Flu Buddy video on youtube link, + swine flu discussion forum

As Jay Leno might say after watching this Flu Buddy video, I don't even know what that means, but what the heaven, watch it for yourself and see what you think:

Link for Flu Buddy video on YouTube.com


No? How about the comment italicized below that's been posted on the Hot Air blog, where there is a lively discussion about the relative strength of swine flu versus other viruses:

First US swine flu death reported in Texas

Check the Comments section at the bottom, where you'll see this posted comment by MaiDee, a comparison of swine flu to annual influenza deaths:

So far the grand total of deaths from all these “new” killer viruses in the past 20 years combined including Hanta, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, Machupo, Avian Influenza, Marburg and now Swine Flu hasn’t come close to matching the deaths from common flu in just one year in only the USA.

If we “cry wolf” enough we won’t get people to respond when a REAL medical crisis hits us.



Conversely, I would add, taking rapid action to spread awareness of killer viruses and ways to prevent contracting them may be just what is preventing a REAL MEDICAL CRISIS. I believe people in Mexico City both feel it and know it as a medical crisis, and the drastic actions taken pave the way for rapid recovery.

Peace 2 All,

Joe College

10 Growth Stocks for the Post-Bush Rally; Green Energy Investing

It's not a coincidence that 9 of my 10 selections are from the clean power sector; this is my area of expertise AND this is where exponential revenue growth is found. Most of these companies had a strong 2008 with at least a resilient Q4. Some of the more exciting names brought in more cash in Q4 2008 than they did in all of 2007.

The stock symbols are linked to Google Finance (online stock quote and info website), while the alternative energy company names are linked to the official websites of these major global renewable power stocks. Investing in individual equity securities is most suitable for high risk longer term investors; medium risk investors would be wise to participate through dollar-cost-averaging programs designed to steadily accumulate positions in clean power mutual funds and ETFs.

Stock quotes and market cap as of April 21, 2009:

Apple Inc AAPL 121.76 +1.26 (1.05%) 108.43B


VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS UNSP/ADR VWDRY 16.90* -0.46 (-2.65%) 9.39B


SunPower Corporation SPWRA 25.30 +1.07 (4.42%) 2.18B



Suzlon Energy Ltd 532667 57.45* -1.15 (-1.96%) US1.71B



Ormat Technologies Inc ORA 31.32 +0.65 (2.12%) 1.42B



GT Solar Intl Inc SOLR 6.46 +0.45 (7.49%) 922.92M



Energy Conversion Devices ENER 14.65 +0.39 (2.73%) 670.33M



Ener1 Inc HEV 5.49 +0.41 (8.07%) 622.97M



Trina Solar Ltd ADR TSL 12.61 +0.61 (5.08%) 322.89M



Comverge Inc COMV 6.59 +0.18 (2.81%) 144.50M 300,628.00



Green Power Stocks Investing Info

Photovoltaic Solar Energy Stocks

Major Geothermal Energy Companies

Wind Energy Stocks Investing Info

Water Purification Stocks, Water Desalination

Renewable Energy Finance Forum in Rio April 27-28

The end of this month will feature a crucial gathering in South America, as the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in Rio de Janiero, Brazil on April 27th and 28th, 2009, is destined to be a lucrative event.

The Clean Energy Forum will focus on:

• Wind power, biofuels, hyrdroelectric power, geothermal energy, biomass
• Policy support and market analysis for renewable energy
• Carbon finance and carbon trading
• Investment opportunities and sources of funding for project developers
• Case studies of successful renewable energy projects

Attendees are expected to include:

• Project finance lenders, equity investors, investment analysts & advisors
• Renewable energy project developers, clean technolgy manufacturers
• Major electricity generators, suppliers / infrastructure developers
• Engineering and construction contractors; engineering companies
• Legal advisors, accountancy firms, consultants and regulatory bodies
• Government bodies, clean energy associations and NGOs

Complete online info on Renewable Energy Financing Conference in Rio de Janiero, Brazil


Online Green Energy Investing Information:

Photovoltaic Solar Power Stocks

Geothermal Power Stocks Investing

Wind Energy Investing Company Links

Green Energy Stocks Investing Network

Joe College vows to woo Toronto and Canada off Oil, Coal and Nuclear

Classic Punk rock singer Joe College announces campaign to clean up Ontario and Canada and bring the nation into the 21st century, via a vigorous conversion to green energy, starting in Toronto and the GTA.

2 Blogs for the post-Bush rally; solar green stocks investing

Here are 2 blogs worth tracking in 2009 if you are searching for information on renewable green power stocks and solar energy investing opportunities:

Green Stocks Investing

The blog should be called Green Energy Stocks Investing, as that is the full subject of the blog. Find info and links to alternative energy companies, analysis of publicly-traded solar power stocks, links to privately-held solar energy companies, venture capital stage renewable power investments. Primarily covers solar power, wind energy, geothermal power, biofuels, energy from water (incl small scale hydro, wave power, tidal energy+), hydrogen and fuels cells.


PV Intell Blog

Photovoltaic Solar Energy has always been the sexiest component of the clean power industry. Hydrogen rocks, for sure, but PV solar power really shines. As concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy begins its commercialization phase, one can already see how it represents the next major wave of competition for thin-film solar companies, and also how each sector will carve out its own niche of core suitable applications.

