I further propose we inspire the ingenuity and resolve of the American people by offering a $300 million prize for the development of a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.

Innovation doesn't proceed by announcing prizes, but by supported federal funding for R&D.

If somebody creates this magic battery, he/she doesn't need McCain's prize to become rich. The global transport industry is worth trillions of dollars. McCain's "prize" is peanuts compared to the real catch..

It is time the environmentalist community took McCain to task.. for this joke of a prize !!

Let's think in terms of eco-dollars.