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Pathogens? Is this ignorance or a braincramp?
If they were smart, they would say "replaceable battery" and then make money like the hearing aid guys do.
I'm late to the party. Sorry!!
If this technology is so good, why isn't Merdi making money, and why isn't a buyout from a F500 group in the works?
The contract hasn't been signed pending the results of the test report.
WTF
Is this a dumb question or is the answer obvious??
If it is the intention of the CEO to buy back the shares, then why would he release a PR that would drive the stock up?
Is there any in San Diego?
Does anyone recall where the cement company is?
Just to add fuel to the fire....1st, re: NDAs and those on here that claim to have them...this is part of an email I received so it is out of context...
"That having been said, this is not 1984 and I am not George Orwell. I will not police the thoughts of others. There is no one on I-Hub, Raging Bull, Silicon Investor, or any myriad of other sites that speaks for this company. We do not post on these sites and do not police them. Statements of this company come directly from this company. As posters on those sites like to remain anonymous, the only way I would be able to communicate with them would be to actually post on I-Hub. This, I will not do."
And then, re: the EPA...
"Now then, that having been said, if you truly believe in doing due diligence, perhaps you can ferret out why it is that the EPA apparently is not actively testing hydrogen while the US Dept of Transportation boasts of many successful applications for the enhancement of diesel engines by the use of hydrogen? The two are diametrically opposite on the same points. If you truly investigate hydrogen you will learn that the EPA is presently using test procedures which do not include hydrogen as a variable. If you do indeed talk to the EPA gurus you will also learn that they are not totally opposed to the use, they are just waiting for someone to come along and show WHY it works. They require that you show the science behind any change to their testing procedures. Bob, that takes R&D money, not just that it does. As we are a small company, we must dedicate our R&D dollars where they will do the most good. At the moment that is in further development of a product that can and does save money."
I will leave the interpretation up to you guys. But when you look at it closely, there is no approval process for this technology, and if there were, it would not make a difference if the end result was not tangible evidence of a COST benefit, in addition to the environmental effects. It is apparent that the DOT is the more involved agency, and it is they who should be wooed because of their ongoing interest in actual transportation, not greenery.
That being said, the success of HLNT relies SOLELY on the test results of the ultimate end users...the fleets. Either they accept it or not, and the evidence, even in the absence of purchase orders, independent comments from testers, financials, possible dilution, lack of apparent cash flow from sales, etc., seems to point towards a successful outcome, especially with the team concept employed. Just as many of you, I am hoping for the best outcome.
PS.. I can't provide the source of the email, since I agreed NOT to disclose.
Try again tomorrow. Without news, this thing will tank.
My post re: EPA were relegated ONLY to HHO, not HOSS. I have posted emails from the heads of the EPA units involved that there is NO TESTING of HHO by ANY one connected with the EPA. You will notice that in recent notices from HLNT that there is NO MENTION of EPA and Wildcat or Hy-Impact in conjunction with EPA testing or potential (verification. It is NOT NEEDED for this product, whic has been around for 30 years in on form or another. The EPA has for a long time NOT BEEN INTERESTED in this technology because they do not see it as a potential PROBLEM for the environment, but if it works, fine. But they are not in the business of certifying, verifying, or even approving something whose non-malignant effects are well known.
As far as the HOSS goes, I have not pressed any inquiry into the EPA since I personally see this as a newcomer to an already crowded market with limited potential for success, and a longshot as far as making profit. When you consider the existing competition, this market will be a tough nut to crack. I do not question the veracity of any claims made by HLNT execs re: the "testing" that is currently, and I hope that their 4th quarter projections come about. I am an investor, too.
There once was a man from Boston,
Who drove a little red Austin.
He was last in the race, so to pick up the pace,
He added a Wildcat and passed ‘em.
That’s it for today.
That statement re: the EPA is strange since for months we have been reading posts such as this...
