Showing posts with label Rare Earths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rare Earths. Show all posts

Friday, October 26, 2012

Nissan Begins eMotor Trials at Decherd Tenn. Plant



"The eMotor that powers the Nissan LEAF has more than one mile of copper wiring inside. Currently those motors are assembled in Japan. Soon, however, Nissan's eMotor will be produced in Decherd, Tenn., about 70 miles away from where Nissan will build the 2013 Nissan LEAF in Smyrna, Tenn."

Lithium Drive: Electric Cars Are Here!


"See the huge variety of new plugin electric cars that are available to you now!
Hear what people are saying about plugin electric cars. Ride along with people as they test drive these amazing cars."  
  These are the real people driving real electric cars now - this revolution is happening right now. We have more pictures and videos from National Plug In Day 2012.



Why Mitt Romney, Big Oil, and the Koch Brothers Do Not Like Electric Cars Made In USA?


  

  "We are out of politics, we just Do Not Like Lies in all forms. We are running Rock Against BS here - our small contribution to the humanity. We have our Heroes and you know them as well:

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.


   We think that, actually, it is the best AD campaign for the Electric Cars so far in the Mass Media. For the first time a lot of people will realise that there is an Alternative to the Oil Needle, and this Threat is so strong now that very big resources are dedicated to kill this Energy Transition Technology Made In USA and throw the country back into the Oil Swamp. 
  We all will be driving Electric Cars in the end - question is now not even when, but whether They Will All be built in China and Only Sold back to us here.



  The best approach will be just to dig it out for yourself and make your own opinion, as usual, we have some unproven theories below.


Peak Oil: DON'T WORRY, DRIVE ON: Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies - US House Report On Toxic Chemicals



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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Electric Charge: Tesla Model S by Translogic - This Is What Lithium Is For!





  This Is What Lithium Is For! Lithium allows you to make Electric Super Car - Tesla Model S is the best Electric Car on the market  now and Translogic with Bradley Hasemeyer are the best to cover it! This is the right Energy - both the car and report about it - supercharged, focused and No Compromise of being Green. Tesla Model S is the real car, but only better and now it can travel the distance with the unveiled network of Tesla Superchargers.
  History is not made by weeks or months, but every week now new Tesla Model S are coming on the roads to tell the story that the world could be different and you can make that difference. It is not for everyone yet, but Technology is here and mass volume will bring the price for Lithium Batteries down with even  better range and quality and Tesla Generation III for the mass market will be on the roads very soon.

Lithium Jolt: Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger

"Now the Electric Super Car - Tesla Model S can travel the distance. We have the Technology in place. Chargers and Lithium batteries will become better and cheaper allowing for Electric Cars move down to the consumers at mass market level very soon. Green Mobility Revolution is happening now!"




Lithium Generation: No War For Oil Required - Dump The Pump - National Plug In Day!



Lithium Catalyst: Inside Tesla - They Are Coming - Tesla Model S

"Tesla Model S will bring Electric Cars into the headlines again. Responsible Luxury, High-End  performance and Electric Car - it is all represented by Tesla Model S now. The next step will be the real Electric Cars for the mass market. Volume will bring down the cost of the lithium batteries, battery leasing schemes will reduce the entry cost of Electric Car ownership and then we can never look back on the 19th century technology of controlled explosions under the hood burning Oil."




Tesla Model S officially rated at 89 MPGe with 265-mile range

Bloomberg: IPad Boom Strains Lithium Supplies After Prices Triple

"There are a lot of bargains now among Lithium developers after the recent scare in Argentina. Catalyst will come with clear picture from Argentina, Risk On Trade, rise in M&A activity and Tesla Model S, which will start to be delivered to public in the next couple of days."



