I would have bought a lupo in a heartbeat or hell even one of the ford focus models with the clean diesel motors that get 65 mpg that they sell in europe.

I'd take one of those in a heartbeat. Saying that americans WOn't buy efficient cars is a total fallacy considering the automakers won't bring fuel efficient cars to market for americans to buy.

It's a self fulfilling prophecy.

Originally posted by drock905

Originally posted by dubiousone

Originally posted by MysteriousHusky
Great list but the #18 regarding Hemp was the straw that broke this camel's back. While I'm against most forms of stereotyping was nevertheless amusing that the list hosted by tru tv, arguably similar to Spike Television should include something related to Hemp.

What's your problem with hemp? You don't like it because it is related to pot?

Hemp is arguably the greatest natural fiber to mankind. It has nothing to do with getting high. It was banned because William Randolph Hearst owned paper production plants and used his media empire to villify hemp to make money.

Thanks for that background, however surely it is still not being vilified today. Arguably there are more people wearing Tweed clothes than Hemp-fibre outfits.

What is that all for?

Money.

We are addicted to it. And we are taught from birth to only think in terms of money.

Solutions anyone?

For people to say that technology isn’t suppressed is absolute rubbish.

My Father was an electrical/mechanical engineer. Back in the late 80's, my Father and a couple of his colleagues invented a 7 gear vehicle transmission. Instead of running 3 to 4000 rpm at 55 mph, the transmission was geared to run at 900 rpm at 55 mph. For those who don't quite understand, imagine getting into your car and starting it up. When you’re sitting there, your vehicle is usually idling at around 900 rpm. Now imagine going down the freeway at 55 mph, idling at 900 rpm. Not only would you be saving thousands upon thousands of dollars a year in fuel, the emissions coming off the vehicle would diminish significantly.

When they were working on the patents for the transmission, my Father and his colleagues were receiving anonymous threats. My dad was a pretty tuff guy, and he was not easily intimidated. One night he got a call from the authorities telling him that his shop was up in flames. When he got out there, it was burned to the ground. My dad also had a German Shepard (boomer) he always kept there for security purposes. Every once in a while, kids would come around spraying graffiti. Boomer wasn’t a mean dog, he just barked a lot when people came around. He didn’t make it out of the shop the night of the fire, even though there was a doggy door for him to get in and out from. The fire department said it there was a short in one of the outlets that ignited a fuel canister. The strange thing about it, is that he had a separate shed outside of his shop where he kept his flammable materials. A week after that, my dad’s car caught fire and was burnt up. The fire department said they couldn’t find the cause, only that maybe the fuel pump shorted out and maybe ignited the gas.

My dad didn’t give up though. That was until one of his colleagues kids got his killed by a vehicle while crossing the street. From there, my dad thought it would be best for the time being to stop everything for a while. After about 6 months, he started back up again. During that time, my dad decided that he was going to get another dog. Sidney WAS his name. He was a 2 y/o black lab. A week after he got him, he went missing. A week after that, my dad got a call from the police saying they found him drowned in a lake 5 miles away. The weird thing about that is we had a swimming pool at home, and he would jump into the pool when we’d throw a Frisbee to him. There is no way in HELL he could have drowned in a lake!

From there, my dad would get notes on our front door, car, shop, with 1 word….”STOP”! Nothing more/nothing less. Just “STOP”. My dad and his colleagues went ahead and passed the plans for the transmission to another person. I don’t know what happened from there.

My Father passed away four years ago. After he passed, we tried to find the plans for the transmission, and have not been able to do so. His associates have not been cooperative about it either. Everyone knows someone got to them too.

So yes, for someone to say tech isn’t being suppressed is ridiculous. You would have to be a fool and ignorant to think otherwise.

Do people really think holy grails can be invented in people's garage type environments to have the technology disappear without it ever being reinvented again in another garage workshop? Especially when one considers the advancement in technology available every decade after these so called holy grails were created.

I truly don't think this could happen as this mysterious technology is lost or buried...I think it was never found, but makes interesting stories.