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Tianjin Tianlian Composites Co.,Ltd
Apparently, this is the subsidiary of TTCM.
(COMPANY NAME
-- He confirmed that Hebei Tianlian Industry Company is the same company. )
http://www.tianlianpipe.com.cn/doce/mList.asp?id=44
p.s.
I also sent an Email with questions to TTCM, will post any response.
Re: European leaders agree to energy targets
By CONSTANT BRAND, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 8, 4:25 PM ET
BRUSSELS, Belgium -
European Union leaders agreed Thursday to establish binding targets for renewable energy, but they put off the issue of how to achieve them, Sweden's premier said.
The leaders agreed they would leave it up to the
European Commission to find a way to work out with each country how to achieve its individual binding target, said Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
It appeared that some countries might have to share the burden on overall reductions.
Reinfeldt added that the leaders also agreed on reducing carbon emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels.........
(Article continues)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_eu/eu_summit
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TTCH DD Posts
I summarized the relevant DD posts from RagingBull. I hope IHub forgives me, but there is little current DD, thus far. Notice the dates of the posts, not sure if all info is verified, but gives us a good foundation.
Product description and benefits:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5611&submit=Go
Wallst.net interviews:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5646&submit=Go
Greater TianJin BoHai Holding Company Group, Ltd might be planning to fund TTCH???
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5649&submit=Go
Mr Choe chat:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5663
15 DD Points: (A Must Read))
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5682&submit=Go
Another Mr. Choe chat:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5702&submit=Go
Filling Large Contracts?:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5710&submit=Go
Filling Large Contracts Answer:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5714
TTCH Future:
http://ragingbull.quote.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=TTCH&read=5715
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Re: Market Cap
Here is Market Cap as defined by Yahoo Financial Glossary:
Market capitalization - The total dollar value of all outstanding shares. Computed as shares times current market price. Capitalization is a measure of corporate size.
Market Cap = Shares Outstanding * Share Price.
http://biz.yahoo.com/f/g/mm.html
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Won-Gil Choe, Ph.D - President
Won-Gil Choe, Ph.D, is the CEO/President of Stanford Venture Group, Inc., which he founded. The company is primarily involved among others in management of Asian firms in U.S. He also serves as the President of TTCM China, Inc. Prior to founding the Stanford Venture Group, Inc., he was the Chairman and CEO of GAN Semiconductor, Inc., receiving funding from Siemens of Germany and Dow Corning Corporation who absorbed the Company later. Previously, Dr. Choe served as the President and CEO of Compressent Corporation, Inc. (NASDAQ), Cofounder and CFO of Mass Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ), CFO & Vice President of TeleVideo Systems (NASDAQ), Executive VP and CFO of Vacu Blast Corporation (NASDAQ). He was also with Applied Materials, Memorex, Philip-Signetics and Fairchild Semiconductor in engineering and general management capacities. Dr. Choe received BSIE from Arizona State University, MSIE from Stanford University and Ph.D in Corporate Finance from California Western University.
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/070206/113215.html
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Newbie Here
Howdy all! My buy went thru today, so I will be posting here. I usually do more DD, especially on a pinkie. However, the price is right, maybe a double bottom on all time low. The main question on a pinkie, is, is the company real? There is little doubt that TTCH is a real company, with an excellent product, that has huge demand. (Research and links are coming)
There is not much DD on TTCH, let us change that. I will be posting DD as it becomes available. Do not rely on one person, I urge everyone to do their own DD and please post it here. Many minds are better than one. Let us find out if TTCH is a good investment, or not.
This Board seems civil right now. Eventually the bashers will show up. My advice is twofold:
1.) Ignore them.
2.) Bury them.
Bury them with facts, research and Due Diligence. Post it over and over and over. They have no rational response to the truth, so keep posting it over and over. Forget useless bickering, expose this board to information on TTCH, that is what this board is for.
Good luck to us all
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Stock Price
PLRO has plunged from $5.83 to it's current price. The carnage continues. There is no excuse for this. PLRO does nothing to reassure investors. PLRO is not an investor friendly stock. Pay attention to this folks. You need to invest in companies that care about their investors, and run the business to the benefit of shareholders.
PLRO went public in November. 4 months later and they still have not closed that Merger Agreement. Incompetance. Is this how they execute?
Selling my PLRO may turn out to be a big mistake. However, even IF PLRO is legitimate and executes (highly suspect right now), the stock will be dead money for a long time. Severe technical damage has been done to the stock. Several days ago PLRO gapped down 5 consecutive days. Even if the price tries to move up, all the buyers of the last few weeks will bail out at the first chance they can break even. Pitiful.
