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Note: This is to fund a working prototype.

In 1859, the first commercially successful Internal Combustion Engine was built by Étienne Lenoir. At the time, nobody could have known exactly how influential the device would be in the future. Since then, all modern transport has relied on this creation in some form or another. For the next century and a half, the internal combustion engine would be modified and improved upon to fit a massive variety of uses.

Now, 155 years later, the internal combustion engine is an unavoidable staple of modern society. Everything from transportation to industry relies on it, not just as a "supporting feature," but as a true and complete necessity. Without the IC engine, society would undoubtedly be in much sadder condition than it is now.

However, what most people take for granted, is the fact that the IC engine is 155 years old. The technology could almost be viewed as primitive; it is a sadly necessary, pollution producing, noisy piece of machinery. It is expensive and inefficient to run on the level that it is used. With the level of technological advance we have accomplished, why hasn't anyone come up with an alternative yet?

Sure, people have tried. The want is there. Heck, the need is there. But the effort is mysteriously lacking.

My point is, it's time for something different.

I present to you: the alternative. An engine that requires no fuel-- an electrically-powered drive that has the potential to revolutionize society in much the same way that the Internal Combustion Engine did in 1859. A clean, quiet, highly efficient, inexpensive engine that could power society: The Quartz Driven Engine.

Imagine a world that has been spared from the air pollution of burnt fossil fuels. A cleaner, quieter world. Fossil fuel production is unsustainable. Not only is it very dirty; fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource. In a world that relies 100% on fossil fuels, what will happen when they run out?

Efforts to solve this problem have been... sporadic, at best. Too few people working on the issue. Too much time being spent theorizing, and not enough physical work happening. I respect the scientific community quite highly. But sometimes, you need to dive into the water to learn to hold your breath. That is what I intend to do.