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To: Big Bucks who wrote (2652)	1/31/2006 1:12:37 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

Can't think of any off the top of my head. I do think ethanol and coal-to-gasoline companies will do very well in coming years. Mainly because, barring a major economic slowdown, I just can not see petroleum supplies keeping up with ever growing demand for petroleum. I don't listen to all the energy pundits and their numerous predictions. There were plenty of predictions early last year that oil would soon return to the mid $30s trading range (way off base for sure). What I keep an eye on is the price of oil, that is the only thing that really tells you how plentiful it is. As long as it keeps rising, I will assume oil is getting very close to the point where demand is outstripping supply. In this environment, ethanol and coal-to-gasoline and any other alternative energy company will grow and prosper.

To: Big Bucks who wrote (2652)	1/31/2006 2:41:37 PM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

Ethanol Producers and Geothermal companies STKL-SUNOPTA INC sunopta.com SunOpta, Inc. operates in the natural and organic food markets in Canada and the United States. The company’s operations are classified into three segments: SunOpta Food Group, Opta Minerals, and StakeTech Steam Explosion Group. The SunOpta Food Group segment produces, packages, markets, and distributes natural, organic, kosher, and specialty food products and ingredients with a focus on soy, oat, sunflower, rice, and corn. The Opta Minerals segment processes, sells, and distributes silica free loose abrasives, industrial minerals, specialty sands, and recycles inorganic materials for the foundry, steel, bridge, and ship cleaning industries. The StakeTech Steam Explosion Group segment owns numerous patents on its proprietary steam explosion technology, and designs and subcontracts the manufacture of these systems for processing non-woody fibers for use in the paper, food, and biofuel industries. The company, formerly known as Stake Technology, Ltd., was incorporated in 1973. It changed its name to SunOpta, Inc. in 2003. SunOpta is headquartered in Norval, Canada PEIX - Pacific Ethanol Pacific Ethanol, Inc. markets ethanol in the western United States. Through third-party service providers, it provides transportation, storage, and delivery of ethanol. The company sells ethanol primarily into California, Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon, as well as has customer relationships throughout the western United States, and supplier relationships throughout the western and midwestern United States. Pacific Ethanol is building an ethanol production facility in Madera in the California central valley. The company is based in Fresno, California. XTHN.OB-Xethanol Corporation xethanol.com Xethanol Corporation seeks to become a leader in the emerging biomass-to-ethanol industry. Our mission is to convert biomass that is currently being abandoned or land filled into ethanol and other valuable co-products. Xethanol's strategy is to deploy proprietary bio-technologies that will extract and ferment the sugars trapped in these biomass concentrations. Xethanol's value proposition is to produce ethanol and valuable co-products more cost-effectively than corn-based processors with plants located closer to biomass sources. Geothermals -------------------------------- ORA - Ormat Technologies Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, building, ownership, and operation of geothermal power plants and recovered energy-based power plants. Its products and services include power units for geothermal power plants and recovered energy-based power generation; remote power units and other generators; engineering, procurement, and construction of power plants; and operation and maintenance of power plants. UGTH.ob - Geothermal Stock U.S. Geothermal, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the acquisition, development, and exploitation of geothermal resources. It primarily focuses on developing the Raft River project that could produce geothermal energy. As of March 31, 2005, the Raft River project consisted of 7 parcels of leases comprising approximately 660 acres of fee land and 3,496.79 acres of contiguous leased geothermal rights located in Cassia County, Idaho. The seven leases include Vulcan Property, Crank Lease, Newbold Lease, Jensen Lease, Jensen Investments Lease, Stewart Lease, and Elena Property. The company was formed in 2002 and is based in Boise, Idaho NGLPF.ob Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. is a renewable energy company developing geothermal projects in the United States to provide electrical energy that is clean, efficient and sustainable. NGP is committed to the geothermal industry and currently owns a 100% leasehold interest in four properties: Blue Mountain, Pumpernickel, Black Warrior, all of which are ideally situated in Nevada and Crump Geyser in Oregon. An initial 30 MW power plant is planned to begin generating power at the Blue Mountain site in 2007 subject to further resource drilling and feasibility studies. GEO.v - Polaris Geothermal www.polarisgeothermal.com Polaris is a renewable energy resource company focused on the development of geothermal projects. Polaris has 36,668,771 Class A common shares issued and outstanding.