I had a serious question about PLRO. The company itself, and Investor Relations Market Direct have never satisfied my question. Weeks ago I talked with a guy from Market Direct, he talked for 20 minutes how PLRO was doing good, was going to this, and do that. I just let the guy ramble. It was obvious that he knew nothing about PLRO, he did not give me one new shred of info about PLRO. I think they need to fire Market Direct. Go ahead give their Investor Relations a phone call, experience their brilliance for yourself.
Reasons I sold
If you noticed, I have severely cut back on my posting here lately. At one point I doubled my money here, and had no intention of selling. The other day I sold all my position, and lost half my money. I sincerely thought that PLRO would eventually reach $50 a share, however recent events make me think otherwise.
I have been reluctant to post this, but I have posted the positive DD, so here is the negative DD. This is only my opinion based on research, do your own DD and form your own opinion.
When no news of the March 1 Meeting came out, I was not worried. I assumed it was a done deal. Due to other posters having a concern, I started trying to contact Investor Relations last friday, March 2. Due to their incompetance, I know nothing more now than I did then. That is pitifully disgusting.
When I saw the 8K Tuesday, it raised red flags with me. I had serious questions that needed to be answered. Since Friday, I have Emailed several times, phoned about 7 times, I even left a message at the desk of Ms Pineda. I have learned NOTHING. They keep taking my number, but no one ever calls.
That 8K is an example of their incompetance. It is dated February 28 (before the March 1 Meeting), signed on March 2, and Filed with SEC on March 5. The Document also contains the date December 15, 2007? Huh?
A line from the 8K:
The Second Amending Agreement extends of the Outside Date of the Contribution Agreement to April 15, 2007, at which time the Contribution Agreement automatically terminates.
So was the vote denied? Is their another vote coming? Does the Agreement Terminate April 15, otherwise? Who knows?
I needed simple answers to these questions, and have been unable to get them from PLRO or their Investor Relations. Shame on them.
They issued a PR notifying about the March 1 Meeting, to not issue a PR with the vote results of the Meeting is unprofessional and in my opinion neglect of Fiduciary Responsibility.
Multiple Reactors
Yes, multiple reactors are included in the new pictures. Not sure if they are in their final location, but there is definitely progress being made.
http://www.jhrivera.com/images/ussecphoto4.jpg
http://www.jhrivera.com/images/ussecphoto5.jpg
Re: 8K
Hello Deanna, what is the link?
I am not real comfortable with this company right now. I was convinced of the credibility of PLRO. I spent a considerable amount of time researching and discussing the company. Right now no one can get any information from PLRO or their Investor Relations. This is very bothersome. At mininum, we should have had some word on the March 1 vote.
Every one better read the 8K and go form there.
Personaly, I am thoroughly disgusted with PLRO right now. This is not a time to ask Cramer.
I tried talking to their Investor Relations weeks ago. There were several items that bothered me. They were not interested. Now it appears that those concerns have happened here. The PLRO stock price has suffered severe technical damage. I blame PLRO and their Investor Relations. It is appalling.
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8K
"Second Amending Agreement
The Registrant has entered into an agreement to amend the contribution agreement dated October 26, 2006 (the "Contribution Agreement") by and between the Registrant, Platinum Research Organization L.P., a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of Texas ("Platinum"), Lubrication Partners, a joint venture ("GP Transferor") and sole shareholder of Platinum IP Management, Inc., a company organized and existing under the laws of Texas and the general partner of Platinum ("PRO GP"), each person holding a limited partnership interest in Platinum (each, a "Limited Partner") (each Limited Partner and GP Transferor, a "PRO Transferor" and collectively, the "PRO Transferors"), by and through John T. (Cork) Jaeger as the representative of all PRO Transferors (the "PRO Transferor Representative"), and (iii) Steve Drayton as the representative (the "Investor Representative") of all individuals who invest in the Registrant (other than the PRO Transferors) . (the "Second Amending Agreement"). The Second Amending Agreement extends of the Outside Date of the Contribution Agreement to April 15, 2007, at which time the Contribution Agreement automatically terminates
All other terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreement, as amended in under the first amending agreement dated December 15, 2007, remain unchanged.
