It times to green up our roads and just about everyone knows it…including Mr. Money Bags himself, Microsoft founder Bill Gates!

To the surprise of many, Gates appears as a principal applicant on a patent published last week for an electromagnetic  combusion engine.

What the hell is an electromagnetic combusion blah, blah, blah? According to fastcompany.com the engine works like this:

“An engine’s mechanical force, created by traditional combustion, could be converted into electrical or electromagnetic energy–which, in turn, could be used to help drive the pistons or for some other application. The benefit: an hybrid engine without the need for two discrete drivetrains, as with today’s hybrids.”

DUH!

So what do you think? Is Bill’s next big venture Hybrid technology? Chime in below and tell us how you feel about all this electromagnetic awesomeness!