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To: Panita who wrote (3911)	3/18/1999 7:15:00 PM
From: Steve Johnston	Respond to of 5827

Gives credence to the phrase "buy on rumour, sell on fact". After the facts got out, many people got carried away and drove the price beyond supportable levels, hence the fallback. This is a good company, with excellent partners, but it is still years away from making it's technology affordable. Ballard is therefore, right now, a news driven stock. Wait for it to settle back and then buy again hoping for additional media/IR hype. I have done this twice and have been rewarded well for my efforts. I only wish I was always so brilliant. Regards.

To: Panita who wrote (3911)	3/18/1999 7:26:00 PM
From: Jim	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5827

There are some days that are downhill. One can't expect too much response when there is an incomplete prototype. There will be an opportunity to see a huge upturn in Ballard stock when the hydrogen storage problem has been solved. The HU research looks promising and carbon nanofibers are a possibility. In the meantime, it appears, should there not a break through with these direct hydrogen supplys, then the menthonal reformers will probably be installed. It would be great to see refueling once a month with a carbon -hydrogen storage bottle, rather than to pump methonal every few hundred miles, but the most practical and cost effective method, including infrastructure, will be chosen first,. Ballard will have their day to succeed. This can be a huge world market and the adaptation to a new technology does not need to be dictated by American standards.