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Thats all you got? Come on Shakerzzz give us the goods! lol
Thats the plan Stevesc! Just hang in there, and we will be enjoying some good times ahead! Im excited!
"Cleaner Power in India: Towards a Clean-Coal-Technology Roadmap"
Coal-based power has become a key element of India’s energy sector. As the country’s energy and power needs continue to grow, the role of coal will remain undiminished for at least the next few decades. Yet, there are a number of challenges facing the coal-power sector, and there are several constraints that will affect its trajectory. There is now a broad and evolving array of technology options for the coal power generation, unlike in the past when subcritical pulverized coal combustion was the dominant technology of choice. There are also varying concerns about the applicability of these emerging technologies for the Indian context. Thus, it is important for India to engage in an in-depth analysis of technology issues as well as strategic planning to allow for appropriate development of the coal-power sector.
Motivated by these considerations, this work has outlined the interlinkages between technology innovation and public policy, and highlighted the need for a technology roadmapping process as a tool to help determine appropriate policies in the sector. It then assesses relevant technology options in order to derive an illustrative technology roadmap and the requisite policy elements. Our analytical framework helps delineate the kinds of questions that need to be addressed, as well as our view of what the answers to some of these questions are.
However, this work should be viewed as a stepping-stone for a more comprehensive assessment that needs to be undertaken by the Indian government, preferably lead by the Planning Commission and with buy-in from policy-makers and key stakeholders. Appropriate processes for developing consensus-based solutions need to be put in place, under the imprimatur of the government and with wide stakeholder participation, with the aim of developing a robust technology policy and a suitable domestic innovation strategy for the future of India’s coal-power sector.
The window is closing... Still a little time to buy em on the cheap. Might wake up tomorrow morning and see that the train has left the station! Last call... all aboard!
CCTC loves me this I know... For the BASHERS tell me SO!
Here is to a profitable future! GLTA
Thanks Admiral. Much appreciated! It could be a bumpy road, but it will reach the summit. I believe in CCTC/CCTI.
lol...I too have had dreams of going to da moon, but it would be nice to have CCTC along for the ride!!! Green days are upon us.
A major short squeeze could be become a reality here! Nice work Investlong!
Admiral where do you see the PPS going over the next few months with India and China signed? I know no one has a crystal ball, but just curious where you see things after the contracts are known to us all?
well said Admiral! You are wise beyond your years lol. I have averaged my position and plan on holding for what will be a prosperous future in clean coal! You obviously know more than most on the board about company happenings, and from what I gather you as well see good things ahead. Like you said earlier, million dollar contracts take time and all the I's and T's need to be dotted before its official. This week we could very well see some firworks ;)
With all the money going towards clean energy, and how bad China and India need to clean up their environment CCTC is well positioned to clean up! The U.S. will soon see what we can do as well! This is just the begining of the clean coal movement, and with all the magazine awareness its looking good to be a CCTC investor.
I wish I got paid... Just believe in the company going forward!
You will regret selling IMO. Come on man news is imminent and the Brave souls will prosper! Too bad you wont be a part of it...
I believe people have talked to Doug, and have a peace of mind due to what they have heard. It might take a little longer than some expected, but come on people this is a great oppurtunity here!!!
We are in for a great week and coming weeks! There will be a lot of news coming, and the Fortune Mag article will be a bonus! I wish I had more money to buy at these levels. Damn this is cheap right now! Might open on Monday a lot higher!!!!
Amen brother! .50 would be sweet! Thats a real possibilty! GLTA
Admiral I am curious to get your take on the recent Form4 from Mr. Hunt. Thanks in advance!
Seeing Larry dump shares puts a little damper in my day. I am still confident in the company and Dougs plan, but its not a good feeling seeing shares sold like that!
Investlong... Hence your name, are you looking at holding this stock for a while, or unloading once your target is hit after news breaks? We need some news very soon, and I hope Doug knocks it out of the park! I have a lot riding on this one, and know it has tons of potential! This is a very interesting time for CCTC...
I think tomorrow and Monday would be great for news! A double whammy... Hit those shoters hard!
it finally budged. Check your screen now! lol
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/04/five-hot-topics-watch-senate-climate-bill
Five Hot Spots in the Senate Climate Bill
— By Kate Sheppard
| Thu Apr. 22, 2010 11:35 AM PDT.
— Photo by liberalmind1012, via Flickr.