Lithium rEVolution: Video - TESLA MOTORS, INC. 2012 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING

"Generation III: Bringing EVs to the Mass Market"

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Friday, September 21, 2012

TNR Gold New Presentation on Shotgun Gold Project in Alaska With The Latest Drill Results TNR.v




TNR Gold Corp. - HALTED - At the Request of the Company Pending News TNR.v


It is getting interesting, we have found two recent developments regarding TNR Gold:


TNR Gold vs McEwen Mining Los Azules Litigation: Pretrial Motion - Notice of Application August 20 2012 TNR.v, MUX

  TNR Gold has published on its website the latest filing in Los Azules litigation vs Minera Andes (McEwen Mining) and MIM (Xstrata):


TNR Gold Completes Drill Program, Confirms Mineralization Model & Expands Target Area At Alaska Shotgun Gold Project TNR.v



TNR Gold Rejects Third Party Proposal And Provides Los Azules Update TNR.v, MUX

"Kirill Klip, Chairman of TNR commented that: “Although the price being proposed for the Company was materially higher than TNR’s current trading price, in our view it fell far short of reflecting the value of the Company and, in particular, the value of the Company’s claims in the current Los Azules litigation with Minera Andes Inc.”


Please, do not forget, that we own stocks we are writing about and have position in these companies. We are not providing any investment advise on this blog and there is no solicitation to buy or sell any particular company



Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Peak Oil: DON'T WORRY, DRIVE ON: Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies - US House Report On Toxic Chemicals



Post Carbon Institute:

In recent months we've seen a spate of assertions that peak oil is a worry of the past thanks to so-called "new technologies" that can tap massive amounts of previously inaccessible stores of "unconventional" oil. "Don't worry, drive on," we're told.

We can fall for the oil industry hype and keep ourselves chained to a resource that's depleting and comes with ever increasing economic and environmental costs, or we can recognize that the days of cheap and abundant oil (not to mention coal and natural gas) are over.

Unfortunately, the mainstream media and politicians on both sides of the aisle are parroting the hype, claiming — in Obama's case — that unconventional oil can play a key role in an "all of the above" energy strategy and — in Romney's — that increased production of tight oil and tar sands can make North America energy independent by the end of his second term.

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DeGette Committee Investigation Discovers High Volume Of Toxic Chemicals In Fracking Fluids Used In Colorado

WASHINGTON, DC — Today U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) joined her colleagues, Reps.  Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey, in releasing a new report that provides the first comprehensive national inventory of chemicals used by hydraulic fracturing companies during the drilling process.   The report revealed extraordinarily high levels of carcinogens being injected into the ground on fracking projects all across the country, with Colorado having some of the highest levels in the nation.

“We recognize the need for alternative energy sources to power our nation, and natural gas plays a critical role in that effort, particularly in Colorado. However, it is deeply disturbing to discover the content and quantity of toxic chemicals, like benzene and lead, being injected into the ground without the knowledge of the communities whose health could be affected," said DeGette.  “Of particular concern to me is that we learned that over the four-year period studied, fracking fluids used in Colorado contained some of the highest volumes of carcinogens in the country, and some of the most toxic.”

The report was issued by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on which DeGette serves in leadership as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and it found that:                                                                                                                    

·         The 14 leading oil and gas service companies used more than 780 million gallons of hydraulic fracturing products, not including water added at the well site.  Overall, the companies used more than 2,500 hydraulic fracturing products containing 750 different chemicals and other components.

·         The components used in the hydraulic fracturing products ranged from generally harmless and common substances, such as salt and citric acid, to extremely toxic substances, such as benzene and lead.  Some companies even used instant coffee and walnut hulls in their fracturing fluids.

·         Between 2005 and 2009, the oil and gas service companies used hydraulic fracturing products containing 29 chemicals that are known or possible human carcinogens, regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for their risks to human health, or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

·         In Colorado, between 2005 and 2009, oil and gas companies conducting fracking across the state used over 1.5 million gallons of fluids containing known carcinogens.  That puts Colorado second only to Texas in the highest volume use of fluids containing carcinogens in the nation.

·         The BTEX compounds – benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethylbenzene – are SDWA contaminants and hazardous air pollutants.  Benzene also is a known human carcinogen.  The hydraulic fracturing companies injected 11.4 million gallons of products containing at least one BTEX chemical over the five-year period.

·         The study found that between 2005 and 2009, companies operating in Colorado injected into the ground over 375,000 gallons of fracking fluids that contained chemicals required to be regulated under the SDWA.  And the vast majority of those chemicals were the BTEX compounds – known carcinogens that can damage the central nervous system, liver, and kidneys.

