bought to suppress a competing technology. Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the Ameican | 16345 Englewood Ave. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
