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  • “50% Overnight Surge Virtually Guaranteed!” (Nancy Zambell)

    Well, I’ve made my pilgrimage to the duck-boot mothership (LL Bean), and lolled away on the beach quite enough, thank you — time to jump back into the fray and see what the investing pundits are trying to sell you today. And the one that percolated to the top of my inbox — which is […]

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  • “Is This Tiny Stock the Next Exxon — Or the Next Budweiser?”

    I hope that headline doesn’t get read as an either/or — because the third “or” should probably be “Or the next pink sheet stock whose certificates are fit only to line a birdcage.” Not that this company doesn’t have something going for it, or the possibility of success someday — just wanted to make sure […]

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  • “Government’s ‘2022’ Biofuel Timetable Mandates +15,900% Growth”

    That’s the promise from the new Government-Driven Investing newsletter edited by Andy Obermueller … who I’ve never heard of, though I give him some credit for sporting a snazzy bowtie in his picture. He can’t quite carry it off as well as the Gumshoe, of course, but we can’t all be matinee idols. Kidding. This […]

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  • “Like Buying Standard Oil at its Birth”

    If you want to get my goat, just start your teaser, “If you could own but one stock for the rest of your life, this would be it!” Come on people, something a little more original, please! Well, this fella is selling his service by essentially promising that this stock will turn you into a […]

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  • “The New Super Fuel — Cellulosic Ethanol”

    Elliot Gue writes us a nice teaser ad for his Energy Strategist service in the Friday wrapup from Rukeyser.com … if you want to find out what the cellulosic ethanol play is, the one that he says is essentially a state sponsored company, all you need to do is cough up $499 a year. Or, […]

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  • Comments

  • They do make the point that feed corn (their feed stock) is the best input for this, similar to ethanol I guess -- and t...

  • If economics and common sense prevailed, hydrogen as a fuel does not make sense as you point out. But then either does E...

  • Methanol is a worse poison for internal combustion engines than ethanol. Other than hydrogen, most things that will b...

  • Travis, you mention that transporting methanol would need pressurized rail cars. That's not correct, since M is a liqu...

  • I'd sure rather be around gasoline than ammonia. So far its best use is for fertilizer (to grow more corn to make ethan...

  • I have followed cannabis investing for years and my conclusion is SCAM!! The scam is the pricing which producers claim ...

  • Unless you are reasonably quick all of you who own and CBD stock are going to lose money. This is like the ethanol indus...

  • Malignant Opiophobia is a cultural condition unique to US culture. We insist on seeing harm where none is occurring. ...

  • $noticker While surgery is at the foundation of cancer treatment, its access is limited in low-income countries. Here, ...

  • The waste of Trillions of $$$ by government mandated " Renewable Energy Schemes" and its negative impact on the environm...

  • This looks appealing on the surface and increasing the food supply will become needed as populations grow. Genetically m...

  • ben This is very interesting. If this can be scaled up to real world use this could be the breakthrough that would final...

  • Nano-spike catalysts convert carbon dioxide directly into ethanol https://www.ornl.gov/news/nano-spike-catalysts-conver...

  • This is for David B., who wrote in asking about Ableona Therapeutics, a Texan firm that markets purified alfa-1-antitryp...

  • Drained, hosed and frustrated, I think the worst part of that has been, it was exploited to grow corn to make Ethanol as...

  • I am impressed mightily by this conglomerate,especially the INGEN division. They really do put the Ingen in ingenuity! ...

  • You may know that all potatoes Batatas are of south American origin. Most we are familiar with are from varieties broug...

  • $PTN (I'm long). For other PTN followers, "7:31 am Palatin Technologies presents Phase 1 data from a bremelanotide a...

  • Sure, if course if it's "just like gasoline" it had the same energy content. Any energy differences to make it from Na...

  • Re: Feedstock for gasoline Look at the deal just signed between XON and Dominion (Dominion lends credence to the proces...

  • Ben I do not think I am likely to invest in this. Hemp as a fuel source is like a shovel with a rope handle,,,non produc...

  • "GTL has a much lower energy content." GTL is a process. The products produced by that process have whatever energy ...

  • In the current view of the universe all energy is stellar in origin. Yes, our sun,,sol,,is a small yellow star so solar ...

  • HN The AG sector is currently out of favor but it will return,,,people must eat. You can always make some money in parts...

  • Joe you are right ,,we already subsidize $billions with no evidence of any benefit,,,such as ethanol boondoggle flimflam...

  • If I may come back to the subject: $1.71 gasoline: First, it's Fischer-Tropsch, not Tropf. Second: Sasol's new gigant...

  • Intriguing potential trade play coming up on Israeli biotech Alcobra ($ADHD).Alcobra is developing metadoxine, a der...

  • Intriguing potential trade play coming up on Israeli biotech Alcobra ($ADHD).Alcobra is developing metadoxine, a der...