The blog covers First Solar and an array of publicly-listed photovoltaic solar power stocks, thin film solar manufacturers, crystalline solar wafer suppliers, emerging cpv companies, concentrated PV solar power, top solar integration firms, plus individual companies such as:

First Solar FSLR


MEMC Electronic Materials WFR


Q-Cells 555866


SunPower Corp SPWRA 52.00


Suntech Power STP


Energy Conversion Devices ENER


GT Solar SOLR


Yingli Green Energy YGE


JA Solar JASO




Plus small market capitalization solar stocks such as:

5N Plus Inc VNP


ReneSola Ltd ADRSOL


Solarfun Power ADR SOLF


Trina Solar (ADR)TSL


Canadian Solar CSIQ


China Sunergy Co Ltd. ADR CSUN


Evergreen Solar ESLR


Spire Solar Corp SPIR


Ascent Solar Tech ASTI


Akeena Solar AKNS



More green energy investing blogs:

Wind Intell Top Windpower Blog

Solar Intell Renewable Power Investing

Geothermal Energy Stocks Investing

Water Intell Energy From Water website

The ONE POST explaining what the Solar Inteligence Blog is about

U wanna rock? U wanna roll in the green dough? U wanna kiss the sky? The Solar Intelligence Blog welcomes you with open arms!

For those trying to make some sense out of this compendium of life energy, consider:

- for the first few years, the blog served primarily as a place to post first drafts, working versions and complete online texts of novels, essays, short stories, poems, lyrics and more; it was a little attempt at self-publishing when i was way too busy writing to be doing much marketing of these written works

- a place for music; as u'll see, i've not just posted lyrics and links to my own Yuya Joe College songs, but also to music i love from all around the world

- clean energy as path to peace and prosperity; i n i been trodden this path for decades, even from 81/82 when i first proposed the eternal energy based electro-hydrogen economy and circa 82/83 when we formed the green party of ontario and then the green party of canada

- for the past couple of years i have tried to align this blog more closely with most of my other online work, which involves providing access and links to information about renewable power stocks and clean energy investment funds

Why the spotty posting in recent months? Well, Joe's been busy working on his array of emerging blogs. Some of his best-loved alternative energy blogs include:

PV Intell - Top Photovoltaic Stocks


Green Stocks Investing - Green Energy Companies


Wind Intell - Publicly-listed Wind Energy Stocks


Solar Intell - Solar Power and Renewable Energy Investing


Geotherma Blog - Info on Geothermal Stocks


Water Intell - Investing in Water Purification, Desalination, Wave Energy, Tidal Power Stocks



I am also a fan of standardbred horse racing, and occasionally post to:

Harness Horses Info


My day job involves design, keywording and basic optimization of websites for real estate agents and realty offices so in that connection I have created a blog for green realtors, but will admit that I have not yet learned enough about this emerging goodness to post more often:

A Green Realtor Blog


Peace and Blessings 2 ALL!

Joe

Too many records in my living room and front hallway

If anybody lives within a reasonable drive of Toronto / Thornhill, I currently have about 2,200 LPs for sale. Here are descriptions of 5 of the bulk lots of records albums for sale:

Stack AAA1 - Rockin The Free World - Pop / Rock / Folk / Male Vocal

5 boxes of record albums est 250+ LPs $80

Incl. Dr. Hook, Doobie Brothers, Bowie, Stones, Trooper, Honeymoon Suite, Wings, UB40, Mamas and Papas, mi sex, Mellencamp, BTO, Whitesnake, Streisand, Dean Martin, Bobby Sherman, The Models (sealed), Deep Purple, Chris De Burgh, Dire Straits, Barry McGuire, Bread, Association, Cars, Gary Numan, Ted Nugent, OMD, Nilsson, Coney Hatch, Tom Cochrane, Monkees, Mike Oldfield, Split Enz, Bangles, Squeeze, Men Without Hats, War (sealed), Cate Bros (3 diff sealed), Subtle Hints (sealed), Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Heart, Stray Cats, The Firm, Steely Dan, Honeydrippers, 10cc, The Animals, Talkinh Heads, The Kinks, Malcolm McLaren, Parachute Club, Genesis, Go Gos, Zon +++ most in very nice shape.


Stack AAA2 - Soul Shakin Dance Party (Sampler's Paradise)

Awesome beats for listening, dancing and sampling!!!

4 boxes of r&b/soul/disco/big band/jazz/dance/hip hop/world/pop +++ $80 for entire lot

BONUS: NOW includes mint copy of first edition of Curtis Mayfield book Poetic License.

Total of 220+LPs mostly better condition, some older records a bit worn or scratched

The Crusaders, Altered Images, Maynard Ferguson, Supreme Beings of Lesiure, Ja Rule (2), The Jacksons, Patti Labelle, Grace Jones, Evelyn King, Sparrow, Joe Budden, Lloyd, The Murderers, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Gladys Knight, David Ruffin, Count Basie, Fat Boys, Ahmad Jamal, Mongo Santamaria, Lou Rawls, Stevie Wonder, The Impressions, Marvin Gaye, Kool and the Gang, Stylistics, Irv Gotti, Boney M, Eddy Grant, Donna Summer, Block Party (2 sealed), Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, Lost Boyz, Disco Tex, Paperboy, War (sealed), Rufus w/ Chaka Khan (mint new), Barry White, Dionne Warwick, Chicago, La Bamba soundtrack, Whitney Houston, Alicia Bridges, Phoebe Snow, Cleo Laine +++


Stack AA1 - Classical Music / Opera LPs and Box Sets

7 boxes estimate 260+ LPs $80 REDUCED

4 boxes of mostly individual classical music record albums and 3 boxes of mostly classical and opera box sets. Estimate 170+ single LPs and 28 or so box sets. Clean and incl many mint / near mint. Labels in these boxes include columbia, phillips, rca and angel, also some good capitol / EMI, some London imprints, plus smaller labels. Saw at least a couple of Deutsche Gramaphone, probably more.

