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user-inactivated · 4276 days ago · link · · parent · post: Is There An Energy Revolution On The Horizon?
Alternately, it could be the thing that creates the political will to fix the patent system. That would be neither something only technologists care about like software patents, nor something that only creates obvious problems in developing countries like drug patents.
That's true. Even if a patent was filed, I can imagine some countries ignoring the patent and using the technology. In that sense it would be similar to some drugs that are very inexpensive to produce, but patented and very expensive to buy. Some governments have chosen to promote the creation of generics for their domestic market anyway.