  • How much oceanfront land is undeveloped there that could be used to build a plant that uses seawater plus algae plus sol...

  • Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have imposed harsh MedicAid restrictions for access to new HCV drugs.For persons who h...

  • Solar cycles are an adequate explanation of ice ages,,Exactly how would increased CO2 cause an ice age? You do know th...

  • Sean Brodrick is probably not a Chemical Engineer. Most of you that post on this website have no expertise to conceive,...

  • Stan I agree,,many years ago I saw the end result of stoners thinking THC gave them the driving ability of pro racers & ...

  • Outrageously interesting conversation fodder for your next office party or dinner with friends. The urban legends you ma...

  • HENRY FORD was rite - best plant in the world- its a weed so no planting required- will seed it self during harvest - no...

  • Joseph; I think MI is myocardial infarction,,,heart attack. If you like humor don't try this at home, for profession...

  • Travis this is a great article. Remember years ago when there was a wheat subsidy & many corps. got into farming for ...

  • Elaborating on my earlier blog, ETOGAS is a viable process for converting CO2 reacting with low electrolytic hydrogen ma...

  • PEIX had a big day today, bouncing over 10.6% to $15.81.Q1 ends on Monday so the results will be in the books. Wa...

  • Actually PEIX has all four plants in the West. They place their plants close to their customers, minimizing distance to...

  • It seems the best place to produce ethanol is where you have both low cost corn & natural gas. West coast has neither &...

  • Nobody has mentioned the energy input into growing feedstock for this and other "green" processes. Most agriculture depe...

  • RE: "I can’t say that I remember a specific catalyst to all of those [fuel cell and hydrogen] companies collapsing in ...

  • Sounds almost as good as corn based ethanol. Windmills are very high maintenance so free is not free....

  • Whether you make ethanol or diesel out of sugar does not matter. Both conversion processes are well understood but, ove...

  • Well you likely can't avoid it totally. But you can avoid the Flex fuel 85% ethanol, and in the Midwest, especially Iow...

  • John, where can you buy fuel without ethanol in it?...

  • The body naturally produces alcohol in the intestinal tract by fermentation of ingested food. Even teetotalers and child...

  • With all due respect to Nuttsman (with their PhD), numerous studies have shown that it is principally the ethanol that c...

  • The real paradox in the French Paradox is that only red wine confers the benefit. So, although it is probably not resver...

  • I agree, Resveratrol is not necessarily the magic ingredient in wine. Small amounts of ethanol may be. You probably ...

  • When the E-85 ethanol gas started to make significant sales, the price of gasoline suddenly dropped and stayed low until...

  • I would like to torpedo all of these imbecilic energy plans:.....Hydrogen, Ethanol from corn, fusion....and see more pro...

  • Well I call it the invest in commodities with yield and yield in commodities currencies. themes. One of those themes is...

  • II have some shares in UK listed GTL - a really risky ethanol play.If prices were to fall,it mightt not survive.But in P...

  • From the Energy Letter: Any thoughts who these "teasers" might be?Here’s a small sample of some fast-track, pedal-...

  • I wish they'd eliminate all ethanol! It's expensive, cannot be pipelined, must be trucked. Have you noticed y...

  • Are you talking about VRNM? They are as close to a pure play in cellulosic ethanol as you can get. They have a great tea...

  • Yeah-been burnt too! Git into Australian Ethanol (revamped as Agri-Energy with plant in USA) but they went down the tub...

  • (partly OT!) This Jan. 2009 article has quite a bit to say about Verenium (VRNM) (cellulosic ethanol) and Syntroleu...

  • I think Andy is pushing VRNM also. However,if your following the Gov't grants,their were only six Bio-Fuel Corp.�...

  • One thing that I'm thinking that may be a flaw to the expansion of this bio fuels technology; Consumers having an i...

  • Can any of these GRREN stocks make any money without sudsidies from the government? Yes we all love a clean, green envir...

  • Tried this one a few years ago. He is very big on major themes, like alternative fuels and natural food. He concentrates...

  • Wind energy based on government funding may well follow the fiasco known as ethanol, which was all the rage as ittle as ...

  • 2 years from now life without it will be unimaginable.Its impact will be greater than the railroad… automobile…...

  • I don't drink beer, or even coffee for that matter, but I'm here too, thanks to your engaging wit, words and wonderful r...

  • Aha! You're right -- didn't think of another ethanol one for this pick, but that makes perfect sense.Thanks Troy ...

  • I believe the company you are looking for is Brazil-based Cosan Group CZZBrazil-based Cosan Group is the largest gr...

  • I believe the company you are looking for is Brazil-based Cosan Group CZZBrazil-based Cosan Group is the largest ...

  • Am enjoying your site immensely, nice job Travis! At $100 oil (or $60 for that matter), I've been picking up energy tec...

  • Hey i looked into Verenium Corp (VRNM), they just got a big grant from the goverment to invest in the production on etha...

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