Stack A1 - Mixed Bag of New and Old Time Crooners, plus lots of folk, pop, rock+

Pop/Rock, Folk, Male / Female vocalists, Country Western

7 boxes est 400 LPs $65 REDUCED

Mixed condition on some older albums but most very good+. Mahalia Jackson, Streisand, Judy Garland, Rita Coolidge, Liza Minelli, Lena Horne, Weavers, Stringband, CSN, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, Willie Nelson, Melissa Manchester, Phil Collins, Three Dog Night, Styx, Kenny Rogers, Cheap Trick, Police, Culture Club, Bowie, Fogelberg, Heart, Cars, Chicago, Honeydrippers, Billy Idol, Petshop Boys, Headpins, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Cate Bros, Horslips, Dan Hill, BTO, Springsteen, Heart, James Taylor, America, Baby James Harvest, Doobie Bros, Donovan, Dusty Springfield, ++


Stack F1 - Family Pack of Fun

5 boxes of records LPs albums available for a family. Includes:

2 boxes soundtracks, film, TV and Broadway incl. major movies + many Disney, cartoons etc

2 boxes Instrumentals / Easy Listening

1 box Classical vocal, incl box sets, choirs, Christmas etc

A total of 225+ LPs in 5 boxes - $50 takes all!

Here are links to the Craigslist ads with contact info:

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/emd/1043514989.html

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/emd/1043524503.html

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/emd/1037472085.html

Pennies From Clean Energy Heaven; Green Power Stocks Under $2

Well kids, if you have 20 years or more until retirement, why not consider investing in the brightest companies in the darkest market? If you have 15 years or less until retirement, a more prudent strategy may be to accumulate positions in well-run clean energy investment funds.

For those looking for alternative energy penny stocks, here are a few worth researching, following and charting:



Valence Technology VLNC 1.98

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer still trades at 10x sales but has tremendous blue sky potential.


Green Plains Renewable Energy GPRE 1.96

The state of the USA ethanol market is such that a premier company such as GPRE is trading at less than 2x last years earnings. The financial stability of this company is what allowed them to complete the January 2009 Blendstar takeover. With a minimum of competing bids, they were able to enter inexpensively and directly into a range of new markets with existing customers in place.



Akeena Solar Inc AKNS 1.82

Solar integrator remains a risky proposition but the shares have a lot of the air taken out of them, being down from 8.90. Worth watching their growth rates in coming quarters as the new American leadership may benefit this stock and Evergreen solar below.



Evergreen Solar Inc ESLR 1.77

This company has had its troubles over the years but like a quality claiming racehorse it just keeps bouncing back. Losses were huge in the recent quarter, but as an optimist I note that revenue was double what it was a year ago in the same quarter ...

ESLR also appears to have almost as much cash on hand as the market cap its been trading at, and some of that jack in this market could get them a decent stake in one of China's top solar manufacturers.




Plug Power Inc PLUG 1.02

Another company that seems to be carrying more cash than its current market capitalization, this emerging fuel cell energy company is worth keeping an eye on. A Russian utility recently acquired a stake.


Coming Soon: Green Energy Stocks Under a Dollar!

GREAT Green stocks Under $5; Clean Energy Small Caps

A few years from now these share prices will seem unbelievable, so investors may want to begin researching some of these names, and also consider dollar cost averaging into alternative energy mutual funds and renewable power investment funds and green ETFs.

Here are some quality clean power stocks that closed today (22JAN09) under US$5:

Yingli Green Energy YGE 4.92

Spire Corporation SPIR 4.88

Cypress Semiconductor CY 4.80

Canadian Solar CSIQ 4.58

Solarfun Power SOLF 4.55

Comverge Inc COMV 3.94

FuelCell Energy FCEL 3.82

GT Solar International SOLR 3.54

ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) SOL 3.49

Advanced Battery Tech ABAT 2.45

JA Solar Holdings JASO 2.31

Akeena Solar Inc AKNS 2.05


More renewable energy investing info:

Wind Energy Investing

Geothermal Power Stocks

Green Energy Stocks Investing

Photovoltaic Solar Power Companies

16 Green Energy Stocks with Strong Revenue Growth

Alternative Energy Stocks and other green renewable power and energy technology companies opened 2009 with a bang. While the USA equity markets rose 3% on the day, many clean power stocks were up 5% to 10% and more!!!

