Nope, not me. I think that it was someone else. I had some contention with SSPC, but that was about all. I did call BAT yesterday to find out the opening date and they were reluctant. I also was trying to dig for the 'special' process they were hearlding, and it was just single stage continuous. I thought they might be trying the supercitical method, but I don't think so from what they indicated. I also thought they might be using some sort of acid/base method, but again I really don't think so.
James Slayden On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, murdoch wrote: > It's nice to see, but let's be careful. Going by the URL, we can see > this > is reconstituted B.A.T. international. I am less cynical about them than > others (I think at times they meant well) but I wouldn't go rushing out > to > buy any stock in the new company. > > The first time I ever heard about SSPC, Southern States Power (now > declined > to 1/2 cent per share) was from a person at BAT, as SSPC apparently had > something to do with them. At the time I think there was some petroleum > claim in the Gulf of Mexico which SSPC had something to do with. Later > we > see SSPC supposedly wanting to do the biofuel thing here in California > and > I guess there's been some effort, so good. But I'm just saying: let's > see > the "Green Star" production numbers, when they have production. B.A.T. > had > every invention in sight that was going to change the world, including an > 80 mpg diesel metro, powered by some strange engine advance, a wonderful > super duper lubricant, etc. No, they weren't just a scam. I personally > visited a plant in Mexico that they'd set up to build cars, and indeed it > was there and they were doing their best, if naively. > > But I think they were too ambitious, not focused enough and there were > many > bad signs. I always took a company about to save the world with six > different inventions to be a bad sign. I do think they were at times > *very* guilty of some of the worst sort of stock promotion. One bad sign > was the el-bizarro amount of posting on stock-discussion boards about > B.A.T. Later on this also was characteristic of SSPC (what a surprise). > I > didn't know this until there was a story in the Wall Street Journal about > alternative energy stock scams taking advantage of the energy issues, > particularly the crisis in California. The Journal story pointed out > that > there were dozens of thousands of posts about SSPC on a stock discussion > board, although the company only had reported revenues of something like > $32,000. Sheesh. The President replied that he agreed with the reporter > that the amount of interest in the company was not commensurate with its > activities. I replied on my web page that I felt compelled to put them > and > BAT both into a bit of an Alternative Energy Hall of Shame, given that > the > President of SSPC and-or his secretary had taken compensation in SEVEN > figures for a company that had about $32,000 in revenues. > > So anyway, by that time BAT was not any longer part of them, but I am > just > skeptical until I see otherwise that this new incarnation of Mr. > Lastella's > will prove fruitful. However, I don't take it for granted that it won't. > I met him a couple of times, and Bill Wasson several times, and I think > they had some technical knowledge and some desire to put together a > company. They need to focus and do it though, and cut out the stock > market > focus and manipulation. Just my opinion. > > James, didn't you or someone else mention something about buying some > biofuel near San Diego from Bill Wasson? Sometimes they'd balance out > the > chance to write them off by actually doing something that took business > competence and follow-through. > > MM > > > >Largest one in the nation (apparently): > > > >http://www.baat.com/pr03-02-24.htm > > > > > >James Slayden > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
