Realist, If you want to invest without any real risk, I would be first to tell you that penny stocks is not the place to be putting your money. At certain times with "any" stock it is not a sure thing, and as example IBM a few years ago was down in the $40's, and today is over $150 with a stock split in between, for a 8-9 fold gain. I have been in EPEA for many a year and "yes" have had to wonder if I should be staying in because of delays and slow movement in going forward. But a couple years back I did a lot of work in getting a better feel of EPEA, and the info did not point toward a con job of a company, where the stock is pumped up, sold on highs and the re-running of the cycle. A close look shows that the Davis'es have the far majority of shares and have the most to loss in how they are using their shares. In 1998 they both filed one 144 in Feb. and one in May, and had 90 days to sell the 5,000,000 shares in each case, and did not sell and more importantly have not filed again to sell, which with 450,000,000 shares, if they felt that EPEA was not going anywhere, it is only common sense that they start dumping their shares to reap something, as to loss it all if they did't believe better is to come. Late events in TN that is on EPEA's Web Page and events in the local paper and on TV only make me a stronger believer in EPEA. Each person must make their own decision on how much "risk" [gamble] they can tolerate, and "penny" stocks is not a place for the weak of heart. If a penny stock investor is wrong, they more than likely will have a total lost, but if you are right, they can gain far more than the 15-20% that the top investors could gain over a 5-10 year period. EPEA Believer*Richard |