Interesting comments on the need for banks to start climbing the learning curve. Something to consider, as pointed out in the Dec. 5th edition of the Economist: the US banks that were big in clean energy finance have for the most part gone belly up. I’m not drawing a causal relationship here, by the way, but rather making the point that an interesting opportunity for the Canadian 5 would involve – instead of climbing a learning curve – simply buying the expertise that is now presumably pounding the pavement south of the border. That’s a tried and true model, of course, and one that has fed a lot of recent stories about New York I-bankers parachuting into Canadian banks and investment houses.

Of course, it may be that most of carbon trading and clean tech finance shops in Lehman Brothers, Wachovia, etc. were part of the package when these players were picked up by even larger fish. That, in an of itself, would an interesting story: how much that expertise was valued as part of the choices being made last year by Bank of America and others gobbling up the road kill.

Keep up the good work.

A

Mr. Tyler, What is your hope based on in this EESCAM story? Zenn’s Ian Clifford has been scamming investors since 2006 with his “imminent” reveal messages.
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Are you aware of this Official Statement from Zenn Motor Corp’s Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ZENN-Motor-Company/29515539696?ref=search&sid=599869549.2149014..1
“ZENN Motor Company Our partners in Texas are heads down at work and appreciate the built up anticipation of what they are commercializing. That stated, they’ll communicate further updates on their progress when they are ready. In the meantime we continue our ZENNergy product and business development-related activities. Best wishes for …2010! May it be profoundly energizing for all of us.”
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When you speak to Dick Weir, why don’t you ask him about the lies in the leaked audio call from June 2009, specifically about EESCAM was ahead of schedule to deliver EESUs to Zenn.

Dick Weir would make an excellent snake oil salesman.

Happy New Year to all!

Nuclear, after hydro, is the second largest low carbon electricity source. It is the only source which has a chance to grow to a level necessary to electrify our transport sector, Canada wide. And it is an industry in which we have expertise and technology that can now be exported, and will have much future demand worldwide. I think it is funny that the press has ignored this implications of this story. What is happening now in this area will affect Canada’s energy policy greatly in the future. Far more than the oil sands ever will.

When oil gets to be over 100$ a barrel and stays there, Ontarians will be tempted to secede if Canada still has no plans to rid itself of its fossil fuel dependency.

Tyler, there are lots of people with energy expertise in our Universities. Could you please promise to ask them for their ideas about Canadian energy policy? Right now they are voiceless in the press. Utterly voiceless.

Thanks for all the interesting and useful posts in ’09 and look forward to more of the same in ’10. Here’s hoping lots of good news items to write about and more Ontarians making a positive impact more at home and abroad.

Cheers,

- jeff