France to invest $1.4B in future nuke research. Part of $50B investment launched in late '09. They're looking at sodium-cooled fast reactors. Also Euro 1.35B for other clean E research.
>2k comps registered at a little house a few blocks from WY statehouse. "Somalia has slightly higher standards for corp formation than Wyoming and Nevada". Just reporting.
WATER
7B people on Earth. 1B have no clean water. China to spend $617B in next decade on water. $55B spent last 5 yrs.
In May, 20 former heads of state in Quebec warned of impending water crisis.
China, N. Europe one of driest springs on record.
Philly $2B 25-yr clean water plan to reduce sewer/storm water overflow to waterways by 80-90%. Porous asphalt, rooftop gardens.
Dow Chem can reduce E required to desalinate seawater by 1/3 to 2kwh/cumeter by '15. $1B market to grow 10%/yr. Dow has 40% of mart.
India to spend $1B to clean the Ganges. World Bank: " decades and hundreds of billions" could do it. India's enviro minister: "most of India's rivers have become sewers".
Ogallala aquifer was discovered in the '40's. Turned the Dust Bowl into the Breadbasket of the World. Now, enough drained out to fill half of Lake Erie. 240 ft to 80. 60 yrs left at best. Towns in TX already running dry.
If you own the land above: T. Bone Pickens' $103M deal for 4T gal to Canadian River Muni Water Authority.
HEK, HYFXF, LAYN some possible plays.
No comments:
Post a Comment