VIASPACE, Inc. (VSPC)

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ViaSpace, Inc. (VSPC) Offers the Cleanest Burning of Fuels

As pressure increases for fuels that are clean burning, a lot of attention has turned to methane, the primary ingredient in natural gas, the cleanest burning of all fossil fuels. Nevertheless, burning fossil fuels of any kind, including methane, releases greenhouse gases, the principal suspect in global warming. In fact, methane itself is a powerful greenhouse gas.

So it’s easy to imagine the interest and potential involved in a form of methane that successfully addresses these environmental concerns. Bio-methane is derived from biogase, a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced when organic matter decomposes in the absence of oxygen. Bio-methane can be generated from agricultural or other organic waste, but also from dedicated biomass crops. The benefit of bio-methane is that the carbon released during combustion is offset by the carbon absorbed during the growing process, greatly reducing carbon footprint. The advantage of using dedicated crops as a bio-methane source is the increased stability of supplies and costs.

Bio-methane, like fossil based methane, can be used for heating, cooking, and electricity generation. It can also be used as an environmentally friendly vehicle fuel, where it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 88% compared to gasoline, over and above the carbon absorption element.

On top of this promising new field is Viaspace, Inc., developers of Giant King Grass (GKG), an exceptionally fast growing proprietary hybrid grass that is arguably the most cost effective biomass source. GKG grows so quickly that it can be harvested every month, yielding 167 tons per acre. It can then be processed, without even drying, to generate biogas containing over 5,000 cubic feet of methane, a production rate that is 50% higher than, for example, elephant grass. In addition, the byproduct of the process is organic fertilizer, which can then be put directly back in the GKG fields to further enhance growth.

For additional information, visit the company’s website at www.ViaSpace.com, or the company’s Giant King Grass products site at www.ViaSpaceGreenEnergy.com

[mwest]

What a very nice increase of 17% for the day, this is gaining much steam.

[stockseeker30]

High production rate product that yeilds high production in the stock market, a win-win situation.

[armedical]

I like that they offer bio-methane as another option of use of the GKG. It has 2 great benefits: 1) “The carbon released during combustion is offset by the carbon absorbed during the growing process, greatly reducing carbon footprint,” and 2) Using a carbon dedicated crop allows for “increased stability of supplies and costs.”

[protostars]

Bio-methane is a different market than just using Giant King Grass for power plants. GKG is cost competitive with coal, but I wonder what the numbers say when converting it to methane.

[mwest]

Two great points armedical especially point number two, we can use that type off stability.

[stockseeker30]

It is true that stabilizing the cost of supplies and such plays a huge part in success down the line.

[protostars]

Correct. Depending upon markets outside of your control is a gamble. How many people want to be in a business where their business plans are always based on a role of the dice.

[armedical]

That is a great point, protostars. The more control you have over the products used by your business the better the outcome will be for your business.

[mwest]

Wonder when we will truely be able to see if our carbon footprints are being adjusted by our use and the use of companies.

[stockseeker30]

Reducing carbon output can save this planet that we call home so it is very important as specialist will tell you.

[protostars]

Although the consensus seems to now be that it is probably too late to avoid disaster, the fact is that nobody knows. I suspect that a handful of major catastrophes will have a lot more people jumping on the biomass bandwagon.

[armedical]

Turning on the news this morning testifies to just that, protostars. There is a climate dysfunction and it seems to get worse every year. Fires in Arizona, floods along the Mississippi river, and tornadoes along the mid-west even in New England area, things are really out of whack.

[mwest]

Great point armedical it makes even a greater impact when you are able to see in writting the issues one after another.

[stockseeker30]

Makes you also see the importance of getting it right.

[protostars]

This really has been a lousy year for weather, going all the way back to the freakish snow storms that hit the East Coast early in the year. Don't know if that really is reflective of an overall climate change, but perception counts for a lot when it comes to investing.

[armedical]

The fact that “Bio-methane, like fossil based methane, can be used for heating, cooking, and electricity generation,” is a huge selling point for them and showing the versatility of the GKG.

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VIASPACE, Inc. (VSPC) Points to a New Saudi Arabia

The 21st Century is becoming the century of renewable energy, much as the 20th Century was the century of fossil fuels. And such a major resource shift will no doubt mean a change in resource power centers. Energy shifts are a part of history, and energy capitals are part of the mix. It can be useful to remember that, in the late 1800s, the oil capital of the world was Pennsylvania.

Imagine now a world where the focus is not on the oil-bearing deserts of Saudi Arabia, but rather on the tropics and places like Thailand. That’s just one of the countries being actively explored by VIASPACE, Inc., a leading American biomass energy company promoting the many advantages of using dedicated biomass crops versus relying on the unpredictable agricultural waste market. Biomass offers an easy-to-adopt method of generating energy, as well as mobile fuels, with a zero carbon footprint. VIASPACE in particular has developed a proprietary hybrid grass called Giant King Grass (GKG), a dedicated energy plant that grows so quickly it far out-performs switchgrass and other popular biomass candidates.

GKG can grow in a variety of soil conditions, but does best in sunny wet tropical or subtropical climates, such as in Southeast Asia, already considered home to much of the world’s attainable biomass. This opens up global possibilities, pointing largely at developing countries where labor tends to be cheap. These are countries anxious for new industry, especially when that industry is non-invasive, does not affect food crops, and is environmentally positive. GKG is seen as the best biomass solution, and biomass is increasingly seen as the best renewable energy solution, more reliable and cost competitive than wind or solar.

VIASPACE is currently working with a number of companies in Thailand who are seeking to use GKG as a cheaper biomass source than ag-waste, confirming the value of using dedicated agricultural crops. VIASPACE now plans to build several plants that will use an anaerobic digestion process to create power plant fuels from GKG, and expect to have the grass growing in Thailand within a few months.

For additional information, visit the company’s website at www.VIASPACE.com, or the company’s Giant King Grass products site at www.VIASPACEGreenEnergy.com

[mwest]

What a great promise VSPC has provided; "Imagine now a world where the focus is not on the oil-bearing deserts of Saudi Arabia, but rather on the tropics and places like Thailand."

[stockseeker30]

What a great focus to have in mind, especially is this needed in Thailand where it can be of great use to the people there.