Her are green power growth stocks with rising revenues over the past 12 to 24 months, surely including some names to research and watch grow in 2009:

GT Solar Intl SOLR 3.63 +25.61%

SunPower Corp SPWRA 41.40 +11.89%

JA Solar JASO 4.84 +10.76%

Yingli Green Energy YGE 6.75 +10.66%

Energy Conversion Devices ENER 27.80 + 10.27%

ReneSola ADR 4.86 +10.20%

First Solar FSLR 151.50 +9.88%

Vestas Wind Sys ADR VWDRY 21.00 +8.53%

Solarfun Power ADR SOLF 5.40 +7.78%

LDK Solar LDK 13.97 +6.48%

EnerNOC ENOC 7.87 +5.78%

American Superconductor AMSC 17.75 +5.15%

Clean Energy Fuels CLNE 6.33 +4.80%

Ultralife Cprp ULBI 13.87 + 3.43%

Ormat Technologies ORA 32.01 +0.44%

Canadian Solar CSIQ 6.49 +0.03%

Major Clean Energy Stories of 2008; Wind Power, Solar PV, Geothermal

Alternative Energy Stocks investing was a wild ride in 2008, with all-time highs of early in the year followed by declines of 70% to 90% and more. The beginning of 2009 offers tremendous value for the long term growth stock investor, and companies like Vestas, Ormat, Suzlon, First Solar and others are likely to return to the limelight. The expertise, patents, products, people and systems that made these companies ultra-competitve in recent years, will make them remain major players in the Obama-led transformation of America and the world.

Here are some alternative energy stocks news stories of 2008 (UPDATED DEC 31, 2008):

Top Green Stories 2008 – Clean Power Generation – Dec 30, 2008


Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2009 | Alternative Energy Stocks - Dec 30, 2008


America Closes 2008 as World’s No. 1 Wind Power Producer - Dec 30, 2008


Wind Energy Sector 2008 Highlights - Environmental Leader - Dec 30, 2008


Stepping Forward: Renewable Energy Policy 2008 Wrap-up - Dec 29, 2008


The Best Alternative Energy Stocks For 2009 (CVA, WMI, ORA ...) - Dec 29, 2008


7 Green Energy Stocks for the Obama Rally - Dec 16, 2008


2009 Investing Tips: Green Energy Mutual Funds to consider for dollar cost averaging - Dec 7, 2008


12 Top Green Energy Stocks for 2009; Dream Dozen Clean Power Companies - Nov 29, 2008


Pennies from Heaven; Green Energy Small Caps and Microcaps - Nov 23, 2008


Pollution in Asia threatening food supply, human health - Nov 18, 2008


Major Advances in Windpower Technology and Sales - Nov 17, 2008


5 Water Purification Stocks to Research as Longterm Investments - Nov 5, 2008


President Barack Obama set to spark major green energy stocks rally - Nov 4, 2008


President Obama Victory a Blessing for Environment and Clean Energy Stocks - Nov 4th, 2008


Alphabetical List of Top Renewable Power Websites and Blogs - Oct 5, 2008


UPDATED Master List of Wind Energy Stocks - Sep 25, 2008


Nature, Ecology and Renewable Energy Books - Sep 20, 2008


Twenty leading Alternative Energy Stocks - Aug 30, 2008


Green Chip Review profiles Global Wind Energy Industry - Aug 26, 2008


Windpower Company website links, wind energy stocks, wind power associations - Aug 3rd, 2008


Alternative Energy Investing, Renewable Power Websites - Jul 17, 2008


Ontario advised to consider geothermal energy investments - May 17, 2008


February geothermal power stocks news, renewable energy investing - Mar 1, 2008


NewEnergyFinance.com defines Renewable Power and Clean Energy Sectors - Feb 2008


Solar Energy Sector Stocks News and Views; REC, SPWR - Jan 2008


Analysis of FSLR's dependence on Tellurium and VNP - Jan 2008

Solar Stocks In The News; Green Energy Investing

Here are some stories related to solar photovoltaics companies and other publicly-traded renewable power stocks.

Panasonic considers takeover of Sanyo; seeks solar energy division, batteries for hybrid cars


Sacramento: SunEdison installing solar panels on 15 California State University buildings


NOV05: SunPower caution on rising currency effect knocks solar shares lower


Alternative Energy Sector Websites

Green Energy Stocks Company Websites Links

PVintell.com Solar Photovoltaic Energy Companies Stocks

WindIntell.com Major Publicly-listed Wind Energy Stocks

SolarIntell.com Solar Energy Stocks, Renewable Power Funds

Geothermal Power Stocks Investing Info

3 American renewable power stocks to benefit from Democratic Party victory

With Barack Obama expected to win the USA Presidential election by a significant margin, and the Democratic Party looking to control both the Senate and the House, here are 3 green energy stocks to consider owning for 2009 and beyond:

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:AMSC)

This week AMSC licensed its wind turbine technology to Hyundai, who will manufacture for the US and global wind energy markets. At just $15.20 (down from 47.53), this high quality American technology company with rising revenues also supplies a range of wind power related technologies and systems to the worldwide wind power industry.


Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA)

Reno, NV-based ORA is the best geothermal power company on the planet; at 29.29, down by half from 57.98, Ormat is worth a long look.



First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR)

FSLR is the fastest growing photovoltaic solar energy manufacturer in the world; with the shares at 135, down from 317, a lot of air is out of the stock and the next few quarters of rising revenues and earnings should get this major US solar power company back on the uptrend.