A copy of the Amending Agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 8.01 by reference. The description of the Amending Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amending Agreement. "
Wrong dates in the Filing. It sure would be nice IF PLRO had someone avaialable to explain this junk. IF, IF, IF I ever get a hold of someone, I will emphatically let them know what a poor job of Investor Relations that they are doing. Their is no reason for this decrease in share price. It is only thru their lack of effort and stupidty, and I will tell them so.
They are not investor friendly.
8K Filed
As you may or may not know, PLRO filed an 8K. Does anybody have any idea what is going on? I tried to call Investor Relations yesterday, but they just wanted to send me info. They answer the phone "Platinum Research" but they apparently are not the Investor Relations firm Market Direct. I demanded to speak with Investor Relations, but they just took my number and said they would call back. No one ever called. I called back again today (twice). Still no info on what is going on. I demanded to speak with someone knowledgeable and even threatened contacting the SEC if no one is available. Once again, they simply took my number, and would call back. No one ever called back again, today. I even left a message on the CEO's phone, in an attempt to find out what is going on.
The market was up big today, yet PLRO was down .41 (17%) on big volume. Something is not right here. They issued a PR about having the Shareholder Meeting, it is only reasonable that they would issue a PR about the voting results.
I can not find any contact info for the company. It is no longer on the website. Yet there is no Investor Relations. If this is any indication of how they run the company we are in deep trouble. I am not happy.
This is directly from the 8K:
"CONTACTING INVESTOR INFORMATION AT INFO@MARKETDIRECT-IR.COM " (I have already Emailed them twice with no response).
What the heck! Is this an Email address or Website link? Unbelievable.
Supposedly, Market Direct 866-402-6760.
The other number is 604-689-4088. This is Miss Penada's number, but it is listed on an Official 8K Document.
If anyone finds out anything, please post it here.
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Quit Showing Your Lack of Intelligence
Just sell!! Please
Enough of your Whining already.
Quit torturing yourself. Just get out.
We are tired of reading nothing but your whining.
Blah Blah Blah. Enough already.
Life is beautiful, do something with yours. Sell and move on.
Good riddance.
Interesting Maximus comments
"The other thing not taken into consideration is that over the past five weeks, there have been no less than three major breakthroughs being refactored, as engineering improvements (such as the Cyclone Separator) have extended USSEC's viability even further"
Sounds like the time spent tweaking Freeus is paying dividends. 3 engineering improvements which should make the Rivera Process even more efficient and advanced over the competition. Awesome.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17585651
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PLRO Links
PLRO Website:
http://www.platinumresearch.com
3 PLRO Stock Research Reports:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=16804467
Potential Markets:
http://www.techrobond.com/addressable_salesfigures.shtml
Patents Issued and Pending:
http://www.techrobond.com/tech_intellectualproperty.shtml
Board of Directors:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17154599
Current Opportunity:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17180205
Corporate Brochure:
http://www.techrobond.com/investor_brochure.shtml
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Motor Age Article
Article on USSE
http://www.motorage.com/motorage/article/articleList.jsp?categoryId=993
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USSE Power Point Presentation
http://www.jhrivera.com/
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USSE Summary guide
http://www.maximuscommunications.com/ussecintro.pdf
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USSE Biofuel Lab Report
Summit Environment Technologies, Inc. Biofuels Laboratory Report.
Scientific analysis of properties and qualities of the liquid biofuel USSE produces.
http://www.maximuscommunications.com/set_report.pdf
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Video of USSEC's Biofuel
in action and some of its practical uses. Made in the city of Vidalia, LA.
http://www.ussec.us/research-20.html
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With Merge- No Longer a Pinkie
"With merge, we'll be at 1.0 billion shares or market cap of $200 million. Amazing that a pinkie can command this type of MC. Must be a lot of strong hands holding the float."
With the Merger, USSE will no longer be a pinkie. USSE will be fully SEC reporting on the Bulletin Board Exchange.
Speaking of SEC Documents. I snooped around in the ONYI Filings. They last reported a 10K on 4-17-06, after filing for a late extension. So, the ONYI ticker should be Filing a 10K sometime around March 31.
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United Ethanol Group Signs Definitive Agreement With U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp.
Wednesday February 28, 10:54 am ET
U.S. Sustainable to Receive Nine Hundred Million Common Shares of ONYI as Consideration for Exclusive Distribution Rights Granted
CHICAGO, IL--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 28, 2007 -- United Ethanol Group, Inc. (OTC BB:ONYI.OB - News) has signed a definitive agreement with U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. (Other OTC:USSE.PK - News), allowing for the formal creation of a new partnership to integrate technology processes for market entrance into the lucrative automotive and transportation fuel sectors.