2. Will EPA approval of the Hoss validate the Wildcat
No. The HOSS and the hydrogen supplemental fuel systems are
mutually exclusive EPA issues: the HOSS requiring EPA/CARB
certification, and the Wildcat requiring CARB Certification and EPA
Verification. The EPA Verification and CARB Certification for the
Wildcat are priorities for HTI for the purposes of the strategic
partnership we have described above. The certification and
Verification are vital to the full implementation of our Partners
marketing plan.
Like I have been saying,there is NO EPA testing of Wildcat or ANY OTHER HHO device by the EPA or any of its contractors. Since I'm limited to one per day, I can't respond to any replies, but I'm surprised that non of my detractors in the past have commented on this revelation re: the EPA. By the way, anyone who claims to have a NDA is full of it. Highline has no such agreements, written or oral.
If Highline is on the hook for 1,1 mil, and all the sales are going to AHS, what is the percentage of profit that goes to HLNT?
Does this spell dilution? I still don't understand why HLNT had to pay ALS for them to join the company. If someone was buying into my company I would want them to pay me!
It should not come as a surprise to all the knowledgeable people here That there are good reasons to stop the funding for fuel cell research...and then there are democrats. The same is true for ethanol in even a bigger way. And that is that it takes more energy to produce the fuel than the fuel actually produces, and that ratio is between 10 and 20.
Would you invest $10 knowing you would only get $1 or $2 back.
The rest comes from taxpayer subsidies that "even the playing field". In San Diego they are asking us to turn up our AC thermostats to avoid brown-outs. Can you imagine what will happen when all the Volts get plugged in.
Hydrogen is very expensive to manufacture, and the only way to manufacture it is by using electricity supplied by coal, oil, or other more efficient methods of energy production. The whole "clean-energy" idea is a fraud, since it actually creates more energy usage from existing inexpensive sources. As an American, watching us burn our food crops in our gas tanks when so many are hungry really pisses me off, and it's all because of the Al Gore, Obama, demo-crowd that wants to ultimately tax the air we breathe (CO2). If you are a democrat, you should check your priorities and look at both sides of the energy equation.
Fortunately, HLNT falls on the positive side, since there is really no "cost" to their hydrogen production, and the benefits, if as-advertised, are true, then kudos to all the HHO companies.
Niko...thanks for your re-post. It reminded me that I just got the trademark registration notice from the USPTO.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
USPTO LETTER (AN OFFICE ACTION) HAS ISSUED ON 8/18/2012 FOR
SERIAL NO. 85604620
The trademark is for the phrase "Patriot Card" and is exclusive to use only with credit/debit cards. It is my intent to license it to companies that may want to provide financing to their customers. Perhaps HLNT, a very "green" company, would offer this type of financing to their small-dollar customers. Just a thought.
Interesting that Mr. Coats said nothing of EPA and the Wildcat, now Hy-******. Perhaps it's because of this (below) from the EPA Clean Diesel Program. It's best to read from bottom up. Despite this, there should be no "impact" on the PSP, since it apparently is being driven by the positive activities and company expansion. It has been a nice ride....
Dear Bob,
Thanks for your continued interest. The answer to your previous question came directly from EPA's Tech Center and pertains to the entirety of EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign.
Thanks,
Louis
ERG, Contractor to U.S. EPA
National Clean Diesel Campaign Helpline
1-877-NCDC-FACTS (1-877-623-2322)
www.epa.gov/cleandiesel
>>> <br113***@***net> 8/6/2012 3:51 PM >>>
Louis,
Thanks for your response.
I assume that you may not be aware of endeavors by other EPA contractors. Is that a fair statement?
Bob
From: cleandiesel
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:36 AM
To: br1****@*****.net
Subject: Re: Response from EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC) Helpline
Dear Bob,
We apologize for the delayed response. After consulting with our Tech Center, we can confirm that hydrogen is not and will not be considered in a technology (or component) to the verification process. Additionally, we do not know of any investigation regarding hydrogen as a fuel catalyst.