·         Methanol, which was used in 342 hydraulic fracturing products, was the most widely used chemical between 2005 and 2009.  The substance is a hazardous air pollutant and is on the candidate list for potential regulation under SDWA.  Isopropyl alcohol, 2-butoxyethanol, and ethylene glycol were the other most widely used chemicals.

·         Many of the hydraulic fracturing fluids contain chemical components that are listed as “proprietary” or “trade secret.”  The companies used 94 million gallons of 279 products that contained at least one chemical or component that the manufacturers deemed proprietary or a trade secret.  In many instances, the oil and gas service companies were unable to identify these “proprietary” chemicals, suggesting that the companies are injecting fluids containing chemicals that they themselves cannot identify.

“This report makes clear that, unfortunately, voluntary industry disclosure is not enough to ensure the economic benefits of natural gas production do not come at the cost of our families' health.  The FRAC Act I have introduced would provide common-sense safeguards like required disclosure of the chemicals used in the fracking process, and subjecting fracking

During the last Congress, the Committee launched an investigation into the practice of hydraulic fracturing in the United States, asking the leading oil and gas service companies to disclose information on the products used in this process between 2005 and 2009.  This report reveals the results of those findings, and summarizes the types, volumes, and chemical contents of the hydraulic fracturing products used by the 14 leading oil and gas service companies.

The complete committee report is available online here."



Oil Shock - There's No Tomorrow.

  "This animation deserves to be posted one more time. Post Carbon Institute has produced a brilliant documentary "There Is No Tomorrow", which we highly recommend to watch everybody. You can personally judge our progress now."


Lithium Catalyst: China to boost electric car industry



Despite all doom and gloom China moves forward into electric space, road will not be always smooth, but watch what these people do - not what they are letting journalists to write about. China has secured supply of Rare Earths and Graphite and now is taking stakes in Lithium developers.


Lithium Rush: The Art Of War In The Markets: China Getting Ready For 5 Million Electric Cars by 2020


  "China knows too well the real price of Oil. All recent data points out that the spare capacity in Oil production is running dangerously low and any decreased demand from the developed world was immediately substituted by the rising demand from emerging economies."


Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Lithium Catalyst: Tesla Customers Drive The Electric Model S - It Rocks!

    

  Now we have the real people testing the Real Electric Car - Tesla Model S is delivered to its first customers and we have first videos from Get Amped Test Drive tour.

Lithium Catalyst: Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Half Of New Cars Will Be Electric In 15-20 Years!

"Antony Ingram reports on the very ambitious predictions by Elon Musk about the Electric Cars future. Tesla Model S is in the headlines this week after its launch and Elon Musk knows what he is talking about - breaking the spell that Electric Cars are not as good as the conventional ones. Tesla Model S is up to this task - next step is the cheaper Electric Cars which can bring the real mass market."





CNBC: Lithium - Big Money Banking on Bull Move in This Metal

"Now CNBC is joing the Bloomberg and Barron's with our Next Big Thing - Electric Cars and strategic commdities to make it happen - Lithium, REE and Graphite. Big players must have been already positioned themselves at the Sector Low and waiting for the general public to wake up with Tesla Model S in the headlines. You still have the luxury of building your own collection with Lithium Juniors, which are in a  depressed state of the mind today."





Barron's: Lithium Could Power Higher

"After the launch of Tesla Model S Barron's is making its take on Lithium - the Next Big 
Thing story is coming back on mainstream investors' radar screens."





Bloomberg: IPad Boom Strains Lithium Supplies After Prices Triple

"There are a lot of bargains now among Lithium developers after the recent scare in Argentina. Catalyst will come with clear picture from Argentina, Risk On Trade, rise in M&A activity and Tesla Model S, which will start to be delivered to public in the next couple of days."


Thursday, May 03, 2012

Alternative Energy and Electric Cars in UK - National Grid | Fully Charged



  Electricity is here already and its mix is improving with introducing of more natural gas, wind and solar generation. We can bring our Electric Cars out now. Smart Grid will allow to optimise and manage all power generation sources, transmission of electricity and its distribution, including the charging of electric cars.