The exclusive license allows United Ethanol Group and subsidiary Diversified Ethanol to maximize the value of future ethanol production, by utilizing the USSEC technologies and biofuel processes within the company's own proprietary manufacturing methods. Together the partnership is able to significantly reduce the costs traditionally associated with ethanol production, providing the group with significant competitive advantages for manufacturing contracts and turnkey production facilities.
The United Ethanol Group strategic development plan includes for the design and construction of three hundred turnkey ethanol production facilities over the next four years, providing a total planned production capacity of more than 200 million gallons per annum. The modular plant facilities are designed to be scalable to meet the diverse requirements of emerging producers. United Ethanol Group will also provide new plant owners with easy market access to co-operatively market and sell all ethanol produced direct to fleet and retail buying groups within the automotive and transportation sectors.
United Ethanol Group's Chairman of the Board, John Rivera stated, "This is an exciting step towards utilizing our mutual production strengths and energy processes to enter the transportation markets quickly and efficiently. Our combined technologies and process improvements will give United Ethanol Group significant competitive advantages as a green energy company and worldwide leader in ethanol production."
This definitive agreement between United Ethanol Group and U.S. Sustainable also details the conditions needed to move towards completing the previously announced Memorandum of Understanding outlining the planned merger and corporate restructure. Under terms of the agreement, USSEC stock will be merged into ONYI, and will become a full reporting company trading on the bulletin boards. The surviving entity will be renamed to U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp.
About U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp.
U.S. Sustainable Energy offers a revolutionary and patent pending new energy process that creates three times more fuel per feedstock unit than any other biofuel process. The company has engineered the first bio-renewable fuel able to serve as a replacement to diesel, with none of the negative traits associated with competitive fuels.
The USSEC biofuel is furthermore created at a nominal cost as the byproduct of producing organic fertilizer from recycled waste products, a discovery made during research into agricultural biomass now known as the "Rivera Process." The technology offers a solution to foreign oil dependence, significant reduction to the cost of electricity and ethanol production, and the eventual reversal of greenhouse gas emissions.
Management and current operations are focused on leveraging the superior performance and low cost of the carbon, fertilizer and biofuel within bundled plant operations, turnkey energy contracts, ethanol production, and other critical applications that rely on energy as a major cost component.
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070228/0221121.html
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PR Key Points
* United Ethanol Group Signs Definitive Agreement With U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp.
* Formal creation of a new partnership to integrate technology processes for market entrance into the lucrative automotive and transportation fuel sectors.
* Exclusive license allows United Ethanol Group and subsidiary Diversified Ethanol to maximize the value of future ethanol production, by utilizing the USSEC technologies and biofuel processes within the company's own proprietary manufacturing methods.
* Significantly reduce the costs traditionally associated with ethanol production, providing the group with significant competitive advantages for manufacturing contracts and turnkey production facilities.
* Strategic development plan includes for the design and construction of 300 turnkey ethanol production facilities over the next 4 years.
* Providing a total planned production capacity of more than 200 million gallons per annum.
* Also provide new plant owners with easy market access to co-operatively market and sell all ethanol produced direct to fleet and retail buying groups within the automotive and transportation sectors.
* Enter the transportation markets quickly and efficiently.
* "Significant competitive advantages as a green energy company and worldwide leader in ethanol production."
* USSEC stock will be merged into ONYI, and will become a full reporting company trading on the bulletin boards. The surviving entity will be renamed to U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp.
* Management and current operations are focused on leveraging the superior performance and low cost of the carbon, fertilizer and biofuel within bundled plant operations, turnkey energy contracts, ethanol production, and other critical applications that rely on energy as a major cost component.
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Enter the Transportation Markets
United Ethanol Group's Chairman of the Board, John Rivera stated, "This is an exciting step towards utilizing our mutual production strengths and energy processes to enter the transportation markets quickly and efficiently. Our combined technologies and process improvements will give United Ethanol Group significant competitive advantages as a green energy company and worldwide leader in ethanol production."
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Speed up the Process
It does sound like they are speeding up the process. A multi-pronged business plan.
Onyi will handle the Ethanol business, while USSE handles the Biofuel production, SSTP handles power plant fuel and construction.
They are utilizing ONYI, this should be much more productive than we had anticipated.