More green energy links:

Green Power Investing Info and Company Links

Top Wind Energy Stocks Blog, Renewable Power Investing

Photovoltaic Stocks Solar Investing

3 NEW Green Energy Investing Blogs offer clean technology stocks for long term

Three new renewable power investing websites have launched in recent weeks, and each of them offers insight into clean energy investing and sustainable stocks. Check them out:

Green Stocks Investing

This comprehensive new blog offers links to major alternative energy companies in North America and globally, Sectors covered include solar photovoltaics, wind power companies, geothermal energy producers, energy from water (tidal, wave), biofuels, hydrogen / fuel cell technology and more


WaterIntell.com

A hybrid that presents water purification, water conservation and water desalination stocks in the same forum as news on tidal energy stocks and wave power investing news. A hodge podge of everything water - an industry that could rival clean energy in terms of growth potential over the next 5 to 10 years.

NEW: PVintell.com Solar Photovoltaic Stocks Investing News

Company websites links and financial analysis links to Google Finance, Yahoo Finance and other commentary on the world's leading photovoltaic solar power companies, thin film solar energy leaders, top photovoltaic energy solar stocks. Green energy investing blog about the major photovoltaic power producers on the planet.

Tar Sands Oil Project compromises Canada's climate goals

By a measure of resources per capita, Canada is the richest nation earth, therefore we are duty-bound to promote clean renewable energy and phase out use of coal, oil and uranium as fuel sources.

The following article by top Canadian lawyer Clayton Ruby illustrates the danger of relying on 20th century style megaprojects. To paraphrase the story, "The Alberta oil sands alone emit more global warming pollutants than 145 of the 207 countries that track emissions!"

Peace 2 All,

Yuya Joe


Tar-sands development overwhelms climate goals

by Clayton Ruby, TheStar.com 16AUG08

Our Canadian "contribution" to global warming is the single largest and most destructive fossil fuel development in the world – the Alberta tar sands.

Shell Canada wants to build a new refinery in Sarnia to process oil from its share of the oil-sands mines in Alberta for use in gas tanks in Southern Ontario.

The industry says it knows how to capture and store its carbon, but despite earning record profits it's stalling by asking taxpayers to pick up the tab.

From the giant oil-sands tailings ponds you can now see from space, to the pollution from its refineries, the industry knows how to clean up its own toxic mess. But it doesn't. Nor are governments requiring big oil to clean up.

The Harper "intensity target" system, which reduces emissions per unit of production while letting overall emissions rise freely on greater volume, was tailor-made to permit rapid expansion of the oil-sands development: reduce pollution per barrel of oil by 20 per cent, increase the number of barrels by 2,000 per cent. This is the mathematics of no hope whatsoever.

Why does this development have such a huge impact?

First, its sheer size. There are 207 countries that annually keep track of the amount of total global warming emissions they emit. The Alberta oil sands alone emit more of these pollutants than 145 of the 207 countries!

In large part that's because the oil is fixed in the tarry soil rather than pooled conveniently beneath the surface. To get at the tar, and turn it into oil, requires the most polluting and carbon-intensive oil process on Earth: draining wetlands, diverting rivers and stripping all trees and vegetation from the surface.

Onsite development – strip mining is another ugly alternative – uses an enormous amount of energy and water. Each day, more than 300 million cubic feet of natural gas is used in the oil sands to produce more oil; that's enough to heat 3 million Canadian homes.

Producing a barrel of oil from the oil sands produces three times the greenhouse gas emissions of a conventional barrel of oil. Yet $50 billion per year is being cheerfully plunked into the oil sands instead of non-destructive alternatives.

T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oilman, is investing in a more interesting scheme. He pays farmers $20,000 to put a single windmill on their farms, and is placing them across the U.S. midwest. He thinks he can replace automobile gasoline with natural gas powered vehicles, and free up 22 per cent of gasoline consumption by replacing that much natural gas now used in heating homes with electrically sourced, non-polluting wind power. And he expects to make a profit.

No matter what gains we make in minimizing pollution, the size and environmental cost of oil-sands exploitation wipes out all our efforts. At the current rate of development, the greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands simply negates all that Canadians are doing as individuals, and our national emissions will continue to rise.



Full Toronto star article from: TheStar.com story on pollution from tar-sands oil project

Can the Chevrolet Volt electric car power GMC into the future?

GM's coming 2010 Chevrolet Volt prototype









Electric vehicle Chevrolet Volt automobile is driven on the streets of Washington in this 2007 file image.






With apologies to Professor Pickens and the natural gassies, a myriad of vehicle fuel solutions are available for the North American economy. Biodiesel works great in the north, while ethanol may be more suited to the southwest. Natural gas is fine for urban fleets but will face competition from fuel cell vehicles and electricity powered cars.

GM aims to launch it's electric car, the Chevrolet Volt, 2010, and as of late August 2008 they already had 35,000 advance orders for the new GMC electric car. The following story is from the Toronto Star.

Peace 2 all,

Yuya








Can the Volt recharge GM?

TheStar.com - Business

Chief engineer Andrew Farah knows he and his team are designing GM's future

August 17, 2008
by Tom Krisher, The Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, MiCH.–Early versions of the Chevrolet Volt's battery packs are powerful enough to run the high-stakes rechargeable car, but dozens of issues remain before General Motors Corp. can start selling the revolutionary vehicle in 2010 as planned.

