Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc.(fka LLEG)

[nez]

IMO &FWIW,

http://biopact.com/2008/02/laidlaw-energy-converts-old-paper-mill.html

I missed this one but IMO it may be interesting and informative for any "perspective" LLEG investors. The main reason I find this piece intriguing is the fact that in spite of the scope of the project, the "core" elements fit so neatly together. IMO, these are some of the more important issues that increase the feasibility of the plan, the 65 MW max. output, IMO, is a good example or evidence the planners responsible for putting this plan must have had a high level of input (at the very least, from people in the area to be able to so thoroughly assess the overall situation.) From what I have read on the board and else where there obviously is very passionate “opposition” out there but like many have said, until we know their agenda IMO anyway, the credibility of all opposition must be carefully considered. I believe there is a saying that passions run highest when one or both of two motives are involved; Love or Money. I am trying to keep in mind the possibility there are some out there who have much more to gain or lose than even the largest investor on this board. The fact 65 MW seems to IMO not hinder existing plans of operating or upgrading the transmission capability, in my mind this seems to be a fortuitous coincidence. The link I am posting although 2 months old, also seems to underscore the importance of the existing equipment not just from a value point but from the adaptability it possess to fit the specific needs for Berlin NH. I don't think I have read anywhere or seen discussed how once the existing Babcock & Wilcox boiler, which was installed in 1993 at a cost of nearly $100 million, may very well be actually worth more after the retrofit to the current state-of-the-art, low admission, advanced biomass combustion. ( not sure exactly what that means, but I do know when an existing product is upgraded the cost usually increases rather than decreasing. I know this to be true with A/C anyway).
There has to be a large number of high skill jobs required for such equipment but also it appears there is little about the rail access which may offer opportunities for cheap fuel from other regions (e.g., storm debris from the Southern U.S.).


I promise this is the last time I will bring this up but here in Bethlehem, had we the opportunity which Berlin has at the present IMO it would have been a no brainer choice rather than the choice we made. Like I said I realize this is two months old but as I am very weak in the financial analysis department I relate more to the physical, mechanical and job production perspective as that is how I think best at this point and from experience here in Bethlehem, PA those were the factors which ultimately cast the die for the shape of our future.
JMO, & Night all,
Nez

http://biopact.com/2008/02/laidlaw-energy-converts-old-paper-mill.html