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Automotive and Transportation Fuel Sectors
United Ethanol Group, Inc. (OTC BB:ONYI.OB - News) has signed a definitive agreement with U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. (Other OTC:USSE.PK - News), allowing for the formal creation of a new partnership to integrate technology processes for market entrance into the lucrative automotive and transportation fuel sectors.
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Shareholder Meeting
Location and Time:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF PLATINUM RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY"), WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007, at 2:00 P.M., LOCAL TIME, AT SUITE 618, 688 WEST HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, BC V6B 1P1.
FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
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to approve the Contribution Agreement between the Company and Platinum Research Organization L.P, Lubrication Partners, Platinum IP Management, Inc., each person holding a limited partnership interest in Platinum Research Organization L.P., John T. ("Cork") Jaeger and Steve Drayton on behalf of certain investors;
2.
to approve the reincorporation of the Company from the State of Nevada to the State of Delaware pursuant to a merger of the Company with and into a newly formed Delaware corporation that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
3.
to adopt a new Certificate of Incorporation and new Bylaws under the laws of the State of Delaware;
4.
to adopt the Platinum Research Organization, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan;
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to appoint seven new directors to the Company's Board of Directors; and
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to transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting, and any adjournment or postponement.
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Additional Reactors
"Zee - are the additional reactors being fabbed in-house, or outsourced ?"
I believe the answer to your question is in the posts by Ron, who recently visited Natchez and saw the plant firsthand. Here are a couple of excerpts:
* The plant site located in Natchezs is definitely large enough to meet the local demands of USSEC. They presently have one reactor installed and yes, it is running. It does not run 24/7 at this point. They are monitoring the cycles for different steps so that these steps in the Rivera process can become fully automated.
They plan for an eventual 200 reactors at this location and they tell me that there is enough room for same. The first four of these reactors will be constructed be the qualified employees andthe rest will be contracted and constructed by others.
* Noone is presently working on constructing the other Reactors yet. Another reactor was there but it was not being reconstructed. They told me that the subsequent reactor construction was on hohld until they could perfect the one in operation and get all the bugs out of it. They want to know what modifications are necessary before constructing a second reactor. Plus they are not in need of the second reactor yet. It does not take long to construce the reactor once the decision has been made. They will need a specialist welder certified in Chrom-alloy welding or something like that for the next reactor according to one of the engineers. Ron
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=17350813
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Re: Incentive Plan Options
"When they give the employee the options, they have a strike price of 100% of current days price. But many times the options can be excercised over the next 3, 6, or even 12 months."
Hank
Thanks very much for your post, that makes everything crystal clear. The above paragraph should speak volumes about the future of PLRO. Investors could not ask for anything much better. The Employees, Officers and Directors have a massive financial incentive to perform and make PLRO a success. This Employee Stock Incentive Plan benefits stockholders greatly.
The terms of the Option is determined by the Plan Administator, the Options might be able to be excercised up to a period of 10 years.
From the Revised Proxy - page 73
Term of Options. The term of each Option will be of such period as may be determined by the Plan Administrator; provided, that in no event will the term of any Option exceed a period of ten years (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company and its affiliates, five (5) years). The Plan Administrator shall determine on the date of grant what conditions shall apply to the exercise of an Option granted under the Incentive Plan in the event the participant shall cease to be employed or retained as a director or consultant by the Company or its affiliates for any reason, including by reason of death or disability, or a termination for cause, and such conditions will be described in the applicable Award Agreement.
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A Fighting Chance
2007-02-23
By Chris Nelder
After decades of resistance and delay in responding to the world’s most pressing twin challenges - peak oil and climate change - it’s hard to believe, but governments the world over, from federal to local, are finally starting to take serious action.
For those of us who have spent many years agitating for solutions to these problems, it’s like a mirage. We’ve been let down before. We’re calloused, weathered and tired, and we’ve nearly given up hope as we find ourselves at the brink of disaster . . . exactly as we have feared for so long, and shouted ourselves hoarse over.
But now, at this late hour, there are signs of hope, and highly visible currents of change afoot.
A couple of days ago, environment ministers from the 27 nations of the European Union meeting in Brussels set a firm “20 in 20” goal - to cut carbon dioxide emissions 20% from 1990 levels by the year 2020.
And, like a game of global CO2 poker, they signalled that they’re willing to raise that to 30% if the U.S. and other industrialized nations will follow suit.
Germany is willing to raise us even higher, with a parliament that has already backed a 40% cut in emissions.
