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DOE Energy Storage Subsidies Are Both Heavenly Grants and Hellish Loans

John. I see you are finally under the influence of mind-expanding drugs. Good job, your article reads like a song. See how the huge vistas of meaning begin to open up, when you, "Tune in, turn on and drop out."I especially like the way you sandwiched your criticle point between two compliments. Very old school, yet very effective. I'll leave you with the immortal words of Bilbo Baggins, I think this discribes your treatment of your cool storage stocks to date," I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve". ..WOW!

Alternative Energy Storage: Cheap Outperforms Cool

<<<"Disclosure: Author is a former director and executive officer of Axion Power International and holds a large long position in its stock. He also holds small long positions in Exide, Enersys, Active Power and ZBB Energy">>


Dear John, (pun entended) we had a few issues from the start.
Why I ignored all the above signs I'm not sure. Maybe I was just lonely or maybe it was those piercing blue eyes;could have been the hat. (It was probably the hat...your such a rebel).

It's hard for me to tell you this, but in the past few articles, I have been seriously thinking about ending my readership. I've decided that I've just been too dependent on your thinly veiled self promotion; of your so called cheap energy storage stocks.

It is a little sad for me knowing that I won't be able to rely on your biased information anymore, but I think I will be a better investor in the end. I'll always remember tripping on the tangerine seeds with you ( thanks for info on that one)

I'm returning your Darth Vader poster, but keeping your left ear.

Best to your frog Lenard, Loren

Long Live the Cleantech Revolution

Sorry John,I just broke most of the rules for formulating a good argument and should not have ended my rant with a rhetorical question. My tone was contentious and i made a few spelling errors that really make me look like a illitrate.ileterat,ill... damn! I know you really put a lot of hard work into this article and it shows. You did leave out the rebuttal; but you also cited your source so all in all i give you a B say B+. What the H.E. double toothpicks, there's plenty of day light left. right...:K™

Long Live the Cleantech Revolution

“For Whom The Bell Tolls” will be heard in the background for those who invest in your battery stocks. I like your anaolgy to, "A Tale of Two Cities" should help the bulk of your readers with their limited comprehension skills, And your right, these are the best of times for AE. Unfortunately your routine or consistent pattern of trotting out debunked fertilizer every few weeks to re-introduce it to those who don’t know they’re full of fertalizer. Is well boring. Batteries will and do have a place. But they are to heavy,to costly (replacement wise),enviormentally a no no, and as you say achient technology. Energy storage will not be limited to any single tech on your list. But I think and hope we don't get to battery dependent. How many Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are already just repositories for, saposidly "recycled" batteries. The recycle fee is really a shipping fee to these islands.
www.sopac.org/data/vir...
some are smelted in Australia to recaputure the toxic lead. but less than a quarter of earths "USED" find a secondary market. I still pay attention to the contributions of substance that you make. Thanks you have inspired me to re-read "ATale of Two Cities"..The greatest story never told here is "FLYWHEELS" you shouldn't even have them in your mix. Are these justs props to try and make your battery stocks look better? I wonder...no I don't....:K™

Disclaimer. I hold a long position in BCON, And didn't make a dime for my rebuttal to your ...'article'... let the flagulation begin

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How to Determine Value of Alternative Energy Stocks

Ok I get it .. It's because I'm black right? A 30% up swing in one day isn't worth a daytrade...never mind you are right I am wrong...forgive me for treading on your holier than thou ground... Even a dumb hick like me can see the writing on the wall here... for a good time call Seeking Alpha...blacks need not apply!


On Jan 26 12:37 PM Mayascribe wrote:

> Loren: That Yahoo! article you linked to was only a two-year sharing
> of information! A study for cying out loud! No money involved. Hardly,
> newsworthy. Not even worth a day trade.
>
> One more thing: I would much rather have an author own a stock he's
> wrting about, than one who does not. Too much of a percentage for
> me here on Seeking Alpha do authors write about stocks and not own
> them, or, even worse, don't even include their name with the article.
>
>
> Further, now that John has been writing here for nearly seven months,
> I still haven't seen Axiom budge much. This fact does not, in my
> mind, bother me whether or not he promotes Axion too much, or too
> little. I would much rather be able to read what he thinks, than
> not.

