It is always useful to repeat the stock market mantra; investing is about future business performance. Past achievements matter only if they increase forward strategic options, but in the end, no one knows for sure what tomorrow holds.

Here is a small-capital corporation from Chatsworth, CA with a mega-future. The stock is innocuously listed in the Miscellaneous Capital Goods Industry. It would be more appropriate in reality to put it in an energy transformation basket. This kind of business is our best collective hope for the future. What does this corporation do?

This company is a master of micro-turbines. You need at least one of this corporation’s products and services, whether you run a rig in the middle of an ocean, own a hybrid automobile, or live in an energy-efficient home. Micro-turbines are integral to decentralized power generation, and to use of alternative fuels as well. It is not unrealistic to

It seems that almost every day there is an editorial urging John McCain to relieve the American people of their high gas price burden. But rather than an endorsement of his gas tax vacation, the average conservative citizen is urging McCain to drill for domestic oil. If he indeed decided to drill for more oil on American soil, he would be embraced by the right.

But how much good would it do? The Wall Street Journall’s Real Time Economics has an article indicating that even if we were to drill in the massive ANWR reserves, it would not be likely to impact gas prices now.

Furthermore, 2008 Central has a humorous bit of an exploitation article on the same issue. In 1985, McCain insisted (very strongly) that offshore oil in states like California should be distributed to Americans on a national …

Many industrial projects require long lead times and massive amounts of cash. Following and pushing them through to the finish is often taxing and frustrating. If a company can find and retain a group of experienced managers to push through to the end, they will find that the rewards are large and profitable.

Raven Biofuels International Corp., a development stage biomass-products refiner, is working to bring waste-product refinery capacity online. The company is currently in talks to secure financing and merge with companies oriented toward developing leading edge bio-mass gasoline products. By all accounts, the company is making positive progress in these two areas.

The ultimate short term-five year goal of the company is refining 100 million gallons of biofuel gasoline. To achieve these goals the company has engaged in merger talks with Pure Energy Inc. and formed a partnership with Spectrum Energy, a British Columbia company familiar with cellulose