German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel, who led the talks, said there was unanimous opinion that a global goal was “right and necessary in order to keep global warming below 2 degrees centigrade by the end of the century.”
“Those who took the floor said that their daughters asked them exactly what they did when they came to such meetings and did they come home with good results,” he said. “I think that’s a pretty good incentive to make sure that we do go home with good results.”
Environmental activists take note: scientific papers may be dismissed, but shaming by daughters is quite effective.
Unable the swallow the pill of economic effects that reducing emissions would initially entail, neither the U.S. Congress nor the White House have committed to achieving solid targets as has the EU. But early indications are that the new Congress finally intends to do something real.
In what has been described as a “frenzy” of discussion about climate change in Washington since the new Democratic majority came into power, at least four different bills have been proposed to address the issue, and at lease three more are expected.
Cities and States Take the Initiative
Unwilling to wait for the federal government, action at the state and city levels has been far more aggressive. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger started the year by issuing an executive order that will slash the carbon content of all passenger vehicle fuels sold in California by 10% percent by the year 2020.
By the end of the year, at least a dozen other states are expected to have laws on the books to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Even city governments are getting into the act. In San Francisco, a city accustomed to providing leadership for the rest of the country on environmental matters, the Board of Supervisors developed a Climate Action Plan that sets an even more aggressive target, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 20% percent below 1990 levels by the year 2012.
And under the new U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, nearly 360 U.S. mayors from every state in the union (except South Dakota) have set a target of a 7% reduction by 2010.
Also, green building initiatives are being adopted in cities all across the country with a whole array of methods, from requiring more energy-efficient homes, to reducing fees and streamlining permits for wind, solar and geothermal construction, to developing new rail corridors, to switching over fleet vehicles to biofuels and natural gas.
The Green Energy Boom Has Begun
While initiatives such as Schwarzenegger’s that cut the carbon content of fuels offer innovative approaches to the greenhouse gas problem, the heavy lifting of achieving emissions reductions targets will be done by switching over to green, renewable energy.
Twenty states already have portfolio standards that require their utilities to produce some percentage of their power from renewable sources.
Pennsylvania and Maryland have just announced proposals that would establish some of the most aggressive incentives for solar power in the country, covering up to 50% of the cost of a home photovoltaic system.
California has pledged $3.2 billion in incentives for solar. Arizona, which has the best solar resource in the country, has a modest solar incentive, but lawmakers are considering additional incentives for new energy-efficient homes and tougher conservation standards for public buildings. In New Mexico, new legislation would create a tax credit for renewable energy production. In Colorado, the legislature is considering doubling the renewable portfolio standard (the amount of power utilities must get from renewable energy sources) from 10% by 2015 to 20% by 2020.
Utility-scale solar projects are underway as well. Nevada is constructing a 64 megawatt solar power plant, and California is planning another 800 megawatts’ worth.
These are all partial solutions. Ten in twenty, even twenty by twenty, is still far short of the approximate 70% reductions we need to make in greenhouse gases to get back to a level that the planet can process. We have a long, long way to go.
But for the first time in years, I’m optimistic. There has never been a more promising day for renewable energy and environmental protection.
I think we’ve got a fighting chance.
For information on incentives available in your area, go to http://www.dsireusa.org .
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Power Plant Industry
The state of the power plant industry right now is rapidly changing in ways that will be extremely beneficial to USSE and SSTP. In a nutshell, state after state is enforcing new regulations on power plants. State Regulators are requiring the power plants to come up with new clean, renewable power supply sources. They are requiring the plants to increase their power sources of renewable power. When a power plant can not obtain the new sources of power, they are heavily penalized. One option that is much less severe than the penalty is the purchase of Green Energy Credits or Green Certificates. So, the power plants are desperately looking for new clean, renewable power sources and Green Certificates.
The current and future status of the power plants has 2 profound effects on USSE:
1.) USSE will be able to sell ALL the Biofuel that they can produce.
2.) USSE will be easily able to sell EVERY green Certificate that they can obtain.
Simply put, this puts USSE in the sweet spot. There is an insatiable demand for both products.
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Special Shareholder Meeting
Does anyone here plan on attending the March 1 Stockholder Meeting? It would be nice to hear from some one that attended, and get some of their comments. Even though it should be a pretty straight forward meeting, if you are observant, you can gain quite a bit of knowledge about a company. Having heard how beautiful Vancouver is, I have always wanted to visit there, but it is just too far for me.
Anyone plan on going?
