Green Power Projects Around our Nation

I just love technology and what better technology is there than green technology? Well, I do believe that over the past few years, as a nation, we have become more environmentally aware and because of that inventors and companies are finding ways to capitalize on this emerging market.

Today, I am going to take a look at two projects that I feel are noteworthy in hopes that our readers find them interesting yet important to our environment. Let's begin with the nation’s first offshore wind turbine farm that was announced back in mid- July with an estimated ticket price of $1.6 billion.

Delaware Utility and Bluewater Wind are collaborating on this project which will be situated about 12 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware bringing power to approximately 50,000 homes a year. The remainder of the power will be sold to customers with in the area and the project is expected to begin generating power by 2012. Let's keep our fingers crossed that our government doesn't get in the way of this one.

In contrast to the clean power that we can generate from wind, let's take a look at what the city of San Antonio plans on doing with their sewage. Back on September 11, San Antonio Water System announced it would sell captured methane gas generated from the utility’s treatment center to Ameresco Inc. a Framingham, Massachusetts based energy Service Company.

The city of San Antonio expects to generate $250,000 a year by providing the company with 900,000 cubic feet of natural gas daily and will continue to convert the remainder of the bio-solids into compost that it sells to use in gardens and yards. Although projects such as these are far and few between, our government needs to do a better job of promoting and giving benefits to those companies and citizens who partake in them.

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Global Semi Sales up 5.5% for August

Despite the economy worsening by the day, one sector that has managed to maintain modest growth is the semiconductor industry.

According to a recent press release issued by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 5.5% in August on an annualized year-over-year basis to $22.7 billion.

The release goes on to state that the aforementioned growth was largely driven by solid demand for personal computers and cellular handsets.

As has been the case for some time now, downward price pressure on DRAMs and NAND flash memories remains the primary factor hindering overall industry revenue growth. Excluding the memory market, the semiconductor industry experienced a 11.4% year-over-year sales increase during August.

Moreover, in a sign that the industry is hanging tough regardless of turbulent economic conditions, year-to-date sales were up 4.5% at the end of the month. For the record, Semi sales grew by just 3.4% in '07.

Strength in the semiconductor space provides a compelling opportunity for Legacy Holdings Inc. (LGYH.OB), an emerging providing of wafer cleaning technologies.

LGYH.ob delivered 1211% sequential quarterly revenue growth during Q2 ($17K to $223K) and has investors anxiously awaiting the upcoming third quarter filing. The company announced repeat product installations with Tyco (NYSE: TYC) over the the summer and has forged deep relationships with other industry leaders including Micrel (Nasdaq: MCRL). In light of these achievements, LGYH.ob appears to be progressing towards its goal of becoming the leading U.S. wet process supplier by 2011.

We'll be on the lookout for the upcoming quarterly filing over the next few weeks. Hopefully for LGYH.ob, a combination of positive industry trends and inroads with leaders in the semiconductor space will continue to push the company in the right direction. From our perspective, LGYH.ob's technology presents a very attractive value proposition to its core markets and this is becoming increasingly evident with each new contract win and financial report. In closing, we expect more great things from the company in the future and look forward to updating you on corporate developments as they transpire.

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Read Up on DME

Dimethyl ether is viewed by many, including Volvo AB as one of the most efficient renewable fuels on the face of the planet. From what I've read thus far about DME, some of its key benefits include:

1. Being Non toxic to humans, non damaging to the environment, and biodegradable;

2. 90% less NOx emissions than standard automotive fuels;

3. It promotes 30% higher fuel economy than gasoline in passenger cars and can be up to 5X more efficient than conventional fossil fuels; and

4. DME can be easily transported and distributed via pre-existing propane infrastructure.

Interested in learning more about DME? Check out the International DME Association's website.

You also might want to take a look at the plethora of DME-related research housed on the HighBeam website.

More Background on the DME for Fuel Movement

For those of you as interested in our new portfolio company AFTC.PK and the DME for fuel movement as I am, Diesel.net provides some pretty good links to a number of relevant articles.

The GreenCarCongress website also houses some detailed information on the use of DME as an automotive fuel. Also, Volvo AB has been a major proponent of the use of DME for fuel and also has a good deal of pertinent info on their homepage.

