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To: trader who wrote (2083)	10/20/1999 7:22:00 PM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2513

Trader my man, what did a bell go off in your head today? Since you claim the first post; I'll have to claim the 2nd. Message 3509724 Today's volume was the 3nd highest of the year, but I don't know if anyone has really been short this stock; although no amount of buying or positive press has ever really done it any good; since last years squeeze anyway. That was a great ride, but could have been a once in a lifetime. Are you really buying here?, if so, why wouldn't you wait to at least see if they hit the pinks?

To: trader who wrote (2083)	10/28/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 2513

DCHT board member, former Pennsylvania Congressman Robert Walker quoted at the fuel cell conference today, Anti-smog chief predicts significant role for fuel-cell vehicles By STEVE LAWRENCE The Associated Press 10/28/99 5:38 AM Eastern TAHOE CITY, Calif. (AP) -- California's anti-smog chief is predicting that clean-running motor vehicles powered by fuel cells will play a significant role in efforts to clean up California's skies. "I feel very optimistic," Air Resources Board chairman Alan Lloyd said Wednesday after speaking at a conference on fuel cell technology. Fuel cells, developed for use in space craft, produce electricity through a chemical reaction involving hydrogen and oxygen that provides power along with little or no pollution. Some supporters see fuel-cell vehicles as a more driver-friendly alternative to gasoline-powered autos than battery-run electric cars, which have limited driving ranges between rechargings. Instead of taking hours to recharge, fuel-cell cars could fill up with hydrogen or a hydrogen-producing fuel at a service station. "I think fuel cells will play a significant part of the solution, but they are not going to be the complete solution. We also see advances in other technologies," Lloyd said, mentioning improvements in batteries. There have been several recent signs that automakers are getting ready to market fuel-cell vehicles. Gov. Gray Davis announced last April that a consortium that includes Ford, DaimlerChrysler and three major oil companies would road-test up to 50 fuel-cell cars and 20 buses on California roads over the next few years. Volkswagen and Honda joined the group earlier this month. Ford and DaimlerChrysler said at the time the tests were announced that they planned to put fuel-cell-powered vehicles on the market by 2004. Toyota Motor Corp. hopes to beat that date. The Japanese auto maker announced in June that it plans to mass-produce fuel-cell vehicles in 2003. And earlier this month, Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. said it had agreed to conduct research and develop fuel-cell vehicles with the Japanese subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. Lloyd said the auto companies are "are not doing this on a whim. They see markets." One key factor that may be encouraging the companies is a state regulation requiring that 10 percent of the new cars sold in California starting in 2003 emit little or no pollution. Glen Rambach, a research engineer at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, was even more optimistic about the potential of fuel cells, predicting a "decade of the fuel cell." "Sit tight, buckle up and hang on," he told conference participants. "I think it's going to be one heck of a ride over the next 10 years." But another conference speaker, former Pennsylvania Congressman Robert Walker, said fuel-cell advocates have to convince the public, government policy-makers and potential investors that fuel cells are a ready technology. He suggested asking a celebrity to take a fuel-cell car on a 500-mile drive, taking reporters on a cross-country trip in a fuel-cell bus, lighting up part of the Las Vegas Strip with fuel cells or convincing Disney World to include a fuel-cell-powered house in its attractions. Such tactics will tell the public "something is happening that they should pay attention to," he said. "When the public pays attention to it, policy makers pay attention to it. When policy makers pay attention to it, Wall Street pays attention. "The moment this becomes the next generation of high-tech investment I think it will take off like gangbusters," he said.