I have recently done several stories on new technology and products emerging in the energy sectors. These are responses to rising fuel prices and uncertainty over how we'll power our world in the future.
This week we looked at AFS Trinity, a Bellevue company that developed a plug-in hybrid system it claims can produce mileage in excess of 150 miles per gallon.
These are reputable scientists who have put together a product many top environmental and political leaders feel is the real deal. Some say this is the kind of American ingenuity that can guide us through the tricky trail to our energy future.
But shortly after the story was posted I got e-mail from a viewer chiding me for not checking out the reputations of the AFS Trinity people. I had already done that, but the viewer brought up a good point. There is a lot of venture capital out there ending up in the hands of inventors, and maybe some scammers. It will be increasingly important, she argued, to check out these claims and those who make them. That viewer is right and this is a challenge my industry must rise to meet.

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