Peak Oil: The Economist: Feeling Peaky: The Economic Impact of High Prices


"It is the case, when who is telling you - is the most important part in the message. Vested interests would like you to believe that that there is no issues with Oil. If you are still wondering about the rising Gas prices at the pump make some research - we will provide the good start. The Ugly Truth is that there is NO more Cheap Oil left and oil prices will go down only when economy starts chocking again."


Saturday, April 21, 2012

Charles Nenner Calls For Silver and Gold Bottom - We Call For Apple To Cool Down AAPL, GLD, SLV

  

  CS. If you are long Apple, please, do not worry - we have been right only a few times. Charles Nenner Call is a much stronger proposition for the market - he wasn't right all the time as well, but some of his longer term calls are worth studying at least. 
  We decided to make our Call on Apple, because we are totally in love with its products, were calling for Steve Jobs to make an Electric iCar for years, but do not follow the company or holding any position in its stock now - we are totally disconnected with its market. And still, we can hear about Apple every day everywhere, everyone and his grandmother have invested in it and it is the newly found "sure thing". Life has taught us a very expensive lesson - that once everybody has invested in a "sure thing" the universe will switch the deck. Now, when everybody is in love with it and indexes are moving everyday with Apple's market the company can not allow to make anything wrong. Margin for any investors' tolerance is so thin now - any step back will bring the realisation that Steve Jobs is not there any more. Once it happen, selling will ignite further selling and commentators will be crying on Bubble TV "we have told you so" - then it will be time to buy again.
  We never give any Buy or Sell here - only our observations of trends and participating companies. We are covering our journey in the search for the real value and long term trends shifting our world. We have started with Gold and Silver, moved to Uranium, Copper and Zinc and now following the Energy Transition to the post carbon world, when the cheap oil will be out. Our play is on the side of strategic commodities via Junior Miners. Gold and Silver names as a Real Store of Value, Copper and Zinc as  part of electrification and Lithium, Rare Earths and Graphite names  as the core critical materials play for the electrification of our transportation. Nobody is interested in this market now and we will pull another chart for your attention.



  We were battling with Google's valuation and Housing Bubble for quite a while before and now it is time to bring our charts back.



David Gurwitz of Charles Nenner Research: Silver Cycles Have Bottomed and Gold Cycles Close





  Among other things discussed with Jim Puplava is Charles Nenner's Call on Oil going higher - Lithium, Rare Earths and Graphite will be in focus again.


  Where is the connection between the Apple, Oil and Junior Miners? Apple's Top will signify the important turn in the market place - we do not expect economy to be allowed to go bust again in the election year - but if even Apple is not immune to the gravity, the Oil prices will start to be felt more and more. We expect the talk about the QE coming back with the first signs of weakness, the usual remedy against even potential Deflation will be the lower US Dollar via running printing press - more QE.
  Catalyst for the Juniors with solid projects in Gold, Silver, Copper, Lithium, Graphite and Rare Earths will be the simple fact that you can not print any of these commodities. M&A activity in the sectors must confirm our observations - industry insiders know better where the real value is.
  Canadian Venture Exchange Index daily chart below is one to watch now - we are close to the October's and December's Lows. Change in leadership in the market place and sector rotation can even beat the juniors' weak summer market seasonality this year.


Thursday, March 15, 2012

300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds



    More and more talks about the strategic oil reserve release now, where is the Saudi Oil from the additional capacity, which was supposed to deal with any Oil Crunch?

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Reuters: MF Global sold assets to Goldman before collapse - sources ilc, tnr.v, czx.v, rm.v, lmr.v, abn.v, asm.v, btt.v, bva.v, bvg.v, epz.v, fst.v, gbn.v, hao.v, jnn.v, ks.v, ktn.v, kxm.v, mgn, mxr.v, rvm.to, svb, ura.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax


By Lauren Tara LaCapra and Matthew Goldstein
Wed Jan 4, 2012 12:30am GMT

(Reuters) - MF Global unloaded hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of securities to Goldman Sachs in the days leading up to its collapse, according to two former MF Global employees with direct knowledge of the transactions. But it did not immediately receive payment from its clearing firm and lender, JPMorgan Chase & Co, one of the sources said.

