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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho
I guess I don't see why we should need to do an X-Prize-style award for a considerably more energy efficient engine when there's plenty of demand for such an engine already and the market would certainly reward anyone who brought one to market.
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In my mind, the x-prize would have to be for some sort of alternate-fuel engine, not just a more efficient gas-run engine. Market rewards for this wouldn't necessarily be immediate because of the infrastructure required to deliver this fuel. Seems like a good way to give some an immediate pay-off while they wait years for the alternative to go mainstream.