The Volt's chief engineer is on a tight schedule to figure out how the car will handle the batteries' weight, dissipate their heat and mechanically transfer their power to the wheels. That's not to mention the list of issues that have nothing to do with the fact that the car plugs into the wall for recharging.

But the 47-year-old veteran GM engineer who was recruited from a GM post in Germany to run the high-profile project is driven by knowing the entire company's future could rest with it.

"At this point, there's nothing standing in our way of continuing to do what we said we're going to do," Andrew Farah, the Volt's chief engineer, said.








Work on the Volt, introduced as a concept car at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show, has taken on a more urgent pace with gasoline hovering near $4 per gallon (U.S.) and the American auto market dramatically shifting from trucks to small cars.

The car is designed to run on an electric motor powered by a battery pack. Drivers will recharge the vehicle from a standard home wall outlet.

The Volt will be able to travel about 60 kilometres on a full charge, and a small gasoline engine will recharge the batteries to keep it rolling on longer trips. GM says the vehicle will get the equivalent of 150 miles per gallon.

But for now, as a new commercial airing during the Beijing Olympics touts the Volt as the pinnacle of GM's fuel economy improvements and hybrid lineup, Farah and hundreds of other engineers are working quickly to deal with the inevitable glitches from new technology.

They must figure out how to keep the battery cool and adjust the car's suspension so it performs well while carrying a 181-kilogram battery pack.

"All those things result in lots of other mechanical parts and bits and pieces that have nothing to do with electrical energy," Farah said. "So we've had some issues there."

Simultaneously, other GM workers are testing batteries to make sure they last at least 10 years. It would cost more than $10,000 to replace them.

Other workers are making the Volt more functional, giving it the room and feel of a regular car "such that the vehicle is not just a battery on wheels," Farah said.

The early concept, a low-riding, sleek silver hatchback, was uncomfortable to sit in and not very functional, Farah said. The new five-door hatchback version more resembles a normal car, a little larger than a Honda Civic.

"It'll have a similar set of visual cues and some of the features that were on the concept car," Farah said.

Late last year, it looked like the Volt's schedule would be derailed by battery delays. Two competing battery makers – Compact Power Inc. of Troy, Mich., which is working with parent LG Chem of Korea, and Frankfurt, Germany-based Continental Automotive Systems, which is working with GM and A123 Systems Inc. of Watertown, Mass. – fell 10 weeks behind on delivering the power packs.

GM engineers used the time to work on the mechanical connections. Batteries arrived in January at GM's sprawling Warren, Mich., technical centre, and the team has nearly erased the 10-week deficit, Farah said.

The Volt is also going through the same design issues as a new car powered by a conventional engine, Farah said.

"The program has all of those same things built in. We're just doing them faster because we have to," he said.

Although GM has promised to begin selling the Volt in a little more than two years, experts wonder if it will be ready in time, whether enough batteries will be available to sell the cars in significant numbers, and whether the cost can be reduced to make the car affordable to the masses.










GM has said the Volt will cost $30,000 to $40,000, and that it expects to sell 100,000 per year, starting in 2012. While ambitious, that's still 81,000 fewer than the number of Prius gas-electric hybrids sold by Toyota last year.

Brett Smith, assistant director for manufacturing and technology at the Center for Automotive Research, said even in small volumes, the Volt is a game-changer.

"It's an entirely different technology. It's an entirely different powertrain layout. It's a huge step forward," he said last week at an industry conference in Traverse City.

Smith said despite uncertainties, GM has given every indication that the technology will be ready.

Full article at: Toronto Star story on GM Volt electric car

Clean Energy investing links:


Windpower and Renewable Energy stocks


Solar Power Stocks, Green Energy investing


Geothermal Power Stocks, Geothermal Energy Investing

Toronto Citizen Uprising demands access to roads for clean cars

Camera Opp Walk-in / Sit-in scheduled for Jim Bradley's office August 27th, 12.24 PM!!!

CAMERA PARTY!!! AUG. 27th - 77 Wellesly St. West - 12:24PM

Once again Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is asleep at the wheel, unable to manage Minister Jim Bradley and letting him repeatedly embarrass himself by hiding from the media and legitimate enquiries.

The Ontario Liberals are losing support fast! In recent months we have seen them:

A) Cancel hundreds of millions of dollars of windfarm developments by retroctively changing grant eligibility rules to disqualify larger projects. This one move alone set Ontario energy policy back 5 years.

B) Announced a $23.4 billion nuclear power project expansion at darlington nuclear generating station. This will likely cost $40-50 billion if actually built, and for that kinda money Ontario could create tens of thousands of new jobs and make us a world-leader in wind energy, solar power, geothermal, biofuels including ethanol and biodiesel, fuel cells / hydrogen / electric cars and more.

C) Repeatedly deny legitimate requests for info on alternative vehicles and clean cars, and have refused to offer any explanation of why an Ontario-designed car that is road-worthy in 46 states and many provinces is not allowed on our roads.


Phone or email your MPP at Queen's Park and support Barry Taylor and Edge102.1 in their efforts to move Ontario into the 21st century and start to clean up our air and get off our oil addiction.

Peace 2 All,

Yuya


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Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd. (LSE:AFS.L) water filter supplier.


Asia Environment Holdings Ltd (SIN:A58) is an investment holding company, providing integrated water and wastewater treatment in China.



