On the note of SSPC, I recently called them to for some brokering info on their fuel (about a week ago) and still no call back. Prolly just the holidays ..... but, this is the kind of lack of response that I have gotten before. They must be doing well to ignore folks. ;-)
James Slayden On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, murdoch wrote: > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:39:19 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > >Um, why do people forget about Arkenol??!! They have been around > actually > >"doing" cellulosic ethanol already in the Sacramento area test plant. > > > >http://www.arkenol.com/ > > Well, until this moment I had never heard of them (or perhaps I've run > across them once or twice and forgotten). > > Let me check on something..... [checking].... > > genencor: GCOR > Novozymes: nvzmf.pk > Southern States Power: SSPC > arkenol: apparently not publicly traded. > > This is not a criticism. In fact, quite the contrary, I admire the > heck out of private businesses and often find it quite refreshing to > see web pages offering news and product information without a link to > investor relations. But, for better or worse, when a company's owners > sell out to the marketplace of publicly traded companies, their stock > becomes a chip in the casino and attracts all manner of interest. > Sometimes that's really all it ever is. > > SSPC for example has been a disappointment for years and, in my view, > was (or still is?) run by *extremely* poor management who did *not* > put their best into the biofuel cause. They might even have been > conscious looters, but that's a difficult diagnosis to make, as I am > just judging by past management compensation levels and > business-levels (or *lack* thereof), along with a couple of other > clues. I still have some incurable hope for them, but it's kind of > pathetic. The others I have not looked at in years, although like I > said, GCOR was mentioned to me by a fund manager so they did attract > some interest. > > Anyway, I'll try to remember to watch arkenol. > > MM > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
