KO, don't confuse the bad apple here.
I usually agree with your honest posts and the realistic outlook of SSTP's future, especially with the bad past of Rivera and his team. But I do believe Garjian's past and recent attempts at revitalizing this concept are pretty sincere, and it will take a lot longer than what posters here propose it will occur to actually occur.
His visions for the company, even 7 years ago, are definitely admirable and may be feasible, but they were obviously very lofty for the time and probably shouldn't have been leaked publicly. Anyone who dumped more shares based off those words alone, without tangible evidence, should be more to blame than him. He's been an environment-conscious junkie and entrepreneur for decades now - while I can't speak for him directly, I'm sure he's been pretty upset and embarrassed by himself that he too bought 100% into Rivera's process.
While I will never believe any future hype on here until I see actual results, I don't believe saying MG pumped the stock (especially in the manner Rivera legitimately did, who ended up suffering legal damages) isn't fair to Garjian's efforts for an actual change.
Let's be clear what's happened here in the last 12 months:
1. Garjian and his new team have legally broken away from Rivera's brand name once and for all. They will at some point release a new company name, but there really is no need to do it right now.
2. They are experimenting with old ideas and trying to manipulate them using 2014 advances in pyrolysis. If they were smart, they'd hire legitimate biochemists, chemical engineers, and R&D scientists to fund this effort. I have no idea who their current team comprises of.
3. Assuming there is something in the works, they are being extremely tight-lipped for a reason. This is how constructive and effective start-up companies SHOULD be operating - don't false alert the masses, work hard for many months, and wait until you get something tangible to address the public.
This mindset is clearly different from years past, and I'd say pre-emptive hype (like some people express on this forum) is very destructive and hindering to the actual players involved in attempting to make it work. Rivera tried to both synthesize the product and sell the product at the same time, and this clearly turned off any international entities that were open to funding it small-scale.
There's an inherent reason companies haven't created a cost-effective catalyst for biodegradable pyrolysis AND garnered enough funding domestically or internationally to get it in mass volume. These things take time, lots of money, tons of repetitive science, and access to resources that most companies give up on the effort.
I have no idea if MG or his team actually reads this forum, but it's pretty clear that they need a more robust effort from younger scientists willing to invest free part-time labor in helping them with this endeavor. They should be searching and reaching out PhDs college graduates in biochemistry, Masters students at notable universities, professors looking for a high reward side-project, and engineers who all can be compensated for company stock shares in place for some R&D.