The sale of securities to Goldman occurred on October 27, just days before MF Global Holdings Ltd filed for bankruptcy on October 31, the ex-employees said. One of the employees said the transaction was cleared with JPMorgan Chase.

At the same time MF Global, which was run by former Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, was selling securities to Goldman to raise badly needed cash, the futures firm was also drawing down a $1.2 billion revolving line of credit it had with JPMorgan, according to one of the former MF Global employees.

JPMorgan spokeswoman Mary Sedarat said the bank did not withhold money because of the line of credit. She declined further comment on details of the transactions.

JPMorgan has fought aggressively in bankruptcy court to protect its interests, and received a lien on some of MF Global's assets in exchange for granting the firm $8 million to fund its bankruptcy costs. The lien puts JPMorgan's interests ahead of MF Global customers who have not yet received an estimated $900 million worth of money from their accounts, which remain frozen as regulators search for missing funds.

The hastily crafted transactions and the seeming inability of MF Global to recoup some of the money in the sale to Goldman may start to explain why so much money remains unaccounted for at the futures firm.

It is unclear what type of assets Goldman bought from MF Global, but the securities were worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the former employees said. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that George Soros' fund was a buyer of securities sold by MF Global, scooping-up some of its European sovereign debt at a deep discount. Panic among investors and clients about MF Global's $6.3 billion bet on European sovereign bonds led to its demise.

Corzine, who was CEO of MF Global at the time of the collapse, headed Goldman Sachs from 1994 to 1999 before being ousted after a power struggle with co-CEO Henry Paulson.

Corzine and other top MF Global executives reached out in desperation to Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan, as well as Jefferies Group Inc Barclays Plc, Citigroup Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Macquarie Group Ltd, State Street Corp and Wells Fargo & Co, as potential buyers in its final days as the firm teetered toward collapse, Reuters earlier reported.

(Additional reporting by David Henry; editing by Martin Howell and Andre Grenon)

BUSINESS"
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Thursday, December 08, 2011

Lithium Drive: BMW i Electric Avenue in Paris ilc.v, tnr.v, czx.v, rm.v, lmr.v, abn.v, asm.v, btt.v, bva.v, bvg.v, epz.v, fst.v, gbn.v, hao.v, jnn.v, ks.v, ktn.v, kxm.v, mgn, mxr.v, rvm.to, svb, ura.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax



  BMW is making a serious marketing awareness program for its Electric Cars now. More and more ads can be seen all across Europe and in mass media.


Lithium Drive: BMW i. Born Electric.


Welcome to a world of visionary mobility. With the North American premiere of the BMW i3 and i8 Concept vehicles, BMW is making lightning-fast performance and sustainability a reality. Step inside the 2011 LA Auto Show and witness what it means to be Born Electric.


Peak Oi: Jim Puplava with Chris Nelder–The Time for Energy Transition Is Now


"We do not have a lot of headlines on the IEA dire predictions about the $150 dollar Oil and Irreversible Climate Change these days, but it does not mean that smart people are not taking notice. Oil is above $100 again these days and Jim Puplava came out with another brilliant interview on the recent IEA revelations and Peak Oil situation. We are very pleased and surprised to hear that U.S. Military is at the forefront of Energy transition and will try to find out more on this progress. Maybe U.S. Military will be able to crack down on the Oil lobby in U.S. finally?"



IEA: World Energy Outlook 2011: Crude could reach $150 and warns of Irreversible Climate Change in Five Years

"We are just coming out of the "Europe's  End of The World" scenario, all world economies are on the edge of recession, but Oil is moving closer to $100 again. We have a very sobering reminder from IEA about the real issues behind all recent events in the financial markets. There is NOT enough Oil for everybody left, Peak Oil is all about the price and transportation is driving this demand with half of the global oil demand coming from China only. By 2015 more cars will be manufactured outside of OECD. Oil prices can go up to $150 by 2015 in the real terms and $176 in the nominal terms. It will be the major risk for the global economy. Time is to check your Lithium portfolio."


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