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Price Targets
It could go back to .07 on no news. IF they ever announce that they have received Funding, it could shoot up to .25 or more easy. As they approached their Inaugural Flight Launch, I would expect $1 or $2. BLTA has been down and oversold for several months, expect a bounce back to at least .07 in the coming weeks.
http://www.stockta.com/cgi-bin/analysis.pl?symb=BLTA&num1=7&cobrand=&mode=stock
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PLRO Valuation Pt. 2
In Post # 115, it was presented and shown that based on Market Cap alone, PLRO could have a theoretical fair value of $7.55 per share. This post will look at the theoretical value of PLRO based on the Revenue Model. Every one needs to understand that I am not saying PLRO will have this certain amount of Revenue, or share price. This is merely an attempt to look at the possible future value of PLRO.
We know that the potential sales market for PLRO is $56.8 Billion. Being conservative, say that in a few years, PLRO has gained 5% of that market share. That is Revenue of $2.84 Billion. Just using Revenue of $1 Billion:
$1 Billion * .25 = Net Income of $250 Million
$250 Million / 102 Million shares = $2.45 Earnings Per Share
$2.45 EPS * Multiple of 20 = $49.02 share price
Using Revenue of $1 Billion is very convenient for comparing actual Revenue numbers. For actual revenue of $3 Billion, just multiply the share price by 3. For actual revenue of $100 Million, just divide the share price by 10.
Remember, PLRO based on Market Cap alone, can be argued to have a fair value around $7.55.
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Summit Technologies Laboratory Report
Scientific analysis of properties and qualities of the liquid Biofuel that USSE produes.
http://www.maximuscommunications.com/set_report.pdf
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Platinum Research Organization, Inc. (PLRO)
For the last 10 years PLRO was a Private Company that was researching and developing their products. They went public 3 months ago in November. Their main product is TechroBond, which is positioned to disrupt large, status quo global Engine Oil and Lubrication Markets, markets that are controlled by some of the world's largest corporations. PRO is currently working with one of the Big Three automakers along with a global additive firm and a top 5 international oil company in a joint effort to test, certify and commercialize its products..."
Several reasons that PLRO has a bright future are:
* Outstanding "Disruptive Technology" product - TechroBond.
* Potential Sales Market of $56.8 Billion.
* Stellar Board of Directors.
* A future NASDAQ Listing.
PLRO Website:
http://www.platinumresearch.com
3 PLRO Stock Research Reports:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=16804467
Potential Markets:
http://www.techrobond.com/addressable_salesfigures.shtml
Board of Directors
http://www.techrobond.com/expertise_bod.shtml
Patents Issued and Pending:
http://www.techrobond.com/tech_intellectualproperty.shtml
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USSE Advertising
Marketing 101
Advertising your product (especially a new product) is never a waste of money. You want your product and the name of the company out there in front of the consumers. They are trying to build something that every smart company strives to do. That goal is called "Brand Recognition". When people see the word "Biofuel", USSE wants consumers to immediately associate Biofuel with U.S. Sustainable Energy (or SSTP).
The very first step in Marketing, is to ask the question, "Are we filling a "Need", "Want", or "Desire""? A resounding YES with this Biofuel.
Advertising is a part of Promotion. Promotion is one of the 4 "P"'s of Marketing, a widely accepted cornerstone of Marketing. If you look back at companies or products that have failed, invariably you will find that somehow they neglected to execute at least one of the "P"'s.
FYI
The 4 "P"'s of Marketing are:
* Product
* Price
* Place (of Distribution)
* Promotion
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USSE Natchez Plant Visit
A Poster here recently visited the Natchez plant. Here is his sequence of posts about the visit. His posts start with Message # 30528:
By Ron
* The plant site located in Natchezs is definitely large enough to meet the local demands of USSEC. They presently have one reactor installed and yes, it is running. It does not run 24/7 at this point. They are monitoring the cycles for different steps so that these steps in the Rivera process can become fully automated.
They plan for an eventual 200 reactors at this location and they tell me that there is enough room for same. The first four of these reactors will be constructed be the qualified employees andthe rest will be contracted and constructed by others.
* Yes, I have been there twice. The latest visit was Thursday. Ron
* the Plant was running. I did visually inspect the Biofuel and even stuck my finger in it. They are not producing on a large scale now because that which they are producing is being shipped to all parts of the country for testing by different companies, all of which could be potential contracts. I must say that I was impressed. Ron
* They also have plans for 4 more plants to be located along the mississippi River. And I think they will have a plant located with ONYI Ethanol Plant.
