Archive for July, 2009
Bill Moyers Journal . Watch and Listen | PBS
Posted by 2011wd in Economic Policy, Fair and Honest Elections, Healing, Justice, Power to the People on July 31, 2009
Finally a ray of hope.
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=217
With any luck after almost 9 years, our first project will be solar. The goal is to keep the cost down as much as possible while using recycled materials.
The Best Goldman Apology Yet.
Posted by 2011wd in Economic Policy on July 31, 2009
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/07/30/the-best-goldman-apology-yet/
Matt Taibbi is a must read.
Solar Decathlon ’07: Rachael Joy
Posted by 2011wd in Green Design, Green Edu., Solar on July 30, 2009
Real Health Care only comes when the sell-outs are gone
Posted by 2011wd in Power to the People on July 30, 2009
They will need to be voted out and that only happens when Americans start caring about other Americans rather than insurance companies suck ups.
China may be the next big bubble
Posted by 2011wd in Economic Policy on July 30, 2009
Seems some may have rushed back in to buy up everything on the cheap, just a little ahead of the game. BIG MISTAKE. HUGE. As long as the Jobs numbers are as high as they are nothing really improves or changes for the better. The theory that the worst is over depends on JOBS. If the number is above 400,000 it’s still to high.
James Cordier, President of Liberty Trading Group and co-author of The Complete Guide to Option Selling.
Selling calls north of $100 Dec. & Jan. with both hands
This while…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. maintained its forecast that West Texas Intermediate crude oil will reach $85 a barrel by year-end as the recent weakness in market fundamentals will be temporary.
“Concerns over economic growth and weak oil statistics led a commodity sell-off yesterday,” Goldman analysts, led by London-based Jeffrey Currie, said in a report today. “However, we believe most of these drivers are less negative than they first appear.”
Sounds like someone is wanting to unload their energy positions.
The real China tell is easy to see if you know where to look.
Anyone care to guess?
GreenVolts and NREL concentrating photovoltaic (CPV)
Posted by 2011wd in CPV, Solar, Solar Companies on July 29, 2009
Cost cutting in solar. Think recycled materials
Posted by 2011wd in CPV, Green Job Training & Education, Green Jobs, Recycled Building Materials, Solar, Solar Companies, STE, TES Thermal Energy Storage on July 29, 2009
The basic green design idea is to heat water.
Others spend more money doing the same thing on a larger scale.
Then you have the light of 700 suns…
http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-6126981-4.html?tag=mncol
via the Fresnel lens, something we focus on here. The trick to bring the cost down far more than the present numbers. Sad fact is most still don’t know where the lens goes. Green intergrated design is about first seeing the whole system working in harmony with the rest of the eco system.
If you don’t have permaculture at the heart of your work, your on the wrong team. Sad fact is most do not care as long as they have a paying job. That sad fact is not seen just yet. It will be when the investors take the hit. If you not cutting costs & reducing the footprint via recycled materials and integrated sustainable design it is only a matter of time before a long term price will be paid.
The objective to reduce the footprint & the cost. Most have forgotten what reducing costs means. Where are the recycled materials? Why aren’t they being used? What’s wrong with cutting costs and using recycled materials? Seems some just don’t care about the cost or about the size of the footprint as they have been given endless supplies of money.
Cash for Clunkers. It will work and should be expanded
Posted by 2011wd in Green Cars, Green Sustainable Future, green transportation on July 29, 2009
Turns out the 2009 green car of the year doesn’t get 50 mpg. Still tempted to buy but at this point, it may need to be a 2010 model and they are not here yet. We are still hoping to buy something with 50 mpg.
The cash for clunkers seems to be working nicely. Think what this program could do, if mpg is increased by 30%.
http://www.gm.com/cash-for-clunkers/
If U.S. Domestic Fuel Use is cut by 8% each year in four short years we will have reduced our use by 32%. That is an amazing number. Electric vehicles will help to reduce that number even more and they will be coming on strong by then. This is HUGE. Why is it so very important?
Because DEMAND is crushed. What does that do to price? What does that price do to the dollar? What does a strong dollar do?
Conservation becomes JOB 1 for far more reasons than just cleaning up the planet. Conservation makes great economic sense.
The best plan offered to get that all moving in the right direction is the cash for clunkers program. It should be expanded for the next four years.
They said it could not be done. My guess is they will be wrong and in a big way.
If you must go anywhere, walk, ride a bike, take light rail, or just stay at home. If you buy another car or truck, get as many mpg as possible.
At some point soon we may end all shipping of imported product and that will mean a MASSIVE cut in transport waste, energy independence, and a major shift in our annual trade imbalance.
Here is the MAP that MATTERS.
http://move.rmi.org/files/oilmap/RMI_Oil_Imports_Final_large.html
Thanks to http://www.rmi.org/
Low cost Algae Oil Extraction Process
The key words being low cost. Keep in mind it still costs money to convert oil into biodiesel.
What you can do in a test tube is not the same as doing it on a commercial scale. That all being said, this is worth looking at based on the idea alone.
http://www.originoil.com/technology/low-cost-oil-extraction.html
They talk of a patent-pending, however if it is sound as they say, my guess is they will have very little luck with that task because it seems impossible to patent any sound process.
We are only interested in strong EBITDA, however from a technical level this is something to study.
Most over the counter stocks go under and to be sure very few if any or worth over $50M. Keeping all that in mind and knowing most have very little success, tracking the company seems logical.
nice to see them adding that it might take 4 to 5 years to see this on a commercial scale. best guess might be longer due to the scale and ramp up that would be required.
Here is the big rub, via their last report…
Operating Expenses
Selling and Marketing Expenses
Selling and marketing Expenses (“S&M”) expenses increased by $109,787 or 100.0% to $109,787 for the three months ended March 31, 2009, compared to the prior period. The S&M expenses increased due to an increase in marketing exposure.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses increased by $249,078 or 149.03% to $416,209 for the three months ended March 31, 2009, compared to the prior period. The G&A expenses consist primarily of salaries, professional fees and renting of a new space.
That comes out to over $500K per 3 months with no money coming in.
Way to much overhead with 4 to 5 years required to see any results.
Professor has some insight that should be studied by anyone wanting to consider investing… ASU Professor Mark Edwards
He is coming up with Omega 3s as the best use. Non-crop land with brine water. Brine water can be made clean by algae.
His book..
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Algae-Strategy-Engineer-Sustainable/dp/1440421846/ref=pd_sim_b_1
http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/research/projects/better-biofuel/scientific-detail
This is the guy to talk to..
http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/people/bruce-rittmann
My guess is Professor Rittman’s extraction process is just as low cost on a lab scale and would require far less from an investment stand point.
VCTZF.OB Full dilution is the problem with these small caps. Will look over and see what their numbers look like in detail. Fully diluted 111,442,870 per the site, however they say it has been restructured. The problem is the burn rate which is way out of wack.
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