Thanks,
Louis
ERG, Contractor to U.S. EPA
National Clean Diesel Campaign Helpline
1-877-NCDC-FACTS (1-877-623-2322)
www.epa.gov/cleandiesel
Thanks for the lesson. And how much have you made from Biel.
At one time I owned over 9 million sh of BIEL. I have lost over $90,000 in several accounts, always bieliving that something would turn around. I even bought one (Actipatch) for myself and one to give to a SD Charger with plantar fascitis? who was back on the field a short time later. Now I have just a few thousand dollars left in BIEL and have found another very active penny with great promise. So I say, goodbye BIEL, goodbye Andy, goodbye bielivers, I wish you well. This last 4 years, assisted by Obama, have been the worst in my life financially, but things are looking up. GLTA, YNI!
We're awake, and I just got 110000 more at 170. Think I'll skip work today.
This is my one and only allowed post today. Se you tomorrow at 192.
Hey Nik. Anybody can file for a trademark....I have several, and there is no cross-checking. Your submission of this as eveidence of corporate existence is weak at best.
It's Coats, not Coates.
NIko,, you say "EPA/CARB is nearly coming to a close,
as far as the majority of this verification/cert
work-process being completed!!! "
Upon what factual basis do you make this statement, other than to post old PRs from the company. Do you know someone or something that the EPA doesn't know?
shrew...you sarcasm is not unappreciated.
My original email was...
Dear Ms. McPhilliamy,
Are you familiar with the company Highline Technology Innovation in Arkansas? They are promoting their “Wildcat” series of hydrogen gas injection into the intake manifold of diesel engine, claiming that it improves mileage/efficiency as well as reducing pollution.
Hasn’t this “science” been debunked in the past, or are you aware of the success that this company is claiming.
Thanks in advance for you response.
Sincerely,
Bob Richard
San Diego CA
I was making a specific question about the company, and I appreciate her willingness to investigate the website on her own. My more specific interest was in the EPA processes, and in the HH technology itself. I know for a fact that previous systems have been proven NOT to live up to claims, and lots of investor and dealer money was lost. To include HLNT in this group would be careless speculation on my part, and the ultimate jury is still out.
So Paul and Bandit, ease up on your complaints...I am just the messenger.
If you don't like the message, complain to the EPA.
Here is another response to an email I sent to several EPA regional directors. It neither confirms nor denies the efficacy of the Highline HH product, and even shows some confusion re: it's specific function. However, the general statement and tone are interesting...have at it...
Hello Mr. R,
Thank you for your email. I am not familiar with Highline Technology or their "Wildcat" series. From reading over their website, http://www.highlineinnovations.com/, I'm not entirely sure what their product does. It is unclear if a hydrogen tank is carried onboard the vehicle and the hydrogen gas is injected into the engine. EPA can't be sure if is a fuel additive or an after market device or something else entirely.
First, I wanted to draw your attention to our website "Devices and Additives to Improve Fuel Economy and Reduce Pollution - Do They Really Work"
(http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/420f11036.htm). I highly encourage you to read through this information before purchasing any fuel or device for your vehicle.
Please see especially :
Popular Devices and Their Effects on Fuel Economy and Automotive Emissions
Devices That Turn Water Into Fuel
There are many advertisements about using the energy from your car’s battery to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen gas which is then burned with your fuel. EPA has received no credible and complete data showing a positive fuel economy benefit from these devices.
Installation instructions for some of these devices call for adjustments that EPA would consider to be tampering. The Clean Air Act prohibits tampering with your car’s emissions control system. Tampering violations are punishable by significant fines (EPA, Office of Enforcement www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/civil/caa/mobile/vehicleengine-penalty-policy.pdf (PDF) (33 pp, 1.4M, January 16, 2009). Any instructions that request you adjust the air/fuel ratio on your vehicle, or adjust a knob and listen for the engine to misfire, referred to as feeling vibrations or stuttering, are in violation of the prohibition against tampering.
