Nothing to report. Start -up venture capital for a manufactured durable good is almost non-existant. If you can come up with a gimmicky web site, facebook, groupon, etc. you will have investors knocking your door down to give you venture capital.
If you ask China what has been of pinnacle importance to thier economic success, they will say one word, manufacturing. Maybe that is why we have such a great trade imbalance with China and they own most of our debt, t-bills.
I am presently finalizing my patent on the Aeroild. After it is granted, I will have something of interest to a Venture Capitalist. Since the SEC stopped Goldman Sachs' preliminary sale of Facebook stock domestically, there may be hope to find one who is willing to invest in a fuel saving durable good.
Thanks for showing the Aerolid and keeping your fuel log current. The long term fuel efficiency road test you are compiling is invaluable. I have to put up a link to it below, for your numbers are impressive, especially those two 25 mpg tanks you got last summer.
2006 Ford F-150 STX Gas Mileage (gear hauler) - EcoModder.com
I will continue to hammer at getting start up capital. It took King C. Gillette 17 years to get his safty razor up and going. With fuel prices going up and new CAFE standards around the corner, hopefully I won't have to wait that long.
Bondo