Just a few good sources of info for those wanting to learn more. With some analysts predicting $300 per barrel oil by 2015 and fuel prices already getting too rich for my blood, emerging fuel sources such as DME tend to pique my interest. Check back soon for an in-depth corporate profile and intro newsletter coverage on AFTC.PK as well as more research on DME.

EMOT.PK Up 400% Quickly

It looks like EMOT.PK just advanced $.04 or 400% on just one 20,000 trade. That represents nearly 20X yesterday's measly volume of 1,057.

This could be the start of a nice end-of-week run.

I've spoken to the new CEO recent on numerous occasions and he seems confident that the company's BladeXT
(pretty cool expo video) electric bike will soon be ready for mass production. I've also spoken with hoards of interested transportation industry executives eager to stock the product in their stores once it is.

Either way, we could be going higher here over the next two hours of trading so pay attention, folks.

PENC.ob on Target. Check Out SKNN.ob

I was almost right on. PENC.ob nearly hit $1.20 Thursday. I'll settle for $1.19 and a retrace back to $1.18.

If trading picks up here today like it did late last week, I like our chances of going higher. The stock appears to be immune to the sickly nature of its broader industry (oil & gas), so who knows ?

While you're at it, check out SKNN.ob, the stock roared up nearly 160% Thursday on more than 1 million shares traded.

Pretty cool concept if nothing else. These guys could be on to something from a product standpoint and apparently just arranged a credit facility to help them take orders during the upcoming holiday season. They also moved their office out of Manhattan and into NJ. Heard a bit about the company from a friend and plan on learning more.

If the stock dips below $.05, I'll be very tempted here. In the meantime, I plan on taking a look at the filings this weekend. I'll let you know if anything jumps out at me. I'll also look into picking up a pair.

AFTC.PK Profile Coming Soon. A Hedge Against $7 Gas?

Alternative Fuel Technologies Inc. (AFTC.PK) has me excited with regard to what the future holds for the company.

I've spent a great deal of time conducting some initial due diligence of my own here and my findings thus far are quite promising.

I'll be releasing an introductory corporate profile on AFTC.pk next week. But for now, I'll provide you with a sampling of some of the company's investment highlights as I see them.

1. AFTC.PK has developed a cutting edge fuel system technology for which the company claims is no known competition from a technical standpoint.

2. AFTC.PK is poised to capitalize on a paradigm shift in both the automotive and energy sectors towards the widespread use of ultra-clean fuel sources.

3. DME, the fuel which the company's systems are designed to run on, can be produced at ½ the cost of petroleum fuels when oil is valued at $125 per gallon, making AFTC’s technology an extremely compelling proposition in today’s rough & tumble economy.

4. AFTC is now chasing business and/or supplying prototype systems for testing in Japan, China, India, Korea, and Sweden.

8. The company’s technology can be applied to a vast array of markets in addition to passenger cars, including construction equipment, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks and busses, and diesel generators.

With some analysts predicting $7/gallon gas and $300/barrel oil in the not-so-distant future and the U.S. already spending more than $400 billion on foreign oil, we need an economically and environmentally friendly renewable energy solution, PRONTO. AFTC.PK might just be at the forefront of it all. Sound interesting? Keep your eyes peeled for my profile next week.

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Volvo Loves DME, AFTC.PK

AB Volvo is a firm believer that dimethyl ether (DME) is one of the most promising renewable energy sources on the face of the planet.

With more than $60 billion in annual sales and nearly 100,000 employees in 20 countries, Volvo has become a leading "driver" in the transition of DME from the lab to the road.

Interestingly enough, a bit of digging uncovers that one of Volvo's business segments - Volvo Truck Group - has been using prototype DME fuel systems from Outcast portfolio favorite AFTC.PK since 1995. I came across a company summary on the AFTC.PK homepage that brings this little known fact to light. Pretty impressive if you ask me!!

I'll delve deeper into the aforementioned relationship in future editions and will surely speak with management, potentially at both companies, to get the skinny here. In the meantime, I found a very interesting graphic on the Volvo website that compares DME quite favorably to a number of other renewable energy sources based on 7 unique and very relevant categories. CHECK IT OUT!!

QMNM.ob Bounces Back/PENC.ob Ready to Run

Quest Minerals & Mining Corp. (OTCBB: QMNM) has finally bounced back over the past two trading sessions, gaining nearly 153% or $.0026 on volume of more than 78,236,740 shares traded. QMNM.ob closed out Wednesday at $.0043 after hitting its 14 session high of $.0057.