Fuel Additives:
EPA does require fuel additives to be ‘registered’ but EPA does not test candidate products for engine efficiency, emissions benefits, or safety as part of the registration process. To register an additive, manufacturers must report the chemical composition along with certain technical, marketing, and health effects information. In some cases the manufacturer may be required to conduct testing or literature research to assess potential emissions health effects. The EPA registration process does not include a check of manufacturer product efficacy claims. In other words, EPA does not determine whether or not the fuel additive works as advertised. Registration does not represent EPA endorsement of the product.
EPA did complete some tests on some devices and fuel additives and those results can be found at:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/reports.htm
After Market Devices:
Please find on our website, (http://epa.gov/cleandiesel/verification/verif-list.htm#retrofit) a table that lists the diesel retrofit technologies that EPA has approved for use in engine retrofit programs. Neither Highline nor Wildcat, nor any technology claiming the use of "Hydrogen Gas Injection" can be found on this list.
Before this product could be sold and installed on vehicles in the United States, the product would need to be verified. The process for verification is also laid out on our website (http://epa.gov/cleandiesel/verification/)
In addition, such Aftermarket Retrofit Devices fall under the guidelines of Memo 1A (section B, Interim Policy) for avoiding tampering violations of the Clean Air Act. Memo 1A can be found here (link, or http://www.epa.gov/oms/regs/fuels/cff/memo-1a.txt)
If you have any additional questions, please let me know.
Rebecca
Rebecca Russo
Mobile Sources Program Manager
EPA Region 8
(303)312-6757
----- Forwarded by Rebecca Russo/R8/USEPA/US on 07/30/2012 10:05 AM -----
----- Forwarded by Marisa Mcphilliamy/R8/USEPA/US on 07/23/2012 07:41 AM -----
From: <br1.net>
To: Marisa Mcphilliamy/R8/USEPA/US@EPA
Date: 07/22/2012 02:39 PM
Subject: Highline Technology
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Ms. McPhilliamy,
Are you familiar with the company Highline Technology Innovation in Arkansas? They are promoting their “Wildcat” series of hydrogen gas injection into the intake manifold of diesel engine, claiming that it improves mileage/efficiency as well as reducing pollution.
Hasn’t this “science” been debunked in the past, or are you aware of the success that this company is claiming.
Thanks in advance for you response.
Sincerely,
Bob
San Diego CA
Is it possible that thru the magic of accounting, the the AHS profits will belong to AHS, and not find their way into the coffers of the company we have stock in? Just asking...
PUHLEEZE....I need some GOOD news!
PSU '66
So who in any one of these programs knows anything about HTI. Of the ones I contacted, NONE. That is why I posted my result.
This should have been at the bottom of my post...my initial email to Mr. Solar.
Mr. Solar,
The following statemet was on an investor forum re: Highline Technologies Hydrogen injection system for diesel engines.
“Late last year HLNT announced that it had submitted its application to the EPA to verify the Wildcat Hydrogen Supplemental Fuel System seeking inclusion on the approved verified technologies list under the National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC).”
My question is, do you know who the people are that are involved in this program, and is there such a program?
Thank you.
Bob Richard
San Diego
Here is the latest response from the EPA Clean Diesel Group. It is short and terse. I suggest that you friends of Chad ask him who in the EPA is working with him. Until then, stop pushing everything as FACT when all you are doing is repeating un-proven rumors. Here is my conversation....
"There are no hydrogen systems in the verification process."
Jim Caldwell
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Caldwell
Sent: 07/18/2012 01:27 PM EDT
To: Jose Solar
Cc: <br@sbcglobal.net>; Dennis Johnson
Subject: Wildcat Hydrogen Supplemental Fuel System
Dear Mr. Richard,
Dennis Johnson is familiar with technology-verification issues. I've cc'd him.