How to Determine Value of Alternative Energy Stocks

National Grid and Beacon Power Sign Agreement to Evaluate Flywheel Technology for Grid Applications
Evaluation to focus on benefits of fast-response regulation and heightened demand for regulation due to wind power
Monday January 26, 2009, 10:50 am EST

I guess it is shit or get off the pot for BCON now. Pease pardon my French. finance.yahoo.com/news...



On Jan 26 09:56 AM John Petersen wrote:

> Loren, technologies like Beacon's are important to our future and
> need to be developed. But there is an huge difference between utility
> scale demonstration testing and full commercialization. Given the
> useful life of the Beacon systems, I doubt that anybody will be in
> a position to make a "go-no go" commercial decision for several years.
> Changing the way utilities do things takes a very long time because
> the utilities(1) cannot adopt any solution that has less than 99.999%
> reliability, (2) usually have to get regulatory approval to include
> new facilities in their rate base, and (3) are prone to intense inertia
> just like every other human organization.
>
> If you'll notice, I did not suggest that Beacon was overvalued. My
> concerns only relate to the ability to keep the doors open during
> the testing period.
>
> Beacon has made tremendous progress and I for one hope that it will
> continue to do so. But for a company with a relatively long development
> horizon, management spends an awful lot of cash on a current basis.
> If management could pare the level of recurring losses by 50% and
> get closer to their longer term cost per MW estimates, I'd be much
> more willing to sound optimistic. But in a world where investors
> are scared half to death, talking about potential without raising
> the timing issues would be irresponsible.
>
> Stockguy, my title was "Valuation Metrics for Alternative Energy
> Storage Stocks." The editors at SA changed it to the one you find
> objectionable.
>
> I don't talk about the rest of the AE world because with the exception
> of biodiesel and nuclear I don't have enough expertise to make a
> real contribution. I know about storage and that's what I talk about.
> When commenters stop asking intelligent questions I'll probably stop
> writing.

How to Determine Value of Alternative Energy Stocks

John, Thanks for your reply and clarification on your position towards BCON. I know I am looking at this stock, BCON as a younger man,with a longer time frame for investment return. Just to clarify your statement," I love the concept underlying Beacon's technology". BCON has moved beyound concept and has entered into commercialisation though fledgling to be sure. That should be considered a major step. Most concept companies never make it off the drawing boards and fold up taking their investors money with them. Stay the steady course and endure to the end, this is my investment plan concerning BCON. I just Hope the big dogs don't destroy us like they did the hudsucker!

How to Determine Value of Alternative Energy Stocks

Cicero, How long have you been following Johns string of posts? Promising in the beginning to investigate and report on these AE stocks. Well I for one have been following from the onset. This was my fist post about his "skills" John Petterson has consistantly failed to investigate and post any relevant information on other than a couple of these stocks. Undoubtedly he took on more than he could chew. Why not just come out and say that? Instead of handing us these reworked redundebt articles using some stock numbers with little more than an aside saying bla bla bla.

Your introduction, "John, Thought provoking article--again." leaves me wondering...'DID WE JUST READ THE SAME ARTICLE?" Maybe you are better at reading between the lines than myself. And must be if you found anything thought provoking in this latest rehashed piece.

Please don't take offense my commits were directed at John and not his readers. I happen to be one. I am simply hoping John will either re-start his once exuberant fire for the range of AE stocks or admit defeat. And flicker out of the scene. a poster on the BCON MB but it this way today concerning this latest article. "he doesn`t do any real investigating, he says the same thing every time he writes, he is not into writing anymore, how many times can you say the same thing over and over, his opinion doesn`t mean anything " And I am in full agreement...John wake up ... cut bait fish or fish...before you make us fall asleep and out of the AE boat....

Reconsidering Penny Stocks

I don't like trading through rose colored glasses...Selective censorship.... or any other one sided fish wrapper... I may never read seeking alpha again.. after this timley revolation.....:K™