Comment on Why the world doesn't have a backup plan for the oil crisis?

starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A patent means that a design is publicly published. If it was patented there would be designs that anyone could read and build for personal research. There would be YouTubers showing off their work. This happened 15 years ago when 3d printing was still under patent protection.

  China in general doesn’t care about US patents until they’re big enough to be sued. It would be on Aliexpress next to the retro game consoles that include hundreds of stolen roms.

  And Patents are only good for 20 years.

  So yeah, quit the bullshit. I’ve heard stories about miraculous inventions being patented and sat on by oil companies for 50 years. There’s no car that can run on water. They’re all scams that became urban legends.

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  • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Gee, I wonder who’s right, the person who literally worked for one of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world or the random Internet stranger 🤔

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If your claim is true then you could show the patents. They’re public. You’d know that if you actually worked for an oil company in the capacity to know anything about patents.

      I taught a TCPIP class a few times to Chevron in Houston so technically I worked for one of the largest oil companies in the world too.

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      • discocactus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Patents Assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - Justia Patents Search patents.justia.com/assignee/chevron-u-s-a-inc

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      • discocactus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        US20120005949A1 - Solvent-enhanced biomass liquefaction - Google Patents patents.google.com/patent/US20120005949A1/en

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