After months of closed-door huddles with lawmakers and lobbyists, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) are expected to finally unveil their long-awaited climate and energy bill on April 26.The bill is expected to stick to the broad goals of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill passed by the House last June: a 17 percent emissions cut by 2020 and a reduction of roughly 80 percent by 2050. But while the bill will likely contain a cap-and-trade component, it will probably mix and match a variety of methods to reduce planet-warming gases. For instance, it's expected to introduce a cap on carbon emissions produced by utilities in 2012, and later include emissions from other major sources like steel, glass, and cement manufacturers in 2016. The system for trading pollution permits will likely be more limited than previous iterations of the plan. The bill is also expected to include financial incentives for, among other things, nuclear power, offshore oil and gas drilling, and technologies to capture and store emissions from coal-fired power plants.
But there's a lot more we don't know about the bill, and plenty of points of contention. Here are the five biggest sticking points:
Drill, maybe, drill?: President Barack Obama's big announcement last month that he would open vast new areas of the outer continental shelf to offshore oil and gas drilling made oil-state Democrats and many Republicans happy. Sen.Mary Landrieu (D-La) cheered the announcement, as did Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)—both of whom are seen as possible "yes" votes for a climate bill. On the other hand, ten coastal state progressives are threatening to oppose any bill that expands offshore drilling.
There are two contentious issues here: the drilling itself, and how the revenues from the sale of leases for drilling sites would be distributed. Some senators favor distributing part of the revenues to the states that consent to drilling, arguing that they should be compensated for their resources. But enviros oppose this proposal, arguing that it creates a perverse incentive for states to expand drilling. And some senators—like Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)—say revenue sharing would take away hundreds of billions of dollars in much-needed income for the federal government. Murkowski summed up the dilemma nicely for the Wall Street Journal: "Drilling is just one piece of controversy in a bill that is obviously very difficult to build. Some would suggest that as you try to bring certain members on to an initiative, for every one you get on, you have two that leap out of the wheelbarrow."
What happens to existing environmental regs?: One big question hanging over the climate bill is what happens to certain existing environmental laws, both federal legislation like the Clean Air Act and state-level efforts to cut carbon emissions. The House bill, for instance, explicitly states that its cap-and-trade system will replace regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency is crafting under the authority of the Clean Air Act. But a number of climate activists warned that this would mean that while new coal-fired power plants would be cleaner, a number of old, dirty coal plants would remain unregulated. The EPA's Clean Air Act authority was restored in the bill that Kerry and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced last fall, but likely didn't survive the chopping block in the new bill. This is sure to rile up 13 Democratic senators who wrote to Majority Leader Harry Reid last month asking that a final bill protect the EPA's authority. And it's also a key issue for environmental advocates. "If the Clean Air Act is weakened, we're going to go to the mat for that," Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune told Mother Jones.
A number of moderate Democrats and Republicans want to eliminate not just the EPA authority, but also the rights of states to set climate targets that are tougher than federal rules. On Wednesday, George Voinovich (R-Ohio), another one possible Republican vote, said the bill would have to preempt both the EPA and state regulations to win his vote. And 10 industrial state Dems included this in a list of demands sent to the bill's authors last week. But progressive states like California have pledged to fight any attempts to undermine their ability to set more ambitious goals.
Step on the gas (tax): A few weeks ago, it looked like the bill would leave the oil industry out of a cap-and-trade system and instead establish a separate fee on transportation fuels (ie. gasoline and diesel), to be paid at the pump by consumers. Oil companies like this idea (mostly because they came up with it). But now Kerry is pretending the concept was never under consideration, and Graham says that they've dropped the fee idea. How will the bill deal with oil? Who the heck knows.
What's in the trade winds?: At least 10 Dems from industrial states are worried about what the bill does (or doesn't do) to protect industries—like, say, steel—that are big users of energy and very vulnerable to offshore competition. Those senators want to delay regulations on manufacturers until 2016, limit the price on emissions, and create a "regionally equitable distribution of allowances." (This is senator-speak for financial handouts to industries that will be hit hard by limits on greenhouse gases.) The senators have also called for a border adjustment, which is a fee on imports from countries that don't have a cap on pollution. Last year, President Obama dismissed this idea as overly "protectionist." But his energy and climate adviser Carol Browner said this week that the administration has warmed to the notion. "I think it's fair to say a final bill will be very mindful of the needs of these particular sectors of the economy," Browner said Tuesday.
