Or maybe it had all been removed to the deepest, darkest, most secret lab facilities money could buy. Lance and Martin and Raphael and my father had several lengthy discussions on the topic, trying to decide whether the tech actually existed, and, if so, where it had gone and who had taken it. True to his usual jaundiced outlook on the world, Lance insisted that the remnants of the oil companies, trying to hang on to the market share they had left, had spirited it away somewhere to prevent anyone from having access to truly renewable energy. My father thought it must be in a secret base, while Martin and Raphael — who did have far more experience dealing with the Reptilians — guessed it had never been in human hands at all. And Gideon had just shaken his head and smiled. When I asked him