With one-day volume surging 300%, 5-day volume increasing 180%, and 10-day volume up about 82%, trading in the stock is certainly picking up. Despite, average 5 and 10 day closing prices being down considerably (- approx 30% and 67% respectively), Wednesday's run coupled with a recent surge in volume has me optimistic with regard to what the next few trading sessions have in store for QMNM.ob.

A Burst Through the $.0046 Level Early Thursday Would be Bullish in My Opinion

QMNM.ob broke through the $.0046 level just after 11:00 on Wednesday, the stock ran up to its recent high of $.0057. If QMNM.ob can test and break that level in early trading today with even a fraction of the volume behind it than what we saw driving the mini-run up yesterday, we could see QMNM.ob consolidate in the $.0055 range and possibly move higher if investors are confident that we've formed a new base here and aren't selling off back to $.0045.

Surely, the continued ups and downs in QMNM.ob are due in part to the speculation birthed by a lack of company news. However, I had the chance to speak with the Chief, Eugene today and our conversation definitely left me optimistic with regard to what is going on both at Pond Creek and with the GWENCO BK hearing.
What's Going on with Quest?

It's getting late here, but here's some of the most important nuggets of information from my conversation with Gene today:

1. BK - I don't have my notes in front of me at the moment, but the gist of it is: GWENCO, has received verbal agreement from the previous contesting debtors and will send out another revised plan in the first week of October. Gene has stated time and time again that this situation is under control and should be completely wrapped up by the end of '08. I am working on him to issue a press release on this topic just to keep us all informed and equipped with solid time lines and dates to look out for.

2. Production: Gene continues to state that they are mining coal. He also stated that they have been having problems with their continuous miner (piece of equipment, not one miner) and that when it does go down, which is sporadically, it can take about 4 hrs to fix, ceases mining for the time that its down, and is not the easiest fix in the sense that it is in a hole (the mine) and I would say an overall pain in the ass to deal with.

Solution: Gene mentioned that they would soon be utilizing a second continuous miner which would greatly help the flow of coal because if one miner is down, there is still one running , hence no complete cease in production.

My Beef: Since I can understand Gene not wanting to issue press about equipment being down for hours or shifts here and there and also is not yet prepared to issue tonnage reports, I commented that it's not fair for either those at the mine or those calling the mine or mining company to have access to info not disclosed in publicly available documents, namely press releases.

Also, as Gene and I agreed, if you call the mine and get a hold of a pissed off employee that has been trying to fix equipment for 6 hrs, you may get told just how horrible things are this week. That may not be completely true in the grand scheme of things which the worker may not be aware of or be expected to be aware of.

Conversely, you could potentially speak to a miner that worked a great shift and is going home to a nice home cooked meal. He may tell you all is good at Pond Creek, but that may not hold true in regards to the big picture. No offense to the miners, they put their lives at risk everyday which is more than a desk jockey like myself can say, but they are most not likely the ones who should be fielding investor calls. Sure, some of them may be master traders, but I bet most of them are far from it.

Either way, I suggested that Gene tell the miners not to answer the phone or field investor calls and my associates ask investors to call the proper personnel for reliable info. I'd just hate to see the stock move in any direction based on what one miner coming out of his 2nd consecutive shift in a dark hole says about the operation in its entirety. Either way, I'm pushing for at least some periodic updates on the status of equipment. Let's see how that goes.

On another note, Gene did explain that to get closer and closer to the main seam at Pond Creek, their continuous miner has cut through something ridiculous like 20,000 tons of rock. I can understand how that could cause some damage. Either way, with a 2nd miner soon to be in action, things appear to be on the "up and up" at Pond Creek. Moreover, Gene said he'll likely hold off on a tonnage report until the end of October unless he hits a massive vein here in the very near future.

PENC.ob Breaks Through Resistance, Hits $1.15. Look out Tomorrow!

As I had hoped early on this morning, PENC.ob finally broke through resistance at 1.06 and blasted through the $1.08 - $1.10 range to a closing print of $1.15.

My estimate that it would have taken between 50K to 100K share volume to get there was just about right. PENC.ob traded more than 50K shares today and appreciated significantly from yesterday's closing price of $.97.

