The water-free washing story is seriously shite, in any case. 'We've had a major offer from an established washing machine manufacturer to bury the technology but we turned it down' is just an obvious, obvious lie, right up there with 'the lurkers support me in email'. They don't have working technology, they want vc and can't get it, they therefore issue press releases, and gormless 'science' journalists print it.
Yeah, it's all very iffy. It sounds like a lot of effort for saving an amount of water that few people will care about. If water was metered (and expensive) I can see possibilities, but frankly, how many people care that much?
I'm quite taken with the nearly waterless washing machine. My mum uses some kind of nylon ball instead of detergent.
Potentially big benefits if it works although I suspect that it will be out of patent before it acheives widespread acceptance. A lot will depend on water mettering and charges.
I agree that the turning down a large cash sum sounds like puff.
Given the way the patent system works you could only bury the technology for twenty years.
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Potentially big benefits if it works although I suspect that it will be out of patent before it acheives widespread acceptance. A lot will depend on water mettering and charges.
I agree that the turning down a large cash sum sounds like puff.
Given the way the patent system works you could only bury the technology for twenty years.