Asia Water Technology Ltd. (SIN:5GB) waste water purification. An investment holding company offering engineering solutions for water purification and wastewater treatment systems.



Badger Meter, Inc. (AMEX: BMI) water meter manufacturer.


Basin Water, Inc. (BWTR:NASDAQ)groundwater treatment company, designs and builds groundwater treatment systems in the United States. Proprietary ion-exchange wellhead treatment system reduces groundwater contaminant levels. The system treats a range of contaminants, including arsenic, nitrate, and perchlorate.



BioShaft (OTCBB:BSHF) - wastewater treatment technology based on Bio-Filtration utilizing sludge carriers. These plants are made using the Hans BioShaft Turbine that is at the heart of the wastewater technology.



Bioteq Environmental Technologi (BQE.V) BioteQ builds and operates water treatment plants providing profitable metal recovery and sustainable environmental solutions.



Calgon Carbon Corp (NYSE: CCC) offers products, services, and solutions for purification of water and air in the United States.



CDS Technologies Limited (CDX.AX) storm water treatment products. Engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of water and wastewater solutions.



China Evergreen Environmental Corporation (OTCBB: CEEC.OB) is a leading designer, engineer and developer of waste water treatment facilities in China.



Christ Water Technology AG water purification and water desalination(WBAG:CWT), Austria-based company provides technologies, components and services in the field of pure and ultra pure water production, drinking water production and the treatment of wastewater and sewage.



Dakshidin Corp water pumping windmills (OTCPK:DKSC) and subsidiary RESTEC International, manufacturers of water pumping windmills. The developments of RESTEC provide significant contributions to the solution of problems in obtaining safe, reliable clean water inexpensively.



Darco Water Technologies Limited (SIN:5CB) is a Singapore-based company; Designs, fabricates, assembles, installs and commission engineered water systems for industrial applications. Proveds services and maintains product water and wastewater systems. Trades and supplies chemicals, electrical controls and related instruments used in water treatment systems.



EAU Technologies, Inc (OTCBB: EAUI ) non-toxic water purification. Supplier of Electrolyzed Water Technology (EOW Technology marketed as Empowered Water(TM)) and other complementary technologies with applications in diverse industries.



Ebara Corporation (6361: Tokyo)water technology company is one of the world's principal manufacturers of fluid transfer machinery, with particularly strong positions in pumps, compressors, fans, and chillers.



Ecosphere Technologies, Inc., (OTCBB: ESPH) through its subsidiaries, provides patented and engineered solutions for the defense, homeland security, automotive, and global ship repair markets primarily in the United States. It offers water filtration system, which produces clean drinking water using various natural water sources, as well as heavily polluted water. Landed several important contracts in the summer of 2008.


Flexible Solutions International, Inc. (AMEX: FSI) water evaporation reduction technology. Engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of patented water technologies worldwide.


GE Osmonics (GEWT) Water & Process Technologies, unit of GE Infrastructure. Leading global supplier of water, wastewater and process systems solutions.


Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Tokyo:6370)english language webpage is a leading manufacturer of water treatment equipment, chemicals and plant equipment.


Mueller Water Products Inc. (NYSE: MWA) flow control company Manufacturer of water infrastructure and flow control products for use in water distribution networks, water and wastewater treatment facilities, gas distribution systems, and piping systems in North America.



Pall Corp (NYSE: PLL) major water filtration company through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of filtration and separation products and systems worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Medical, BioPharmaceuticals, General Industrial, Aerospace, and Microelectronics.



Seprotech (CDNX:SET.V) wastewater treatment and water purification systems, including membrane-based water treatment systems and the ROTORDISK® biological wastewater treatment systems.



TROJAN Technologies (TSE: TUV) water purification leader, offers advanced treatment solutions to safeguard the world's water.



Wataire International, Inc. (OTCBB: WTAR) generates water from air, atmospheric water generator ditributor, Has exclusive worldwide distribution rights to sell Wataire Industries, Inc.’s branded home/office and commercial large volume water generator machines.



WaterPure International (OTCBB:WPUR)water generation and purification Markets water production and treatment products in the USA and abroad. The Company's principal line of products includes several models of Atmospheric Water Generators, devices that produce water from the humidity present in the air.



Watts Water Technologies (WTS) water quality company, leading manufacturer of innovative products to control the efficiency, safety, and quality of water within residential, commercial, and institutional applications.



WorldWater and Power Corp. (OTCBB: WWAT) solar engineering and management Provides solar electric technology and expertise with water and power solutions, offering the AquaMax system.


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Are renewable energy stocks testing their 2008 lows?

The following article by Sam Jones is from Green Chip Review and explores how alternative energy stocks and renewable power funds are re-testing their March lows and he believes many are ready to rally from here.

My own view is different. On May 12th 2008 I predicted that oil would be toppy at around 140 and that a new downtrend in oil prices would begin. I continue to see downward pressure on oil prices as the world begins to contemplate an Obama-Livni alliance and the end of the Calgary-Houston-Riyadh axis of conflict.

Look for oil to test $92 before year-end, then rally to about $105 before crashing to $70 barrel in 2009. My feeling is that it could average as low as $83 in 2009 and $74 in 2010, but we'll see ...