We saw some very bullish momentum in PENC.ob today, with the stock gaining 15% on fairly thin volume. The ask looked firm towards the end of the day at $1.15, so I'm looking for a move higher once trading commences on Thursday. It doesn't look like too many sellers are present at $1.15. So, I like the chance of PENC.ob reaching $1.20 or higher tomorrow

"PENC.ob Showing Promise For Wednesday Trading. A Move Past $1.05 Would Be A Very Bullish Sign"

While the broader market remains about as volatile as Britney Spears after a 5th of Vodka, QMNM.ob and PENC.ob both posted steady gains are show promise to break through their respective resistance levels on Thursday and provide some very nice gains for even those investors that were scared to turn their screens on in recent mornings in fear that the market had disintegrated. It hasn't yet folks, so keep checking back.

Alternative Fuel Technologies Inc. (AFTC.PK) Moves on News, Provides Compelling Value Prop for Alt-Energy Space

Economists such as CIBC World Market’s Jeff Rubin envision a future in which astronomical fuel prices force automobiles off the road. Rubin forecasts that $7/gallon gasoline by 2012 will drive the largest overall reduction in America’s vehicle fleet (10 million vehicles or 4%).


In light of these predictions, AFTC’s technology suite holds the unique potential to help keep cars on our highways and byways in both an economically and environmentally efficient manner. The company provides prototype fuel systems for diesel injection engines that enable them to efficiently burn a new ultra-clean alternative fuel – dimethyl ether (DME).

In addition to its many other benefits, DME can reportedly be produced at less than 50% of the cost of petroleum fuels at $125 per barrel. This makes AFTC.pk’s fuel systems a very attractive proposition going forward as energy prices remain extremely volatile.

Shares gained 2.15% or $.02 Tuesday on brisk volume of 2,000. If the stock can start off Wednesday trading with a bang and head north of $.95 on volume more like what we experienced late last week versus the past two days, we could easily test the dollar mark.
Research Rationale

Due to the company’s position as an emerging global leader in an infant marketplace poised to soon become one of the world’s largest clean energy industries, we feel that AFTC.pk represents a unique and compelling ground-level investment research opportunity

MMIO.ob Unscathed By Hurricane Ike.

Marmion Industries Corp. (MMIO.ob) is back in the news today with the announcement that its new corporate headquarters was not harmed by Hurricane Ike.

The press release is likely very warmly received by MMIO investors anxious to hear something out of the company. As evidenced by the three month chart to the right, shares have dipped considerably as of late on pretty thin volume.

The stock is down about 20% today on just 5,000 shares and has hit its recent low of $.004. Trading action has been heating up over the past few days however, so I'll be very curious to see what trend the stock decides to follow early on today.

If we see $.003 on relatively high volume (100K shares), that could be trouble. However, if the stock can fight its way back up to its recent high print range of $.005 - $.0055, we could pay witness to another bounce like we did back in mid-August. I'll check back with MMIO.ob in a few hours to see what is cooking here. Let's hope for the best!

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BSLM.ob Gains Big While Broader Market Tanks

Bio Solutions Manufacturing Inc. (BSLM.ob) gained nearly 88% Monday on more than 479,000 shares traded despite the overall market getting absolutely annihilated.

Monday's high print of $.02 marked BSLM's best since 9/17. Moreover, the stock's two day volume has now increased close to 447%.

We haven't heard much from BSLM.ob as of late, but the stock appears to want to move higher. While the rest of my OTCBB portfolio tanks, I'll be watching BSLM.ob on Tuesday morning in hope that it continues its upward trend and breaks through resistance at $.002.

While economic experts predict that the imminent economic pullback and ongoing credit crisis will negatively impact bio-fuel development efforts, BSLM's concept of turning brown trap grease into B100 could emerge as a cheap and effective alternative to competing technologies if the company can in fact move forward with its business plan, which it has yet to do in my opinion.

Again, we have not hear much out of the company in quite some time, so I'm curious to see what's driving the recent surge in the stock with regard to both volume and share price. Either way, Monday's green close and the recent increase in daily volume have caught my attention.

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QMNM.ob Down 30% in Early Trading

Quest Minerals & Mining Corp (QMNM.ob) shares continue to drop in early trading and are now down nearly 30% today to $.0017 on volume of more than 15 million shares.

Share price has been depreciating rapidly here as of late and could still go lower with no production updates from the company.

