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Gold/Mining/Energy : Arcon Energy (MIDL Presently) The Ultimate Sleeper -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dusty who wrote (2112)	6/1/1998 4:45:00 PM
From: RavMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4142

I see the potential here. All I am saying is that when I spoke to co. on Friday evening I should have been told that x date is not finalized but they maintained the May 29th date.

To: Dusty who wrote (2112)	6/1/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: Jay Lowe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4142

>> Just wait till they start selling it in China! You are more right than you might guess. One of the up-and-coming methods of ethanol production utilizes rice husks as the slurry that feeds the yeast that creates the ethanol. I can easily see China going with E85 type fuels (85% ethanol, 15% hydrocarbons) ... However, the current trend in the "third world" is TOWARD more polluting products. Alkyl lead, MTBE and so forth are being used more, rather than less, in these countries. California first. Or states that have a high state tax incentive on ethanol-blended fuels (corn-producing states: Ohio, Kentucky, etc, etc). States that already have strong retail presence of reformulated fuels (Ohio seems to lead, running most state vehicles on E85). California may have to follow because distribution is centralized to a small number of large distributors ... except to Tosco, they have shown no public signs of responding ... however the anti-MTBE pressure is increasing weekly. Canada (see Arcon website) ... already using E15 fuels ... DF-144 would fit right in. Europe ... high eco-awareness, relatively high oil costs, good in-place distribution infrastructure to absorb the new technology. Lots and lots of possibilities ... Exxon is actually an outside shot ... much more likely that smaller independent regional blenders would pick up the product first. Arcon has SO MANY options for getting to market ... it's good that they are focused on a specific plan ... again, see the website. Cheers!