So, my feeling is that for most clean energy stocks, there is volatility ahead and buying opportunities will abound. One way to smooth out some of the volatility in this sector would be to diversify a future technology portfolio by including water purification stocks and other green companies like Honda. Still, if you can ride out the volatility, Sam's advice to follow the industry leaders is golden.

Peace 2 all,

Yuya Joseph

The Other Shoe is Falling in Renewables
By Sam Jones, manager of the New Power Fund
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
from Green Chip Review

There are plenty of times when investors have that eerie feeling about "the other shoe" needing to fall (a catch phrase meaning that the likely or inevitable consequence of an earlier occurrence has, at last, taken place.). I admit to having that same feeling about the renewable energy stocks in general since the first dramatic low was established in mid March this year.

I said in many of my regular updates that after such a massive rout of selling, it was unlikely that this group of stocks would simply rise sustainably from the ashes without a serious and scary test of the lows.

Well, it looks like the other shoe has indeed fallen (and is falling) now. Investors in the renewable energy sector have a clear task ahead but it won't be easy.

The Renewable Energy Sector: At Support and Ready to Run

Once again, the few indices and mutual funds that effectively represent the renewable energy sector have worked their way back to the very same levels we saw in late March (or even slightly lower).

Powershares Wilderhill Energy (AMEX: PBW), the Powershares ETF that serves as my own benchmark, now sits down on the year by -31% after falling as low as -38% in late June. Pretty ugly, really, but that is the state of affairs so let's digest the situation.

When a sector as volatile as clean tech and renewable energy retests a previous low, we need to remain alert to a potential new rally, heavy emphasis on the word potential. This does not mean we load up recklessly but we remain ready to act once we get some confirmation that this level is going to hold at least according to the likes of PBW.

I see a similar picture when reviewing the major clean tech mutual funds like

Winslow Green Growth fund (WGGFX),



Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy fund (GAAEX) and



New Alternatives fund (NALFX)

While all are in clear downtrends, I see all trading at their own support levels and showing reasonably good evidence those prices may indeed attempt another rebound from here.

Take a look at the chart of PBW which has worked its way down to a pretty obvious support level on a 2 year level. The longer term support line is marked in red.


Now if you are the type of investor that doesn't have the time or inclination to buy individual stocks and you still want early exposure to THE GREATEST CYCLE OF INNOVATION THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN (oops I tipped my hand a bit), then you will be attuned to this developing opportunity in the broad sector ETFs and highly correlated mutual funds.

While it appears the other shoe is indeed falling, it can fall further and investors in this camp must remain committed to a wait and see strategy at this point to confirm that a good low is in the works. Investors in individual stocks have a few more options regardless of whether our benchmarks find support at these levels or not.

Follow the Renewable Energy Leaders

It often takes a strong uptrend and a strong downtrend in any specific sector to discover the really strong companies - those that are less cyclical and more driven by good fundamental strength.

While 2007 served as a clearly defined strong period for renewable energy, 2008 is not surprisingly a weak period so far, and our list of keepers is becoming more obvious.

This is my list based on my assessments of my own universe of options. I will warn any and all of these names should only be considered for new purchases after healthy corrections develop and one can use any number of longer term 50-70-90 day moving averages to identify potential entry points.

I would also warn against building a heavily invested portfolio of just a few winners lest we fall victim to dropping the proverbial basket of precious eggs. Anyway, here are a few of my favorite renewable energy stocks that have had positive returns in both 2007 and thus far in 2008 with favorable long term price patterns relative to the sector indices:

First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR)



Xide Technology (NASDAQ: XIDE), Exide Tech


Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (NYSE: CIG)


Metalico Inc. (AMEX: MEA)


Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI)


Enersys (NYSE: ENS)


American Superconductor (NASDAQ: AMSC)

Brave investors in any of these stocks during 2007 would have had to tolerate no less than 10% losses in any given name and as much as 26% losses thus far in 2008 just to stay with the trend. Those may be intolerable for some but those are the emotional costs of owning any of these names.

And the returns have been superior to put it modestly. So the message is pretty clear; Leadership in the renewable energy sector is becoming more apparent and we need to stay "plugged in" to those names while accepting whatever volatility comes our way during these long up trends.

For the rest of your money, there are short term trends to play but not a lot else to get excited about.

Therapy

While the renewable energy sector is working to raise your blood pressure at support, I'll do my best to offer these words of encouragement.

Renewable energy and clean tech is a very quickly developing mega trend and new innovative cycle. It will last for decades and is far from over as some would suggest (Mostly the old guard from the Oil and Gas worlds who are looking at a possible end to their reign).

Our job as investors is to stay with the trend. Fortunes will be made in this sector like all of the new mega trends of the past so keep the faith, your diligence and patience will be rewarded many times over.

Think about the changes happening now. We are turning waste into power, developing organic food and environmentally friendly products. We are harnessing the sun, wind, waves to power our homes, creating designs with lighter weight materials and improved efficiency reducing our load on natural resources.

Bringing it all together with technology, transmission, and service completes the package. This is big and comprehensive. So fear not because these types of companies are the future as obviously as they are the right solution to a more sustainable life.

In less than a year, I'm confident that we'll look back at this time and marvel at the incredible opportunity as investors.



Sam Jones

President, All Season Financial Advisors, Inc.

Registered Investment Advisors

Senior Portfolio Manager - New Power Fund

www.newpowerfund.com



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