Show me the money: In the House debate last year, one of the biggest foodfights was over the distribution of tens of billions of dollars worth of carbon pollution permits. (The permits are the currency of the cap-and-trade system: companies that exceed the "cap" on their emissions must buy more permits to cover the extra carbon.) The House members devised a system that handed out the majority of permits to polluters, auctioned off others, and distributed revenues to a variety of industries and interests. That included $60 billion to develop "clean coal" technologies, free permits for heavy emitters like manufacturers, oil refiners, and merchant coal generators, and a rebate program for low-income energy consumers. Now Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman get to do this all over again. Kerry has promised that the bill will include "huge assistance" to the coal industry, as well as rebates to consumers. If you think the deal-cutting that went on in health care was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Funseeker... You are not scaring me out of selling my shares! Get lost!
Thats more than I have:0 You will be rewarded very nicely! Things will be ok Coger. Hang in there!
I do like the fact that they are fully reporting to SEC, and trying make every effort to comply. OTCBB might not be far off...
I have been long since February, and have confidence in the company going forward! You make some logical explanations and valid points, but I am just questioning the current filing. I have a lot invested in CCTC, and plan to hold for a while! I guess I have seen selling of shares as more of a weakness... Investlong, I enjoy reading your informative posts, and I too try to bring as much DD to the board as I can. I am just really curious about Larrys motive, and hope he is just paying some bills, or using it to help the Company in some way! GLTA
I wonder why Larry Hunt didnt sell when it was around .17?
How do you know what that window is? And why wouldnt he sell down the road when the PPS is a lot higher? I understand this is a small amount of his holdings, but come on its weird timing dont ya think? Just curious....
We dont know the reasoning behind this, so cant really say much... Maybe someone with more knowledge can give us a better idea of why he would sell some of his shares now.
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&cb=1271798419&article=42459715&symbol=NO%5ECCTC
What exactly is taking place?
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&cb=1271798419&article=42459715&symbol=NO%5ECCTC
What exactly is taking place?
Wow... Nice find! That is quite encouraging.
Well, I am holding long doing my job! No weak hands here! Who else is going long?
LOL... now that is funny stuff! Thanks for making me laugh. Go CCTC!
I thought in one of the last PRs it was stated the deals would be signed in April form early April...
I think Douge is trying to teach you Patience. lol Come on bud, Million dollar deals dont happen overnight! It will come!
I am very aware of that! I just think news will come out soon, and the support at this level is strong... All IMO.
http://www.ecoseed.org/en/general-green-news/green-business-news/green-business-news/6924
East Asia must begin clean energy revolution now – World Bank
Monday, 19 April 2010 08:16
By Claire M. Umali
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam can simultaneously stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without compromising growth. East Asia’s six major energy-using countries will need to mobilize about $80 billion in investment yearly, as well make domestic policy and institutional reforms, to attain sustainable energy growth, said the World Bank.
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam can simultaneously stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without compromising growth through additional fiscal investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, the bank said in a new report.
The international community must shoulder $25 billion of the total investment. China should pay for a big chunk of the investment while smaller countries will chip in smaller shares, said Dr. Xiaodong Wang, lead author of the report and senior energy specialist at the World Bank.
Additionally, the report states that governments must help put clean energy in the mainstream. To date, East Asia’s energy consumption has trebled and will likely continue to rise as economies develop and urban population swells by 50 percent.
Renewable energy could take up a big proportion of East Asia’s energy demands by 2030, the World Bank suggested.
The report stresses that the window of opportunity is closing fast, adding that the region might be stuck in high-carbon infrastructure if governments do not act promptly.
“The speed and scale of urbanization presents an unrivalled opportunity to build low-carbon cities,” said Ms. Wang at a discussion in Manila on Monday.
“The technical and policy means already exist for the necessary transformation – what’s needed is political will and unprecedented international cooperation to meet the financing needs,” she added.
Jim Adams, the vice president of the bank for the East Asia and the Pacific, said countries must pick up the pace of low-carbon development and sustainable lifestyle.
Main recommendations
In the report Winds of Change: East Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future, the World Bank recommended a mix of energy pricing reforms, financial incentives and regulations such as economy-wide energy intensity targets.
The World Bank also said that smart urban planning should be integrated with public transport and clean energy options, such as green buildings and efficient vehicles.
To boost alternative energy by 2030 and make renewables competitive with conventional energy sources, the report suggests financial incentive polices or tax on fossil fuels. It also stresses the need to start accelerating innovation and new clean technologies right away.
Washington, D.C.-based World Bank said the international community should help developing nations through soft loans and technology transfer.
As a follow up on the East Asia study, the World Bank will launch a report on energy access issues in low-income countries such as Cambodia, Laos and Mongolia
it aint going much lower IMO. I bought as much as I can, and am waiting for some good news... LONG
Hey JB61 could you shoot me a PM about conversing with Mr Hauge if you get a chance. Much appreciated! I am considering giving him a ring next week!