The stock is undoubtedly being adversely impacted by the uncertainty of Quest's wholly-owned subsidiary, Gwenco Inc's ongoing bankruptcy proceeding and a lack of a corporate update regarding the company increasing coal production to meet previously outlined goals and/or hitting the main seam at its Pond Creek, KY mine.

In regards to the BK hearing, from what I've been told, the company has received a verbal agreement from creditors that previously objection the most recent reorganization plan. I will check with management again on this early this week, but I'm pretty sure that this is the case.

Also, I will inquire about progress at the mine and the possibility of a tonnage report. Check back later today or early tomorrow for an update.

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AFTC Masters The Perfect Bio Fuel

With fuel prices recently surging past $4 per gallon and toxic emissions crippling our environment by the second, can you afford not to invest in a Global leader set to capitalize on a paradigm shift in both the multi-billion dollar automotive and energy industries?

While auto-industry leaders including Nissan and Volvo perfect their offerings for commercial use in coming years, Alternative Fuel Technologies Inc. (OTCPK: AFTC) has already developed systems that run on Dimethyl Ether or DME, otherwise know as the "perfect bio-fuel".

The low cost, low emission fuel can be produced from a plethora of abundant natural resources, used in any diesel injection engine, and can be distributed through existing propane dispensing infrastructure.

AFTC is already capitalizing on both its position as an industry thought leader and early market entrant to deliver solutions today that provide an optimal replacement for diesel fuel and help consumers save money and improve their health simultaneously.

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Grumblings on ZVTK News.

Sometimes the psyche of the typical small cap investor more difficult to understand than that of the most difficult significant other that you've ever had. They state what they want, but when they get it, they're still ultimately unappeased. Today, I'm speaking in regards to shareholders in ZVTK.

After months of silence, investors were foaming at the mouth for any type of update from the company. To appease these folks, ZVTK has noted its attendance of a major e-tail show in Las Vegas and scheduling of an aggressive sales meeting agenda there to help sell its core product to potential customers from around the globe.

ZVTK also noted recently that it has set up a merchant account, which will play a critical role in helping sell its landmark product via its website in the not so distant future. .

Merchant Account Not Major But Visibility Is!!

I realize that any 7th grader wishing to sell their David Ortiz rookie card on Ebay can set up a merchant account and that it's not an earth shattering development by any means. However, the key underlying theme here is VISIBILITY over ZVTK's operations and business strategy.

The account is the first step towards ZVTK being able to sell the bulbs, at higher margins than previously possible, through www.zevo-tek.com. ZVTK has also informed the public regarding its intent to outsource call center and fulfillment center operations, two more critical steps towards implementing click-to-buy functionality. After that, in a perfect world, the previously filmed infomercial will be aired by a media company - which costs money as well. By then, most of the heavy lifting required to get the product recognized by households around the world will be done.

My Gripe

Here's my gripe. Investors beg for news and then "poo poo" ZVTK for keeping them in the loop in regards to what the company is doing to improve its business. If there was no mentioned of ZVTK striving to add click-to-buy to its website, there'd be whining about no news and not enough insight into what's going on with the company.

So, let me tell you how I see things progressing from an unbiased point of view. If things go according to plan and logic, we'll soon here about a toll free number posted on the site set up to field inbound sales calls for the IONIC BULB and also about a fulfillment center somewhere that will be responsible for getting the product to consumer doorsteps. We'll also hopefully soon here of agreements with Media/Marketing firms capable of placing the advertising spot on television, possibly in multiple countries.

Moreover, we should also catch wind of just how well the sales meetings went in Vegas at the ERA show and what potential customers ZVTK is currently negotiating with. My conversations with Adam lead me to believe that the show generated some substantial oversees sales opportunities, so I'm anxious to see what materializes there.

Darkness Or Light? You Decide

All in all, would you rather have the company updating you step by step on its progress in bringing its product out of infancy stage and into the global spotlight, step by step. Or would you rather hang on to your hat until quarterly financial reports are issued? I think we all know the answer there and I also realize that by nature, myself included, everybody likes to have something complain about. But, let that be a potential late filing, less-than-stellar sales levels, or at least not some positive action that management is taking in effort to grow the company.

In closing, PLEASE use the blog as your direct link to ZVTK for questions and comments ranging from bickering about perceived "waste of paper" news releases to inquiries about what countries ZVTK may now have fostered potential sales relationships with. I'm here to be the conduit here. As long as you agree not to shoot the messenger, I'm happy to do my best to help. Best of luck today, folks.