One thing that was interesting to me was the burnoff of the Biogas. It was totally invisible. Their plans are to eventually compress this gas as a byproduct for commercial use.
And the engine running to produce the electricity being used to run the plant was the largest engine that I have ever seen. But then again that is not my line, hence I'm sure there vare those here who have seen much larger engines. I am not sure what the fuel source was for the engine. It did not smell like Diesel and did not sound like Diesel. It was from a large tank sitting along side the engine. Sorry, but I did not ask about the type of fuel. Ron
* Not much different than that on the web site. The condensation tanks and the large electrical control panel I don't believe was there. What is on the web site is fairly exemplary of what I saw. It is somewhat difficult to put it all together in one photo as depicted on the web site. Overall it was fairly simple. Almost everything is based on Vaccuum except where the Soybeans are fed into the Source tank. The Soybeans are augered into the vacuum supply tank and that is where the vacuum begins. There was an engineer there allowing a specified alloquat of Soybeans to be vaccuumed into another auger where they were then transported to the heated Vaccuum. Then immediately upon being dropped into the reactor the special Catalyst is added and under the heat of~?600 degrees and under vaccuum the soybeans are slowly advanced thru the reactor tube to the end where everything is then separated. The Fertilizer goes outside via a blower, the Biogas is allowed to excape thru an outside pipe apparatus where is is continuously burning, and the Biofuel is placed into collecting tanks via vaccuum. Ths raw Biofuel is then collected when the tanks get full and plassed thru a centrifuge. With the sediment then removed the Biofuel is ready for testing and Refining. And that's about it.
They have performed extensive testing on the fuel themselves. They do have a simple form of distillation that they use. Lower temperatures will provide diesel compatible fuel and higher temps will provide that compatible with Gasoline or ethanol. They need to mix the fuel with other forms of fuel simply because of the need for the additives thatthe other fuels possess as result of Refining process. Ron
* No I didn't see any potential customers. I did see one from Alcorn Univ getting some video footage. I was not there for that long though. I plan to return in couple of weeks. Ron
* Let me know when you are going and I might go with you. Only concern may be that of more than one visitor but probably not if we both go in the same vehicle. Afterward then we could go into the office and possible talk with one of the administrators. Ron
* Yes, it was FREEUS.
* I have a feeling that when the test results return and confirm that which USSEC has been applauding there will be an increase in activity around the plant. And that will probably happen prior to any PR by restrictions being placed on USSE. Ron
* Noone is presently working on constructing the other Reactors yet. Another reactor was there but it was not being reconstructed. They told me that the subsequent reactor construction was on hohld until they could perfect the one in operation and get all the bugs out of it. They want to know what modifications are necessary before constructing a second reactor. Plus they are not in need of the second reactor yet. It does not take long to construce the reactor once the decision has been made. They will need a specialist welder certified in Chrom-alloy welding or something like that for the next reactor according to one of the engineers. Ron
* I think that much of the new work now may be ongoing in Iowa. Not sure about that though. He did tell me though that something was ongoing in Iowa. That is where someone may need to visit==the ONYI facility. Ron
* If this works, and I sure hope it does, that is just what you may see. The only hold-up here woould be supply of Soybeans. He says he can utilize 300,000 bu of Soybeans/day eventually here in Natchez. That is impossible which has always been one of my concerns.
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kippykai visited Natchez also. Here are his comments:
* Thanks, I was there for about three hours and had dinner with Kelmer. They have a lot going on and with only a few people at this point, they are going as fast as they can, while being very cautious with their decisions.
Ron did an excellent job describing the plant and its current status.
Thanks for the compliment - hope I can always live up to that.
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Thank You very much, Ron!! This Board appreciates your diligence.
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Alcorn State Natchez Visit Summary Report
http://www.ussec.us/alcorn_state.pdf
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March Madness
I am beginning to think that March will be a very big month for Platinum Research. There should be a variety of events that should propel the share price higher. The catalyst of it all will be the official Closing of the Merger Agreement. The Shareholder Meeting to vote on the Agreement is next Thursday. Here is a possible list of upcoming events:
* Thursday, the Special Stockholder Meeting to vote on Proposals.
* The Official Closing of the Merger Agreement.
* SEC Documents about Merger.
* PR about a new product launch?
* 10K at end of Month.
* Form 4's Filed. (possible additional Insider buying)
Remember, the stock market is a forward looking vehicle, usually about by 6 months.
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