Sincerely,
Jim Caldwell
Jose Solar---07/18/2012 01:15:56 PM---Mr. Richard, I do not know who is involved in the program but this site has some contact information
From: Jose Solar/DC/USEPA/US
To: <b@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Jim Caldwell/DC/USEPA/US@EPA
Date: 07/18/2012 01:15 PM
Subject: Re: Support Ticket Referral-FFARs Public Inqury: hydrogen from distilled water (hydrolysis) as gasoline additive RT#47760
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Mr. Richard,
I do not know who is involved in the program but this site has some contact information at the bottom of the page.
http://www.epa.gov/diesel/
Contact the helpline for answers about clean diesel funding or technologies.
1-877-NCDC-FACTS (1-877-623-2322)
cleandiesel@epa.gov
Mailing Address:
US EPA
National Clean Diesel Campaign
2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Sincerely,
Jose M. Solar
---07/18/2012 11:18:30 AM---Mr. Solar, The following statemet was on an investor forum re: Highline Technologies Hydrogen inject
From: <b@sbcglobal.net>
To: Jose Solar/DC/USEPA/US@EPA
Date: 07/18/2012 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Support Ticket Referral-FFARs Public Inqury: hydrogen from distilled water (hydrolysis) as gasoline additive RT#47760
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And now you know why CA is in such bad shape....CARB and free spending politicians like JB. CARB passed a ruling re: diesel exhaust recently that was pulled back within one week. Only after they found out that all school buses would have to be grounded.
And don't forget the "black car" ruling. Apparently they were banned because they absorb (and thus generate) more heat. I wonder if the members simply open the refrigerator door to help cool their houses.
Seriously. What percentage of the OS do you think we all control. Throw in another 50% for non-contributing readers. We are just trading amongst ourselves and the diluters.
That 500K at 7 was me. 65 tomorrow.
Increased CO2? That will get a thumbs down from the EPA. They can't stop us from breathing (yet), so they are just going to tax us for it to raise money for more Solyndras.
I am the first reply!!!!???? I guess everyone else is in shock just looking at that thing. Surely, that must be the first prototype. Bars on the windows?? Are they in a prison? Why did you post this?
I don't think it will move above .0125 until we see some actual cash flow. Or at least contractual details that someone can refer back to later as proof of something. I seriously hope that not all of these people are getting caught up in the frenzy and then playing a part so as not to look foolish in retrospect. But I admit, it's hard to get away from.
Hard to believe I picked up 190K at 72 early today. I'm going to follow this lemming right to the edge of the cliff.
No problem. he is Mike Hayes and I just spoke to him. He is not an invester (no agenda) but said the smaller vehicles were not effected. However they saw appx. 2mph/gal. improvement on the larger diesel, which translated to >10%. Significant enough. Tell me when you think is a good time to buy in!!
IamIamIamIam
Mug...your post...
"So in other words you are not willing to call the transportation director of Greensburg to ask him if the porduct works but would rather harp from the sideline. Got it."
Well I contacted the city and this is what I got back....
Thank you for your inquiry. Greensburg, KS, however, is a small town and we have no Director of Transportation. If I can be of any further service, please let me know.
Ed Truelove
City Administrator
City of Greensburg, KS
620-723-2751 (Office)
620-723-2644 (Fax)
administrator@greensburgks.org
Mr. R****
I’m not sure exactly who you are looking for. Our Street Superintendent for the City itself is Mike Hayes. His email address is streetdept@greensburgks.org . If you are looking for the person who is over our area for the state highways (KDOT) I can get you that information as well.
Christy Pyatt
City of Greensburg
City Clerk
300 S. Main
Greensburg, KS 67054
(620) 723-2751 - PHONE
(620) 723-2644 - FAX
So, Mug, just who is the Director of Transportation you wanted me to contact?